Father of the Bride (1991)

Directed by

Charles Shyer

Genre

comedy film, coming-of-age film, romantic comedy film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 40m

Rated

PG

Rating

6.5 of 10 from 1,511 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A businessman gets flustered when his daughter announces her engagement and the wedding planning begins. He tries to cope with the chaos of family, money, and letting go.

lightheartedfunnywarmchaoticsentimentalupliftingnostalgic

What happens

Father of the Bride is a 1991 American romantic comedy film starring Steve Martin, Diane Keaton, Kimberly Williams (in her film debut), Kieran Culkin, and Martin Short. It is a remake of the 1950 initial film. Martin portrays George Banks, a businessman who becomes flustered while he and his family prepare for his daughter's marriage. The film opened to positive reviews, and became a box office success. With its success, a sequel, Father of the Bride Part II, was released in 1995. This was Nancy Meyers and Keaton's second of five films together, the first being Baby Boom (1987); the others were Father of the Bride Part II, Something's Gotta Give (2003) and Father of the Bride Part 3(ish) (2020). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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