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I re-watched this movie today after seeing it a couple of years ago. I didn't remember half of what happened in the movie, but even the stuff that I remembered amused me again. Steve Martin is his usual self, very funny, great body language...simply great. It's been a while since I've seen such a good, not laugh-out-loud funny, funny comedy. Most of the newer comedies have less realism, less normal subjects and plots, and try too hard to be funny. While this movie definitely has it's share in sentimentality, especially towards the end, pretty much most of the last thirty minutes, but it is still funny, and you don't lose interest in it. A great family comedy, it is pretty much funny for all ages. This is a good movie to sit down with the entire family and watch. Most people will enjoy it, and most people will find at least a few things to laugh at in it, if not Steve Martins nervous father character then maybe Martin Shorts character with the ridiculous accent. There's something for everybody in this one; well, pretty much, anyway. 8/10

I have never seen the original so I can't really compare the two. On its own merits I thought FOTB to be really entertaining. Of course its predictable, but its meant to be. martin Short is hilarious as the wedding organiser, and Steve Martin is at his dead pan best. Kimberly Williams was excellent in her role as the young bride to be, particularly as it was her debut. The story goes along nicely but I must say the wedding seemed like the most expensive and lavish in wedding movie history, particularly seeming George Banks is your normal suburban father- not a multi millionaire. There are some fairly amusing scenes, but really its a nice movie. Its the type of movie you watch with your mother, or sister and think if only love, life and family were really that simple. In other words its escapism, almost like a fantasy...enjoy.

I remember a few years ago seeing Father of the Bride on TV, but of course it's edited and I never finished it, it's sad, I call myself a Steve Martin fan and never finished this movie. It's such a classic in itself and is just a nice family film that's a good watch. So I decided to rent Father of the Bride the other day, I just love this movie. It's one of the rare films that is genuinely good and just means to entertain you, your family and friends as well. Steve Martin makes such a great over protective dad, as much as he drives his daughter crazy in the film, you still gotta love him that he's so protective over his baby girl. Father of the Bride is a great comedy and is a good watch with it's sweet story and lovable characters. Before Meet the Parents, there was Father of the Bride.

George has an excellent life: good job, nice home, beautiful wife, and two loving kids, one of which is his daughter who has just come home from Rome getting her masters in architecture and announces she's getting married to a man she met there, Bryan. George is going crazy, loosing his baby girl so fast and now having to deal with not being the main guy in her life that she will go too for help. George has to also deal with the crazy wedding planner, Franck Eggelhoffer, trying to break up his daughter and her fiancée, and Bryan's rich parents.

Father of the Bride is a good film and I really recommend it, it's one of those films that you get a few good laughs for and just feel good afterwards. Steve Martin made George such a lovable character, even though he's trying to break up his daughter and her fiancée, you could understand why through his narration and the way he talks, every dad could relate too. Martin Short as Franck Eggelhoffer is a little over done, but still delivers good laughs. Father of the Bride is a just a fun movie that anyone could enjoy, it gives good laughs and might even make you shed a tear.

7/10

The sweetness that "Father of the Bride" exudes does not stem from the fact that it is funny, but rather because it is honest. It's a remake of the 1950s Spencer Tracy classic (which is great in its own right), but has more warmth about it than that film did. It doesn't rely on slapstick as much as it does on the realistic and ironic lead performance by Steve Martin. This is Martin's second favorite film that he has starred in (behind "Planes, Trains and Automobiles" and followed by "Little Shop of Horrors"), and I can see why.

Martin stars as George Banks, a wealthy upper-class businessman living in Suburban America with a gentle wife (Diane Keaton) and feisty son (Kieran Culkin). His oldest daughter (Kimberly Williams) has finally grown up and departed the house, and the day she comes home with a fiancée he literally has a panic attack.

She's getting married to possibly the most sensitive man in the world, but George is oblivious to this. All he sees are two big words flashing about the room: LOSING and DAUGHTER. But he is even more upset when he realizes the cost of the wedding: about a couple hundred dollars per head, multiplied by six hundred. You do the math.

Nina (Keaton) and her daughter hire Franck Eggelhoffer to handle the wedding, and Eggelhoffer is one of Martin Short's finest roles. Short, an ex-"SNL" member, and star of "Three Amigos" (which also starred Martin), is simply hilarious as the ecstatic and eccentric Frenchman. Amidst the ceremony's setup procedures, George cannot believe he is the only one who realizes just how crazy the cost of the wedding is.

