A supreme example of classed-up mediocrity, “After the Wedding,” a pointless remake of Susanne Bier’s 2007 melodrama of the same name, offers little that’s new and a lot that’s predictable, even to first-time viewers. What has changed in the intervening years is us: The economic and political environment into which this new version drops might cause us to view its plot through more cynical eyes.

To no obvious benefit — and some logical detriment — the genders of the central characters have been flipped. The film’s emotional tone is also cooler and more restrained, as if tainted by the brittle self-interest of its most vivid character, Theresa (Julianne Moore). The owner of a thriving media company, Theresa occupies a luxurious Long Island estate where her dreamy husband, Oscar (Billy Crudup), is planning an exhibition of his sculptures.

By contrast, the saintly Isabel (Michelle Williams) spends her days serenely meditating in an Indian slum and tending a teeming orphanage. When Theresa summons her to New York, dangling a possible multimillion-dollar donation to the orphanage, Isabel is peeved to learn she must also attend the wedding of Theresa’s daughter, Grace (a very sweet Abby Quinn). A dowdy duckling among swans, Isabel would much rather take the money and run.