Inspired by one of Burns’ favorite films, Fellini’s “I Vitellini,” “The Groomsmen” takes place in the days leading up to a wedding that serves as a reunion for five 30-something best friends. The film ponders the question of why these working-class young men have put off the so-called marks of adulthood that the previous generation achieved straight out of high school.
"Edward Burns' best riff yet on guys trying to sort out their feelings about women."
~ Kirk Honeycutt, The Hollywood Reporter"This is the movie I believe Burns has been trying to make since The Brothers McMullen, 11 years ago."
~ Mick LaSalle, The San Francisco Chronicle