Let's get this straight: "Father of the Bride" is nothing great. It's been done before, and it will be done again (and it has). Yet because of a likable and warm presence, the movie is more than just the sentimental goo that it nearly becomes at certain points throughout. It's truthful, blunt, and occasionally rather funny, which makes for an entertaining and extremely likable motion picture.

This is not Steve Martin's greatest role. That honor would go to his portrayal of frustrated advertising executive Neal Page in "Planes, Trains and Automobiles." But here he provides us with a character almost as realistic, touching and likable. Neal was the character we empathized with in "Planes," and in "Bride" it's essentially the same for Martin. We're seeing the world through his eyes - which explains the reason it is quite often very overwhelming and comical.

The movie indeed benefits from Martin's portrayal of a worried father - not as scared by the fact that his daughter is getting married, as he is by the idea that he will undoubtedly lose her to another man. It's a turning point in both their lives, but it doubles for him. Not only has he essentially lost his daughter, but also he has also just been faced with the reality that he is old enough to nearly be a granddad. This would leave good room for a sequel. Oh, wait...

4/5 stars.

• John Ulmer

I was nine when this movie was first released and I rented it again recently as I'm now in the process of planning my own wedding. While Steve Martin gives a great performance as George Banks, and while several scenes are hilarious, I take issue with several inconsistencies in this film. The daughter claims to be this independent woman, yet she chooses an ultra-traditional wedding complete with the hideous wad of lace called her wedding gown? Also, in these modern times it is rare for a young adult to live at home until they get married; again, if she is an independent woman, wouldn't she try living with her fiancé before taking the plunge? Other commenters have mentioned that the price of the wedding is absurd, and I agree. George is the only voice of reason when it comes to the cost, however we are expected to laugh at his corny yet more cost-effective visions of his daughter's wedding. It was difficult for me to relate to the problems of these spoiled, entitled rich people.

It's a movie, and perhaps shouldn't be over-analyzed, but when movies deal with a subject that many people have experienced, it's hard not to notice these things. It distracted me from enjoying the aspects of the film that were done best; namely, the comedic scenes. The scene at the in-laws' house and the scene in the grocery store are, in my opinion, well-done and hysterically funny.

I suppose this movie would be a lot more enjoyable to those who suspend belief don't bother nit-picking its flaws.

As soon as I finished watching the 90s version of "Father of the Bride", I felt the urge to revisit my review of the original Vincente Minnelli's film, starring Spencer Tracy and Liz Taylor as the titular characters, and I couldn't believe how my feelings in a five-year span hadn't changed one bit (indeed once a father, always a father). The only difference is that five years ago I had only one daughter from a previous marriage, now I have a second and a #3 expected for June... I'm definitely bound to be thrice a father of bride but it's still about my oldest girl who's the closer time-wise to bring me the joy or either the heartbreak to see her become another man's princess.

Watching Steve Martin as George Banks, I could feel him in every mimic, in every crisped expression or angry intonation of his priceless monologues, in every tender look he gave to his daughter Annie... and that, folks, is the power of being a girl's father, it's a bond that goes beyond what you can imagine: from the day you see that little creature, you want to keep her for yourself. I guess, a boy is different, you want him to outgrow you, to be tougher and bigger but a girl is that little diamond you want to keep preciously in your little heart-shaped box. That's the way it is, and Charles Shyer's "Father of the Bride", slightly rewritten by Nancy Meyers who has the instinct for rom-com, is an enchanting exploration of paternal instinct put at the stakes of the institution of marriage. Or when you stop being "pops" and become the old man behind the young go-getter who came, saw and conquered your darling.

And so, the whole film, set in these bucolic postcard-like small towns, relies on Steve Martin's comedic timing and it's certainly the best film to showcases his range after "Planes, Trains and Automobiles". Martin has an uncanny ability to play "mature" men finding chaos in rather ordinary situations, and it's precisely because everything is so normal and mundane that his over-the-top reaction are hilarious. If anything, he doesn't imitate Spencer Tracy who was a rock but his infantile attachment to the status quo and refusal to see his girl as an adult that let all the ridicule erupt in a geyser of laughs.

