{ "id": "epe36pkqpm", "slug": "serial-bad-weddings-2", "title": "Serial (Bad) Weddings 2", "updated": "2026-11-01", "topic_path": [ { "id": "culture", "label": "Arts and culture", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/culture" }, { "id": "culture.performance", "label": "Screen and stage", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/culture.performance" }, { "id": "culture.performance.screen", "label": "Film and television", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/culture.performance.screen" }, { "id": "culture.performance.screen.films", "label": "Films and standalone screen works", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/culture.performance.screen.films" }, { "id": "culture.performance.screen.films.films.individual-works", "label": "Individual films by title and year", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/culture.performance.screen.films.films.individual-works" }, { "id": "culture.performance.screen.films.films.individual-works.franchise-series", "label": "Franchise and series entries as standalone works", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/culture.performance.screen.films.films.individual-works.franchise-series" }, { "id": "culture.performance.screen.films.films.individual-works.franchise-series.franchise-series.teen-comedy-series-entries", "label": "Teen and comedy series film entries", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/culture.performance.screen.films.films.individual-works.franchise-series.franchise-series.teen-comedy-series-entries" }, { "id": "culture.performance.screen.films.films.individual-works.franchise-series.franchise-series.teen-comedy-series-entries.entries-released-in-the-2010s", "label": "Entries released in the 2010s", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/culture.performance.screen.films.films.individual-works.franchise-series.franchise-series.teen-comedy-series-entries.entries-released-in-the-2010s" } ], "geo": [ { "id": "geo.weu.t2001.culture.performance.screen.films.films.individual-works.franchise-series", "label": "Western Europe · 2001 to 2020: Franchise and series entries as standalone works", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.weu.t2001.culture.performance.screen.films.films.individual-works.franchise-series", "path": [ { "id": "geo.weu", "label": "Western Europe", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.weu" }, { "id": "geo.weu.t2001", "label": "Western Europe · 2001 to 2020", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.weu.t2001" }, { "id": "geo.weu.t2001.culture", "label": "Arts and culture", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.weu.t2001.culture" }, { "id": "geo.weu.t2001.culture.performance", "label": "Screen and stage", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.weu.t2001.culture.performance" }, { "id": "geo.weu.t2001.culture.performance.screen", "label": "Film and television", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.weu.t2001.culture.performance.screen" }, { "id": "geo.weu.t2001.culture.performance.screen.films", "label": "Films and standalone screen works", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.weu.t2001.culture.performance.screen.films" }, { "id": "geo.weu.t2001.culture.performance.screen.films.films.individual-works", "label": "Individual films by title and year", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.weu.t2001.culture.performance.screen.films.films.individual-works" }, { "id": "geo.weu.t2001.culture.performance.screen.films.films.individual-works.franchise-series", "label": "Franchise and series entries as standalone works", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.weu.t2001.culture.performance.screen.films.films.individual-works.franchise-series" } ] } ], "excerpt": "Serial (Bad) Weddings 2 is a 2019 French comedy directed by Philippe de Chauveron, sequel to the 2014 hit, starring Christian Clavier and Chantal Lauby.", "snippet": "Serial (Bad) Weddings 2 is a 2019 French comedy directed by Philippe de Chauveron, sequel to the 2014 hit, starring Christian Clavier and Chantal Lauby.", "node": "culture.performance.screen.films.films.individual-works.franchise-series.franchise-series.teen-comedy-series-entries.entries-released-in-the-2010s", "markdown": "# Serial (Bad) Weddings 2\n\n**Serial (Bad) Weddings 2** is a 2019 French comedy-drama directed and co-written by Philippe de Chauveron, and the sequel to his 2014 box-office hit *[Serial (Bad) Weddings](https://www.edgepedia.org/serial-bad-weddings)* (*Qu'est-ce qu'on a fait au Bon Dieu?*). It reunites Christian Clavier and Chantal Lauby as Claude and Marie Verneuil, a Catholic bourgeois couple whose four daughters married men of different ethnic and religious backgrounds, and follows the family as the sons-in-law plan to leave France.[1](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/serial_bad_weddings_2) • [2](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6556670/plotsummary/)\n\n| Key fact | Detail |\n|---|---|\n| Release | 30 January 2019 (France); runtime 1h 39m; genre comedy, drama[1](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/serial_bad_weddings_2) • [3](https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt6556670/) |\n| Director / writers | Philippe de Chauveron (director, co-screenwriter) with Guy Laurent; produced by Romain Rojtman for Les films du 24[1](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/serial_bad_weddings_2) |\n| Plot | The four sons-in-law, David, Rachid, Chao, and Charles, decide to leave France for various reasons, and Claude and Marie imagine their lives elsewhere[2](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6556670/plotsummary/) |\n| Principal cast | Christian Clavier (Claude Verneuil), Chantal Lauby (Marie Verneuil), Ary Abittan (David Benichou), Medi Sadoun (Rachid Benassem), Frédéric Chau (Chao Ling), Noom Diawara (Charles Koffi)[4](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/serial_bad_weddings_2/cast-and-crew) |\n| Box office | $87,761,988 worldwide, all international; France accounted for $53,492,496[3](https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt6556670/) |\n| Budget and return | Reported production budget $18.5 million, a gross-to-budget multiple of 4.74x[5](https://filmdb.co.uk/box-office/movie/serial-bad-weddings-2-2019-box-office) |\n| Critical reception | 37% on the Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer from 3 critics; fewer than 50 audience ratings[1](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/serial_bad_weddings_2) |\n\n## Spoilers\n\n### Premise and cast\n\nThe film picks up after the weddings established in the 2014 original. Claude and Marie Verneuil have settled into life as grandparents in rural France, having grown accustomed to their four sons-in-law: David Benichou, a Sephardi Jew; Rachid Benassem, an Algerian Muslim; Chao Ling, a Chinese banker; and Charles Koffi, from [Ivory Coast](https://www.edgepedia.org/ivory-coast). The new crisis is emigration: each son-in-law decides, for his own reasons, to leave France with his wife and children, and the film imagines the family's lives abroad while Claude and Marie devise a plan to show them how priceless France and a united family are.