If you look at the list of the most successful actors in the business right now, sitting pretty at the top is Scarlett Johansson.

This is mainly due to her success in mega-Marvel flicks, playing Natasha Romanova, AKA Black Widow, in such hits as Avengers Endgame, Captain America: Civil War and her very own Black Widow.

These big budget titles have dominated her career, and made her bank account extremely healthy, and allow her to dabble with smaller budgeted projects such as Marriage Story and Wes Anderson’s last two films, Asteroid City and The Phoenician Scheme.

She’s adding yet another one to her list, an independent British film with a budget that wouldn’t cover her usual acting fee.

Getting ready for her big wedding day is Diana (Kristin Scott Thomas). She’s no stranger to a wedding, with this being her third, with her three daughters from those previous weddings attending; there’s the eldest Katherine (Johansson), who’s a captain on the Royal Navy, Victoria (Sienna Miller) who is a famous actress in Hollywood, and Georgina (Emily Beecham) – the half-sister- who is a nurse.

The wedding is an intimate affair, just for family and close friends, but her children’s past, with their connection with their fathers who were best friends and both pilots in the Royal Navy, hangs heavy over the whole event, as their family history rises to the surface once again.

This feature marks the directorial debut for Scott Thomas, who also wrote the screenplay with her hubby Micklethwait, and certainly keeps the theme of family going.

It may have been a little too much for Thomas, as neither the script nor the film shines. The characters are interesting, but the plot does them a disservice, especially with the storyline relying on a weak plot, involving their fathers surnames. It also lacks balance, with generic roles for the men involved, who just pop up now and again, and add nothing. All in all it’s underwhelmingly twee and lacks sparkle.

To her credit, Johansson nails a British accent, but her character’s personality is disappointingly dull, with the emotional impact of a flat beer. Miller and Beecham do better, but both their storylines go nowhere of interest.

The 66-year-old director is no stranger to weddings, having won a BAFTA for her role in 1994’s iconic Four Weddings and a Funeral, but sadly her own wedding here is one where you would have been more than happy not to receive an invite.

And it’s yet another independent film for Johansson to star in, that will no doubt give her some satisfaction for dabbling with ‘real’ acting, despite appearing in a film that is unlikely to make a positive impact at any box office; but she won’t mind, with a number of big Hollywood hitters on the horizon, such as a film with Tom Cruise, and appearing in yet another big franchise with The Batman: Part II, she’s likely to hold onto that number one actor crown for a little bit longer.