And Diane Keaton as Nina Banks is the perfect counterpart for (like I always said) she always exuded that tender gentleness, that ability to sweep all the negativity through a radiant smile. You can tell she's happy for her daughter because she sees her happiness beyond her own. And she's caring enough to let her husband get a free pass, until the limit is crossed. Anyway her chemistry with Martin is tangible and as Annie, Kimberly Williams-Paisley has that little something so we can see the little flower from her father's perspective and yet she's confident, assertive and strikes as the one who is able to stand for herself while sweet enough not to hurt him, she finds the right balance and something in her smile and her frailness embodies a certain universal idea of a daughter, while Liz Taylor had already that Goddess-like beauty. Other cast members include Martin Short as the wedding planner Franck Eggelhoffer with such an improbable accent you'd wonder how many continents his ancestry covers and Kieran Culkin who's given a few funny lines here and there (he'll be more present in the sequel)

The film goes off all the stages of the wedding planning, nothing quite fresh whether you've seen the original or not, but it doesn't try to revolutionize a concept, we get the encounter with the happy future father-in-law and I must say George Newbern is certainly more memorable than his 50s counterpart and is quite believable as a man who could win Annie's heart. Then we get all the financial struggles, George trying to save money by using his own wedding's suit, and a few bits of physical comedy. Speaking of which, If there is one scene that could have been removed without hurting the narrative, that would be that pointless slapstick sequence with the new in-laws (Peter Michael Goetz and Kate McGregor-Stewart) involving a wallet, two dogs and a swimming pool, that part was totally unnecessary and beneath the story, Steve Martin deserved better and fortunately, the film gets rapidly on tracks, so we can feel for the man and his growing claustrophobia as he's surrounded by all the organizational mayhem and so in the night before the wedding, we get to the core of the real heartbreak.

Indeed, it's during the quieter and most tender moments that you just get what it's all about: a separation.

As I mentioned in the original film: it's all about these moments that set a before and an after and Annie knows well that there's no coming back and that night before the wedding carries a certain gravity. I mentioned the birth of my daughter in my review, I remember right now the last night before she came to the world, I knew it was a special night, the end of a chapter and a new beginning. One could see either the page that closes or the one that opens, you just don't turn the pages easily and that moment of realization, related in voice-over, during the ceremony (almost the same as the first) hit me really hard and redeemed all the little flaws. In fact, calling "Father of the Bride" a remake is pointless since it tells a rather universal story that any father can relate to.

I could relate five years ago, I still do and I cherish these years where I can still consider my daughter my special little girl...

Director Charles Shyer (Irreconcilable Differences (1984), Baby Boom (1987)), directs here certainly the biggest success of his career, bringing a fun story and beautiful passages of pure sensibility. A simple story, and betting on charismatic characters and a soundtrack inspired.

George Banks (Steve Martin) is a family owned a factory that manufactures sports shoes in the small town of San Marino, in Southern California, and and who is married to Nina (Diane Keaton). His daughter Annie (Kimberly Williams) was in the last six months doing masters of architecture in Rome. She had never been so long away from home and was to return at any time. George is the person who does not like change and has always been the kind of father worried and wary. Once Annie arrives at your home, it Ofre a crisis of jealousy when he discovers that his daughter Annie (Williams) and American boyfriend Bryan (George Newbern), an independent communications consultant, who met during the time I was in Rome, will married. During the preparations for the big day and during the engagement party, the man will create a thousand confusions not to lose instead of her daughter.

The most interesting is the fluidity with which the script develops. Written eight hands by Frances Goodrich, Albert Hackett, Nancy Meyers and Charles Shyer, the plot is structured in three acts: the novelty and aptly focuses not only in marriage, but mostly in the reactions and behaviors of obsessive and careful father. George was even more confident because his daughter was not interested in getting married, but getting a job and be independent before getting married, but knowing her boyfriend Bryan, all she thought changed. Once Annie account of the wedding plans, and while his mother loves the idea, neurosis George begins to manifest. For him, it's like a little girl of five years old was telling the big news to him. He began to lose his girl there, was no longer the man's life Annie. And this behavior only gets worse with time, as we first meet him and Nina Bryan and preparations for the wedding begin. Afraid of losing his little girl, he starts putting defects and result in Bryan, forgetting that he and NIna had the same behavior when younger. Everything gets worse and he loses control of time when you have to meet the boy's parents in Bel Air, and notes that they are very high, even though simple and nice people. As father of the bride, tells customs that George pay for the entire wedding party, including giving nine passes for a part of the MacKenzie family who lives in Denmark. During the preparations he begins to lose his mind from time with crazy prices of the cake, the dress, the decorations and general preparations, such as food, photographer, invitations, flowers, orchestra, and moreover will realizdaas at home after the religious ceremony.