[2](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6556670/plotsummary/) • [6](https://ukjewishfilm.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Programme_Layout_Single-Pages-compressed.pdf) • [7](https://www.disneyplus.com/en-de/browse/entity-8d7dbc6c-81c4-4362-b872-663317ae9ac1)\n\nChristian Clavier and Chantal Lauby reprise the parents, with Ary Abittan, Medi Sadoun, Frédéric Chau, and Noom Diawara as the four sons-in-law, and Frédérique Bel and Julia Piaton among the daughters.[4](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/serial_bad_weddings_2/cast-and-crew)\n\n## Production and release\n\nDe Chauveron directed and co-wrote the screenplay with Guy Laurent, the same pairing as the first film, with Romain Rojtman producing through Les films du 24.[1](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/serial_bad_weddings_2) The film opened in France on 30 January 2019 and rolled out across Europe through the year, reaching Germany on 4 April, Italy on 7 March, Spain on 20 December, and later Mexico in December 2021.[3](https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt6556670/) Unifrance, the French film-promotion body, selected it as the opening film of its 2019 Rendez-vous with French Cinema, following a strong year for local comedies at the French box office.[8](https://www.screendaily.com/features/what-can-buyers-expect-at-unifrances-rendez-vous-with-french-cinema/5135697.article)\n\n## Box office\n\nThe sequel earned $87,761,988 worldwide against a reported $18.5 million budget. France was the largest market at $53,492,496, followed by Germany at $11,086,118 and Mexico at $15,297,489, with smaller totals in Spain, Italy, Poland, and other territories.[3](https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt6556670/) • [5](https://filmdb.co.uk/box-office/movie/serial-bad-weddings-2-2019-box-office) This placed it well below the 2014 original, which grossed $176.4 million worldwide on a $13 million budget, a 13.57x return; a third installment followed in 2021, grossing $27.8 million.[9](https://filmdb.co.uk/box-office/franchise/serial-bad-weddings)\n\n## Context and reception\n\nIn 2014 the first installment had topped the French box office for the year, ranking as the country's sixth most successful domestic release ever on 12 million admissions; despite facing criticism in the UK and US over its treatment of immigration and integration, the film nonetheless found buyers in 50 territories.[10](https://www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-sound/features/when-did-french-comedies-become-so-reactionary) • [8](https://www.screendaily.com/features/what-can-buyers-expect-at-unifrances-rendez-vous-with-french-cinema/5135697.article) The sequel received a lukewarm critical response: on Rotten Tomatoes it holds 37% from three critics, with Jordan Mintzer of The Hollywood Reporter comparing its filmmaking to \"a bad wedding video made with lots of French television funding\", Javier Cortijo of Cinemanía calling it \"[a] lazy sequel\", and Fausto Fernandez of Fotogramas, at 3/5, judging that it \"goes back to the more popular traditions of humor\".[1](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/serial_bad_weddings_2)\n\n## References\n\n1. [Serial (Bad) Weddings 2, Rotten Tomatoes](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/serial_bad_weddings_2)\n2. [Serial (Bad) Weddings 2 (2019) – Plot, IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6556670/plotsummary/)\n3. [Serial (Bad) Weddings 2 (2019), Box Office Mojo](https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt6556670/)\n4. [Serial (Bad) Weddings 2: Full Cast & Crew, Rotten Tomatoes](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/serial_bad_weddings_2/cast-and-crew)\n5. [Serial (Bad) Weddings 2 (2019) Box Office, FilmDB](https://filmdb.co.uk/box-office/movie/serial-bad-weddings-2-2019-box-office)\n6. [UK Jewish Film Festival 2019 programme](https://ukjewishfilm.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Programme_Layout_Single-Pages-compressed.pdf)\n7. [Watch Serial (Bad) Weddings 2, Disney+](https://www.disneyplus.com/en-de/browse/entity-8d7dbc6c-81c4-4362-b872-663317ae9ac1)\n8. [What can buyers expect at Unifrance's Rendez-vous with French Cinema?, Screen Daily](https://www.screendaily.com/features/what-can-buyers-expect-at-unifrances-rendez-vous-with-french-cinema/5135697.article)\n9. [Serial (Bad) Weddings franchise box office, FilmDB](https://filmdb.co.uk/box-office/franchise/serial-bad-weddings)\n10. [When did French comedies become so reactionary?, Sight and Sound, BFI](https://www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-sound/features/when-did-french-comedies-become-so-reactionary)\n\n---\n*Topic: Encyclopedia › Arts and culture › Screen and stage › Film and television › Films and standalone screen works › Individual films by title and year › Franchise and series entries as standalone works › Teen and comedy series film entries › Entries released in the 2010s*\n\n*Initially written Oct 3, 2026 · Reviewed: Oct 25, 2026 · Edited: Oct 15, 2026; Oct 25, 2026; Nov 1, 2026 · Last review: Oct 25, 2026*\n\n*Copyright 2026 EdgeChat AI, a subsidiary of Biostate AI.*\n\nLicense: Edgepedia Community License 1.0, https://www.edgepedia.org/edgepedia/license\n", "same_as": [], "url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/serial-bad-weddings-2", "markdown_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/serial-bad-weddings-2.md", "license": { "name": "Edgepedia Community License 1.0", "url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/edgepedia/license", "summary": "Free with credit, commercial use included. 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