Father of the Bride (1991)

The Worst Film Ever

Pretty Good

It's no definitive masterpiece but it's damn close.

It's the kind of movie you'll want to see a second time with someone who hasn't seen it yet, to remember what it was like to watch it for the first time.

If it wasn't for Steve Martin, this would be an absolute clunker. He is certainly one of our comic geniuses (and could do serious roles if he decided to). In this remake of the Spencer Tracy film, he is obsessed with the idea that he will lose his daughter to some rich jerk. Unfortunately, the ship has sailed and we get to see him at his irrational best. He is outvoted at every turn. Things begin to get really expensive and really outrageous. Now, enter Martin Short as the decorator and wedding planner. His quirky foreign presence really upsets the apple cart. Of course, this is a feel good movie (although I couldn't get over the excesses--I have a real problem with huge, expensive weddings), so I don't think I'm going to spoil anything by saying it's going to work out. There are no mass murders or alien invasions. There are no cancer diagnoses. It's just a sappy sentimental movie and Steve Martin is the star.

George Banks is an ordinary man whose 21 year-old daughter Annie has decided to marry a man she met in Rome, but George can't think of what life would be like without his daughter.His wife tries to make him happy for Annie's sake, but when the wedding takes place at their home and a bizarre wedding planner takes over the ceremony, George must try to handle the fact that people grow up, and move on...Any father with a daughter of a certain age, will take heed with this movie, because its simply so true, and Martin nails it as the titular character.All his worries and quandaries are true and are dealt with in a wonderful way, despite the film being wonderfully hilarious.There are the odd movies that lay on the schmaltz and sugar coat every aspect of the narrative, and you really don't mind them doing it, in fact, you hoped they would do it a little bit more, just to make it that little more heartwarming.The cast are fantastic, Martin in my opinion hasn't been this good since, and the whole film is just nice, funny, and heartwarming.You will want to ring your daughter after seeing this, just to let her know you love her.

All smiles no wrinkles, Father of the Bride 1991 remake of the 1950 movie of the same name, is a movie that touches every area of the heart, making you smile all the way through, as you look forward to giving your own child away.The cast brings warmth, the combination and ploy done by George Banks (Steve Martin) who can arguably be regarded as the cheapest man alive, were all too funny to make you turn away. After seeing this movie at a young age I couldn't wait to get another dose of it again, hunting down the DVD so as to see George, Frank (Martin Short) and Nina (Diane Keaton) plan a perfect wedding to give their beautiful daughter away.My sight for sore eyes in this flick is the beautiful wedding sneakers that George made for his daughter Annie (Kimberly Williams) just before her wedding. This movie can be said to be the best comedy that Steve Martin pulled, it is all cheers for you and the family.The movie plot is a narration from George Banks to us the viewers about the things that led to his daughter's wedding. George is a successful owner of an athletic shoe company; he hasn't seen his daughter (Annie) for a while since she went to Europe so he eagerly awaits her arrival from Rome. Annie's arrival came with a surprise; she is engaged to be married to a certain Bryan Mackenzie (George Newbern).George who stills see's Annie as his little girl was finding it hard to cope with the fact that his little girl was about to be a woman. To make matters worse he also has to pay for a flamboyant wedding that he did not plan for. George being extremely cheap now starts to think of ways to cut cost, and with the whole wedding plan all going on around him, George was in line for a nervous breakdown.Father of the bride was the breakthrough role for Kimberly Williams, and it was a revival for Keaton who has been having flops after flops for years affecting her relationship with Disney, who didn't want to cast her in this movie in the first place.Father of the bride is both a critical and financial success, it currently holds a 72% approval rating on the aggregate site Rotten Tomatoes and it spawned a sequel Father of The Bride 2 in 1995.Here is a DVD collection that you should buy and keep watching anytime you feel blue.www.lagsreviews.com

Brilliantly fun and emotion filled remake; fresh, smart and written the way people really speak! The best of Diane Keaton and Steven Martin, perfectly matched. I laughed, I cried and I do every time I watch this movie; we own it and it gets better and better. A fabulous surprise - Martin Short delivering a truly memorable performance! There is a melancholy scene when dad, George goes outside when he hears Annie shooting baskets because she can't sleep due to the impending wedding the next day and he starts to shoot baskets with her and there are moments when, through his eyes, we see Annie as a little girl bouncing the ball and we hear Georges sad voice narrate his longing for his little girl, who is now leaving home never to come back to her old bedroom in her parents home.