Father of the Bride

Name: Father of the Bride
Released: 1991-12-20
Cast: Steve Martin, Diane Keaton, Kimberly Williams, Martin Short

Father of the Bride

PG
1h 45m
1991

70%

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Steve Martin turns in a heartwarming and hilarious performance as George Banks, a befuddled father who has a hard time letting go of his young daughter when she unexpectedly announces her plans to wed. Diane Keaton shines as George's patient, levelheaded wife, while funnyman Martin Short lights up the screen as the off-the-wall wedding consultant. Father Of The Bride vows to deliver fun for the entire family!

Director:

Charles Shyer

Producer:

Carol Baum, Howard Rosenman

Writer:

Frances Goodrich, Albert Hackett, Nancy Meyers, Charles Shyer

Cast:

Steve Martin, Diane Keaton, Kimberly Williams, Martin Short

Rotten Tomatoes® Score

TOMATOMETER®

70%

Critics Consensus: While it doesn't quite hit the heights of the original, this remake of the 1950 classic is pleasantly enjoyable, thanks in large part to winning performances from Steve Martin and Martin Short.

Reviews

Birmingham Post

Mike Davies

Despite the cliches, shameless sentimentality and rampant unsubtlety, it’s an engagingly enjoyable comedy tear-jerker.

April 13, 2022

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Rachel's Reviews (YouTube)

Rachel Wagner

My favorite performance from Steve Martin especially the scene where he flips out over hot dogs

Beyond its personally threatening nature, and its unnerving idea about laying out a life's hoardings for a single unrewarding day, this new version of the romantic comedy first filmed by Vincente Minnelli in 1950 feels false.

The film's sole dramatic preoccupations are with broad physical comedy and unrealistically offbeat characterizations; a few moments of nominal pathos are really just structural pauses in the joke series.

The strengths of these films are not so much laughs as sincerity and heart. [Blu-ray]

June 22, 2017

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