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The plot is about two African-American families who live on opposite sides of the social circle and have to get together for a marriage in Martha's Vineyard in Massachusetts. The Taylors are a downtown working-class family, whose matriarch Pam Taylor (Loretta Devine) is very upset when her son Jason (Laz Alonso) announces that he is getting married to Sabrina Watson at the last minute. Sabrina, who belongs to the Watsons, an uptown rich family led by Claudine Watson (Angela Bassett), and just as upset as Pam when her daughter Sabrina announces the marriage at the last minute.

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* [[California Doubling]]: Despite taking place in Martha's Vineyard, the movie was filmed in Nova Scotia.

* [[Casanova]]: William Earl, who apparently has been married 3 times.

* [[Hot Men At Work]]: There was no other reason for the chef to be outside in nothing but overalls catching fish.

* [[Jerkass]]: Malcolm, who got way too jealous because Jason didn't make him the best man.

* [[Likes Older Women]]: Sebastian (who is 20), who goes after Shonda (who is somewhere in her 40s).

* [[Mistaken for Cheating]]: {{spoiler|Mrs. Watson assumes her husband is fooling around with another woman. It turns out she's his financial adviser and that they're broke}}

* [[The Mistress]]: {{spoiler|Completely and utterly subverted. Mr. Watson is shown to be with a woman in a car saying, "We need to tell her", and it is later revealed to be about their finances.}}

* [[My Beloved Smother]]: Insists on taking Jason home to be examined by his ''pediatrician'' after he incurs a minor injury while playing football. Later, Jason reveals the reason that he didn't introduce Sabrina to her is because he knew she would drive her away as she had done to other women in his life and finally puts his foot down and tells her that him getting married doesn't mean that he's leaving her.

* [[No Loves Intersect]]: Borderline [[Pair the Spares]]. Quite a few characters at least have a fling with another character.

* [[Noodle Incident]]: Whatever happened in Mexico with Willie Earl.

* [[Scenery Porn]]: There were a lot of scenes showing of the scenery in "Martha's Vineyard" (actually Nova Scotia).

* [[Trailers Always Lie]]: The trailers made it sound like a comedy about uptown meeting downtown, when in reality the movie was more of a dramedy.

* [[Uptown Girl]]: Sort of. Jason is more of a self-made person, whereas even though Sabrina has a high paying job, she came from money.

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