In the mid-20th century, a middle-aged couple is preparing for their second marriage. Their wedding causes the other members of their community — young and old — to consider the purpose of marriage.

On the train ride to their honeymoon, young newlyweds bicker over inconsequential issues that appear as though will never be resolved.

After a groom leaves town the night before his wedding, the bride-to-be embarks on a road trip, only to find him with one of her absentee fiancé's female friends.

In an alternate universe of white suburban America, one nine-year-old girl's childhood is cut short when her parents find her a marital match: a socially-awkward businessman with a ridiculous mustache. Although she surrenders to her mother's housewife training, when the day of the wedding arrives, she tries to escape, endangering her and others in the process.

When an old couple known for their great love seek divorce on scandalous grounds, it becomes an affair debated within their small Jewish community.

A young bachelor attends his friend's wedding, and the friend tells him he needs to grow up and behave. The young man tries to behave for his friend, but the problem is that he is so stoned he has forgotten his name.

Caught up in the gossip and bustle of wedding preparations, a wedding dress designer strains to keep all involved parties happy and receives the confidences of the privately despairing bride.

Despite a successful New Year's proposal to his girlfriend, a man realizes he has to prepare for the incoming conflict between his future in-laws and his own family.

While they were originally set on different paths after graduation, a young boy and girl get engaged. They decide to have their teacher as their witness, but once they discover their teacher had killed herself, they break their engagement.

A soon-to-be groom worries about his father's health as the old, surly man reminisces about his past. He must come face the reality of his family situation while tending to his own personal matters.