Storyline
A father coming to grips with his daughter’s upcoming wedding through the prism of multiple relationships within a big, sprawling Cuban-American family
Directors
Cast
Andy García, Ruben Rabasa, Ho-Kwan Tse, Matt Walsh, Nancy De Mayo, Enrique Murciano, Laura Harring, Diego Boneta, Pedro Damián, Mario Ernesto Sánchez, Jacinte Blankenship, Danielle Rodas, Isabela Moner, Danni Heverin, Gloria Estefan, Adria Arjona, Casey Thomas Brown, Malerie Grady, Ozuna, Chloe Fineman, Chelsea Rivera, David Aviles Morales, Ana Fabrega, Marta Velasco, Macarena Achaga, Sean Patrick Dawson, Tyler Kay Whitley, Javier Zapata, Ricardo Burgos, Angela Alvarez, Karina Rodriguez, Joaquin Montes, Olivia Rodriguez, Karen Aruj, Frankie Ferrara, Miguel Cruz, Alfredo Álvarez Calderón, Laurie Catherine Winkel, Adis Riveron, Jose Junco, Chris Hogan, Hiram Paul Buffington, Anthony Rey Perez, Emily Estefan, Irma Cristancho, Richard Todd Aguayo, Julio Cesar Otero, Sofia Vidal, Valentina Michelle Sanchez, Sofia Alemano, Emily Olivet Bender, Dyanna Benitez, Faith Candino, Angie Cosculluela, Johanna Cueva, Humberto Gomez Ferrer, Teresa Garcia, Teresa Garcia, John J.J. James, Tamara Kovalchuk, Nathan Charles Lubeck, Sophia Myrage Luna, Jorge Jmarz Marino, Raul Martinez, Odalys Hernández Méndez, Joan Morell, Juan Carlos Nicot, Saul Nuñez, Yatniel Olivera, Bryan Montañez Ortiz, Tiago Raul, Ángel O. Rodriguez Rivera, Evelyn Robana, Gina Santos, Melissa Sorkin
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Reviews
83
The screenplay, by Matt Lopez, leans bright and broad, but there are sweetly specific moments scattered throughout, from a whisper-fight over dominoes at the local social club to the frequent snatches of Spanish woven into the dialogue.
80
For their reinvention of Father of the Bride, Alazraki and Lopez manage to make it feel so rooted in the Latino background of their characters that comparison to the older films doesn’t seem all that relevant. This one stands on its own.
79
Seeing successful Latino families in a storyline that has been heretofore just been told from a white perspective is important. But none of that would matter if Father of the Bride wasn’t entertaining. Thankfully, it is. Garcia and Estefan in particular are so at ease in their roles that they invite us to be part of the celebration.
75
It’s surely a crowded canvas. But Alazraki and Lopez joyously melt all the ingredients into a hearty hotpot of generational clash, cultural conflict, patriarchal one-upmanship and domestic chaos, allowing the uniqueness of both the Cuban and Mexican cultures to shine through in their Latinx tapestry, rendered through production designer Kim Jennings’ sumptuous sets.
75
Garcia and Estefan and all of our feelings about weddings bring so much warmth and good humor to the movie that it calls for a "yes" on the RSVP.
