Father of the Bride (1991)

Release date: 1991-12-20
Country: USA
Language: English
Director: Charles Shyer
Production Co: Touchstone Pictures, Touchwood Pacific Partners 1, Sandollar Productions
Genre: Comedy, Family, Romance
Rating: 6.5/10
Length: 1h 45min

Storyline

In this remake of the Spencer Tracy classic, George and Nina Banks are the parents of young soon-to-be-wed Annie. George is a nervous father unready to face the fact that his little girl is now a woman. The preparations for the extravagant wedding provide additional comic moments.

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Short Review

The film's sole dramatic preoccupations are with broad physical comedy and unrealistically offbeat characterizations; a few moments of nominal pathos are really just structural pauses in the joke series.