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The Wedding Singer (1998)

The Wedding Singer poster
Directed by
Frank Coraci
Genre
romantic comedy film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 31m
Rated
PG-13
Rating
6.8 of 10 from 1,940 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A wedding singer in the 1980s gets left at the altar. He falls for a waitress who is engaged to someone else.

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What happens

The Wedding Singer is a 1998 American romantic comedy film directed by Frank Coraci, written by Tim Herlihy, and produced by Robert Simonds and Jack Giarraputo. The film stars Adam Sandler, Drew Barrymore, and Christine Taylor, and tells the story of a wedding singer in 1985 who falls in love with a waitress. The film was released on February 13, 1998 by New Line Cinema. Produced on a budget of $18 million, it grossed $123 million worldwide and received generally positive reviews from critics. It is often ranked as one of Sandler's best comedies. The film was later adapted into a stage musical of the same name, debuting on Broadway in April 2006 and closing on New Year's Eve of that same year. Jon Lovitz would reprise his role as Jimmie Moore in the episode of the same name of The Goldbergs, set during the events of The Wedding Singer, with Sandler, Barrymore and Billy Idol appearing through the use of archival footage. The film marks the first collaboration between Sandler and Barrymore, and is followed by 50 First Dates and Blended (the latter also directed by Coraci). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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