Frank (Keanu Reeves) and Lindsay (Winona Ryder) are pessimistic strangers who are forced to sit together on a small commuter plane to San Luis Obispo. They are horrified to discover that they're going to the same wine country destination wedding. The groom Kevin is Frank's estranged brother and Lindsay's estranged ex-finance. They bond over their common distain of the wedding and the world in general. They have connecting hotel rooms. There's a mountain lion. Maybe love can even conquer these two.

They used to be the brightest of stars. Nowadays, they are still stars in the Hollywood constellation but they are no longer the brightest around. They don't have the appeal of experience. They still play a little young for their age. There is something sad about that which fits their characters. There are a few small chuckles. These two won't shut up even while screwing on a hillside. The movie is just these two talking and talking and complaining and talking. Some of these scenes get extended too long. They need to find the punchline and transition to the next scene. Overall, these two work well together once I acclimatize to their roles.

"Destination Wedding" turned out to be a wonderfully offbeat movie, and I was genuinely entertained throughout the entire movie. I had initially expected it to be just another generic romantic comedy given the fact that it had Winona Ryder and Keanu Reeves on the cast list.

Writer and director Victor Levin had really managed to come up with something unique here. While the movie is set around a romantic topic, it is approached from a side angle, as the two characters aren't the ones getting married, but instead are two fringe characters attending the wedding of their half-brother and former husband. And it worked out so nicely that both Frank (played by Keanu Reeves) and Lindsay (played by Winona Ryder) were characters deeply troubled by issues.

This was definitely one of the better performances that I have seen from Winona Ryder in a long, long time, and I will say that she was really well-cast for the role of Lindsay. And while one might argue that Keanu Reeves is reinventing himself with the "John Wick" movies, then he is phenomenal as Frank in "Destination Wedding", because he really nailed the offbeat character so well. And put together, then Ryder and Reeves really have fantastic chemistry on the screen.

I am glad that writer and director Victor Levin opted not to go for a traditional romantic comedy here, and instead giving us "Destination Wedding" as it turned out to be. If you haven't already seen this wonderful movie, then you definitely should take the time to do so if you are given the chance. This was a wonderfully humorous and memorable movie.

Definitely not your average rom com, full of cynicism, sarcasm, and dry humor. Ryder and Reeves make the perfect pair, there rapid fire responses make for hilarious banter. Storyline goes a little slow sometimes, and the same conversations are repeated throughout, but you can't help but relate. The hideous imposition of someone else's wedding and the certain joy of finding someone as cynical as you.