The situations are funny because of George. The character, as told by himself in an off the film, is overstated as most Banks, and neurosis with marriage makes everything even more touched and maximized. Most situations in which he engages are hilarious. One can not mention the incident with the dog in the bathroom of MacKenzie ending with the fall of the window and then the pool. With the entry of the wedding coordinators, Eggelhoffer Franck (Martin Short) and his assistant Howard Weinstein (BD Wong), situations of humor only increase with George unable to understand anything that Franck says due to his accent and his eccentric way. Another striking situation is going to the grocery store when George freaks out in an attempt to buy the pa ~ es for hotdogs and sausages. There was almost the highest point of stress in a hilarious scene.

Some exciting scenes are also scattered throughout the film. The scene where the bride and groom get a car of paius Bryan and George is embarrassed to take the machine to make cappuccino with Annie saying that nothing could please her more than that this is touching. The scene down the stairs by the banister into the arms of George, and basketball games in the backyard also part of this group scenes, with particular attention to the last scene where basketball starts snowing and George says he never would forget that moment for the rest of his life. Not to mention the final scene with the incoming call him by his daughter, directly from the airport before boarding for the honey-moon.

As the film progresses to its third act, George sees his daughter fight with Bryan for a futile reasons, and realizes that this was his chance to end the relationship the two have to return his daughter all to himself. But there marks its maturation phase in the film. Realizing that Bryan was a great guy and realizing the misfortune of his daughter with the breakup, he tries to make the two make up. He realized that despite not having his daughter just for him from that moment on, he would always have his love and happiness forever your girl was always above their wills.

The cast is chosen correctly without doubt the essential point of the film. Steve Martin at the height of his career, can carry the entire film with his charisma and talent, not disappointing as the character that entitles the film. His mannerisms, facial expressions and attitudes to denote uam certain childishness, but everything comes out naturally and comical. Diane Keaton is perfect as the mother excited about the wedding without any exaggeration. Kimberly Williams, George Newbern, Martin Short (stereotyped, but not clash with the rest of the cast), and young Kieran Culkin, complete the cast mingled.

Besides the fun and heartwarming script in certain parts, we need to highlight the direction of Charles Shyer, the art direction of Sandy Veneziano, photography John Lindley, and especially the soundtrack master Alan Silvestri, composer of such films as Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988), The Abyss (1992), Back to the Future Part II (1989) and Back to the Future Part III (1990). His instrumental track knows conduct moments of laughter and some tears and emotions touched more accurately. A great track that won the BMI Film & TV Awards in 1993. Also, the soundtrack of the movie marked several passages. We can mention "Steve Tyrell - My Girl", "Darlene Love-The Boy I'm Gonna Marry", Steve Tyrell "The Way You Look Tonight" and "Herman's Hermits, I'm Into Something Good", among others. Undoubtedly a classic comedy that marked a generation in the 90s and never get tired of watching. She entertains all the time, emotional, and spends countless messages of love, family, and care complicity with those we love, and suggest the natural course of life that happens to everyone. Sooner or later, the children grow up and go their own ways. Just trust they've been given a good education and values that were placed in their minds.

I suppose if I were anything other than a middle class white American, "Father of the Bride" might not have warmed my heart the way it did, but to be fair, family comedies don't any sweeter or more genuine than this story of a father coming to terms with his daughter growing up and moving out.

Casting Steve Martin in the role of overreacting and overprotective father George Banks was a fantastic choice. Of all the aging '80s comedy icons to pick from, no one pairs the sentimental with the neurotic and herky-jerky like Martin. The gooey nature of the movie keeps him from going overboard like in "The Jerk," but instead he keeps the movie interesting. Always playing irrational characters, there's the chance he might do something crazy, even if he rarely does, that keeps us entertained.

