Father of the Bride (1991)
Storyline
George Banks is an ordinary, middle-class man whose 21 year-old daughter Annie has decided to marry a man from an upper-class family, but George can't think of what life would be like without his daughter. He becomes slightly insane, but his wife tries to make him happy for Annie, but when the wedding takes place at their home and a foreign wedding planner takes over the ceremony.
Directors
Cast
Diane Keaton, David Pasquesi, Kieran Culkin, Eugene Levy, Richard Portnow, Ira Heiden, Kimberly Williams-Paisley, Steve Martin, Martin Short, BD Wong, George Newbern, Bruce A. Block, Ed Williams, Sarah Rose Karr, Britt Leach, Kate McGregor-Stewart, Robert Bauer, Peter Murnik, Hallie Meyers-Shyer, Peter Michael Goetz, Thomas Wagner, Marc Ian Sklar, Chauncey Leopardi, Carmen Hayward, April Ortiz, Mina Vasquez, Gibby Brand, Barbara Perry, Martha Gehman, Frank Kopyc, Marissa Lefton, Amy Young, Annie Meyers-Shyer, Morgan Dox, Elisa Mandell, Christine Beliveau, Natasha Wieland, Eric Kay, Scott Hogan, Peter James Cooper, Patricia Meyers, Irving Meyers, Mark Steen, Kevin Shaw, Steve Tyrell, Tom Irish, Nicole Abramson, Kellie Hudson, Mike Knox, Pamela Matheson, Linda Williams
Trailer
Reviews
80
The movie, as a whole, isn't nearly so original. Still, it's a pleasing, well-crafted, surprisingly satisfying diversion. It's eager to entertain and has a quality that's genuinely rare these days, a spirit of gentle modesty.
75
It's one of the movies with a lot of smiles and laughter in it, and a good feeling all the way through. Just everyday life, warmly observed.
75
Chicago Tribune
The film's real subject is the unacknowledged intensity of the father-daughter bond and the difficulty of separation, though Shyer, true to his name, shies away from the more painful implications of the material. [20 Dec 1991, p.B]
70
The New York Times
The screenplay represents recycling at its best. The material has been successfully refurbished with new jokes and new attitudes, but the earlier film's most memorable moments have been preserved.
63
San Francisco Chronicle
One of the nicest things about Father of the Bride is that it's not ashamed to be old-fashioned and sweet. It's also not ashamed to get sappy and drippy and gooey, but you have to take the good with the bad. [20 Dec 1991, p.C1]
