Rotten
Neither the '90s nor the husband-wife team of Nancy Meyers and Charles Shyer (they wrote the new version, she co-produced, he directed) can match the original film's grace or wit.
Richard Corliss, TIME Magazine
Father of the Bride
Love is wonderful. Until it happens to your only daughter.
1991 · 1h 45m · PG
Comedy, Family
Directed by
Charles Shyer
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Father of the Bride
Overview
George Banks is an ordinary, middle-class man whose 22 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. 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, he becomes slightly insane.
Director and cast
- Charles Shyer Director
- Steve Martin as George Banks
- Diane Keaton as Nina Banks
- Kimberly Williams-Paisley as Annie Banks
- Kieran Culkin as Matty Banks
- George Newbern as Bryan MacKenzie
- Martin Short as Franck Eggelhoffer
- BD Wong as Howard Weinstein
- Peter Michael Goetz as John MacKenzie
- Kate McGregor-Stewart as Joanna MacKenzie
- Carmen Hayward as Grace
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
73%
Tomatometer
Fresh
Best stuff here comes strsight from Martin, such as his frenzied antics in the in-laws' house or his ridiculous Tom Jones imitation in front of a mirror in a too-tight tuxedo.
Variety Staff, Variety
Fresh
The material has been successfully refurbished with new jokes and new attitudes, but the earlier film's most memorable moments have been preserved.
Janet Maslin, New York Times
Fresh
[A] slight but delightfully sweet-natured new comedy starring Steve Martin.
Hal Hinson, Washington Post
Fresh
This is a movie with heart, and there are little moments in it when Martin is deeply moved by the fact that this perfect creature he brought into the world is now going to start a family of her own.
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
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