That's helpful, because there's not a whole lot of real conflict going in "Father of the Bride." One pivotal point in the film is the bride-to-be Annie (Kimberly Williams) crying that the wedding is off because her fiancée bought her a blender. In an earlier scene, the script entirely avoids a nasty conflict when George ends up in his future in-laws' pool after snooping around their house. He falls in and they cut away to a new scene. Without Martin's help, this movie is about a wedding with your typical father freaking out about paying for it all (when they have a perfectly good amount of money).

That's sort of the best and worst part of "Father of the Bride." It's so true-to-life, which makes it instantly agreeable but also completely lackluster. Essentially, the more you can relate, the more you will like the film. There are some very simple truths in Martin's narration that sums up what being a father is like (though I can't confirm that from experience)

For being overly sentimental, however, "Father of the Bride" doesn't drip with sappiness, which is really commendable. It's just sort of honest and genial and easy to relate to. Not many films like it can say it, but this one can.

Why can't they bring back this genre of movies? Simple, every day life without super drama. Watching a dad have a meltdown over his daughter's wedding is realistic and Steve Martin's character is so relatable. The super market moment with the hot dog buns is hilarious and so dead on. Nowadays it feels like writers/producers have no idea what is happening in the real world. I have watched countless movies where the characters drive new cars and $500k+ houses and are portrayed as the struggling, all-American family lol even though this family has a stunning house, they still come across grounded and humble.

If it wasn't for Steve Martin, this would be an absolute clunker. He is certainly one of our comic geniuses (and could do serious roles if he decided to). In this remake of the Spencer Tracy film, he is obsessed with the idea that he will lose his daughter to some rich jerk. Unfortunately, the ship has sailed and we get to see him at his irrational best. He is outvoted at every turn. Things begin to get really expensive and really outrageous. Now, enter Martin Short as the decorator and wedding planner. His quirky foreign presence really upsets the apple cart. Of course, this is a feel good movie (although I couldn't get over the excesses--I have a real problem with huge, expensive weddings), so I don't think I'm going to spoil anything by saying it's going to work out. There are no mass murders or alien invasions. There are no cancer diagnoses. It's just a sappy sentimental movie and Steve Martin is the star.

There are some touching bits of sentimentality here, as a dad (Steve Martin) tries to cope with his 22-year-old daughter (Kimberley Williams) returning from a trip to Rome to announce she's getting married. The flashbacks to her childhood in his mind, his trying to reconcile with the fact that he's no longer the man in his little girl's life, and his conflicted feelings about the young man who will be his son-in-law tug the heartstrings, even when the film is constantly endangering those feelings by being too cheesy. Diane Keaton is a welcome addition to the cast as the mother, and she does what she can, but it's a pretty shallow role (after all, this ain't Parents of the Bride).

The biggest issue, however, is that too much of the film is devoted to the out-of-control wedding spending, all at the hands of an effete wedding coordinator (Martin Short). I don't know what accent Short was going for here, but his character wasn't at all funny to me, and quickly grew tiresome to watch. Plus, you essentially have wealthy folks in San Marino (living in gigantic house, running a factory, tooling around in a convertible) worrying about the wedding costs and how it will appear to their new in-laws from Bel-Air (who own a mansion with servants, have a shocking amount of money even in their checking account, etc).

It's just a lighthearted comedy and not everything needs to be self-aware, but there just wasn't a lot of charm in Martin's character trying to reign in expenses while Short's absurdly ratcheted them up, with Keaton and Williams just nodding their heads. Other elements of comedy, like Martin being attacked by the in-laws Dobermans and falling into a pool, or the little kids driving cars as valets, just seemed lame to me. There is a feeling at the center of this which is undeniable, but the script and direction needed defter hands.

I've watched Father Of The Bride numerous times over the years and it's still a good family comedy to watch Steve Martin gives a hilarious and heartwarming performance. I laughed at the way Martin's character acted when his daughter announced her wedding plans and the scene that was touching was when father and daughter were outside and snow began falling it was nice.

Martin Short's role as Franck Eggelhoffer was both comical and very funny. George Banks (Martin) a middle class man and owner of a sports shoe company has it all a great job, a nice house, a beautiful wife Nina (Keaton) and son Matt (Culkin). He's in for the surprise of his life when his 22 year old daughter Annie (Williams) comes home and announces that she's getting married to Bryan MacKenzie (Newburn)a computer genius from a wealthy family.

