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.
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,
1 Jan 2000
fresh:
[A] slight but delightfully sweet-natured new comedy starring Steve Martin.
– Hal Hinson,
Washington Post,
1 Jan 2000
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,
20 May 2003
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,
26 Mar 2009
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.