Table 19 is casually alternative in some small ways, and shamelessly appeals to my single-girl tendency to cringe at all the silly traditions and unrealistic ideas associated with matrimony. Anna Kendrick plays Eloise, a maid of honor who gets demoted at the last minute after the bride’s brother Teddy (Wyatt Russell) dumps her via text. Still, Eloise’s lowered status at table 19—a collection of misfit randos—inspires her to pursue fun with an impossibly dreamy Australian wedding crasher, Huck (Thomas Cocquerel), and succeed in making Teddy jealous by way of dance. And she bonds with her fellow pariahs: Bored married couple Lisa Kudrow and Craig Robinson; retiree Jo (June Squibb), who’s great about sharing her medical-grade weed; a socially inept and horny teen (Tony Revolori); and Walter (Stephen Merchant), a “successful businessman” who’s really a criminal fresh out of jail.