From then on George is in a constant state of panic because the wedding will cost too much and the fact that his daughter is grown up. However by the end of the movie he finally accepts that his daughter is an adult and has her own life.

The rest of the cast gave great performances I recommend this movie to fans of Steve Martin who enjoy his comedy antics 8/10.

I really want to enjoy this movie. It's cute. However, there's a major stumbling block for me. I find it nauseating that the bride in this movie is so incredibly spoiled. She expects her father, who has worked hard all his life to build a successful business, to spend $250 a head for what is probably a wedding of between 200-300 guests? Am I the only one who did the math on this one? I kept waiting for someone to say, hey there bride-to-be, you're asking way too much, but no--everyone gangs up on the father, who is concerned about the price tag, and acts as though *he's* he unreasonable one.

I know this is just a movie, and I know it's not meant to be the issue we focus on, but I find behavior like this so egregiously offensive that it largely kills the humor of an otherwise cute movie for me.

A sweet entertaining fun film with a lot of charm, but lacking of a certain substance, and for some reason wildly stressful. The wedding industry is insane.

Steve Martin stars in this Disney remake of the 1950 classic..Martin stars as the father of the bride (Kimberly Williams is perfect) and Diane Keaton is the mother. Of course the wedding plans fall apart and it is up to the parents to make sure that it all comes together without a hitch. Martin Short is the coordinator - played stereotypically gay - and that gets annoying..but the movie altogether is a wholesome funny charming film that both kids and parents can watch together, on a scale of one to ten...6

While not Steve Martin's best film or role, he shines in a very likable and watchable comedy film. His Tom Jones impersonation especially is absolutely brilliant. Diane Keaton sparkles as his uncomplaining wife, and Kimberly Williams is sweet and alluring as his daughter Annie(she looked stunning in the wedding dress), while Martin Short gives a wonderfully fluffy turn as the camp wedding organiser. Onto the other elements of the film, while sentimental in places and perhaps a little unoriginal, what lifts it aside from the excellent performances is the beautiful scenery and cinematography, a nice script, assured direction and a pleasant soundtrack. Plus there were enough laughs to satisfy me, going for subtlety rather than wackiness, making it even more pleasant to watch. Overall, engaging and definitely worth watching. 8/10 Bethany Cox

The wonderful thing about Father of the Bride is it's a timeless story. It was true in 1950 when the original movie was made, it was true in 1991 when the remake came out, and it'll probably still be true in 2040 when they do another remake. Weddings are stressful to plan. Children grow up and transfer their loyalty to their new families, and their parents are cast aside as soon as they throw the rice. Fathers have a tough time saying goodbye to their little girls. We hold these truths to be self-evident, which is why both the Spencer Tracy and the Steve Martin versions are favorites in every household.

Most of the remake is the same as the original. Kimberly Williams, in her first movie, is the young bride, in love with a nice guy but breaking her dad's heart because she's leaving him for a younger man, which, let's face it, is why fathers have such a hard time saying goodbye to their daughters. Steve Martin has to get over himself and learn to support his daughter, guided by the common sense level-headedness of his wife, Diane Keaton. Really, it depends on what cast you like to know which to start with. Diane has a larger part than her black-and-white counterpart, Joan Bennett, but I've always been a fan of Joan's. Spencer Tracy was always too grumpy for my taste, and Steve gets more opportunities to show off his acting chops. I see upsides in either version, but the original will always be my favorite. There's no comparison to seeing Elizabeth Taylor in her beautiful wedding dress.

"Father of the Bride" was made back in the days when Steve Martin still had a really funny streak (which unfortunately seems to have ended with the "Cheaper by the Dozen" movies and the "Pink Panther" remake). The plot of course has him as suburban everyman George Banks getting ready for his daughter's wedding, with a series of hilarious mishaps along the way. Some of the scenes just make you die laughing, as you think "Oh my God! They're really doing that!" (you'll know these scenes when you see them). A real treat. Also starring Diane Keaton and Martin Short.

I wish to assert that 1991 was Steve Martin's best movie year ever. Aside from this, he also starred in "L.A. Story" and got a serious role in "Grand Canyon". He is a genius, you can't deny that.

Is Father of the bride an amazing movie no it's not but it's a classic of the early 90's which we don't see these types of movies anymore. The plot is great and it works and the actors are great in there roles. Yes the film does drag at times but it's overall a great 90's film.