Kristin Scott Thomas directs My Mother’s Wedding in first feature
kristin scott thomas has made her directorial debut with My Mother’s Wedding, a family drama built around Diana’s third wedding. The Oscar-nominated actor turns to directing with a story that keeps the scale domestic and the complications personal. It also brings James Fleet back into her orbit.
Diana’s third trip down the aisle
Diana is ready to marry Jeff Loveglove for a third time after losing two husbands in the space of a few years. She gathers her family for hen and stag dos, a simple service at the local church, and a marquee reception in her back garden.
That setup gives the film its working parts: three daughters, one wedding, and enough unresolved history to keep every conversation loaded. Katherine is a decorated naval officer who will take command of an aircraft carrier after the nuptials, Victoria still pines for childhood sweetheart Charlie, and Georgina is an NHS nurse with two daughters.
Scarlett Johansson and Sienna Miller
Scarlett Johansson plays Katherine, Sienna Miller plays Victoria, and Emily Beecham plays Georgina. Georgina recently found incriminating texts on her husband Jeremy’s phone, while a private detective named Steve gathers secret video footage of Jeremy’s betrayal.
The script pushes those threads toward the same moment: the big reveal lands straight after the nuptials. A line from Victoria to Georgina captures the film’s view of romance with more bite than sentiment: “The nice ones are too busy being nice, they’re not interested in going out with famous actresses,”
Reza Riahi’s monochrome flashbacks
My Mother’s Wedding uses flashbacks rendered as monochrome animations hand-painted by Iranian artist Reza Riahi. The review describes the film as a haphazard celebration of love lost and found, and that roughness sits uneasily beside the family’s carefully staged service and back-garden reception.
The film also carries a career shift for Scott Thomas, who previously had one of her biggest screen successes in a romantic comedy promising four weddings. Here, she is not just steering the material; she is writing it with John Micklethwait and reuniting with Fleet in a project that keeps the focus on sibling rivalry, sisterly solidarity, and the way children keep re-editing their parents in their heads.
Friday 22nd May listings
The film had listed screening times from Friday 22nd May to Thursday 4th June, with times including Fri-Tue 15:00 and 17:30, Wed 14:40 and 18:20, Thu 14:20 and 16:50, Fri/Mon 14:40 and 17:10, Sat 12:10, Sun 17:50, Tue 14:50 and 19:50, Wed 13:10, Thu 12:20, Fri 11:20 and 15:45, Sat 13:30 and 17:25, and Sun 11:55 and 14:20. For anyone tracking Scott Thomas as a filmmaker rather than only as a performer, this is the first proof of where she wants to place herself: inside family conflict, not outside it.
