Father of the Bride Movie Review 1991

Remake of the 1950 comedy classic portrays one of the most overextravagant weddings in recent film history, but falls short of the original. Predictable plot and characters don't hide any surprises, but nothing detracts from the purpose of the film: to be a nice, charming movie. Martin is fine as the reluctant dad but Keaton is little more than window dressing as the bride's mom; Short is annoying as a pretentious wedding coordinator. Williams pulls off a nice film debut--and was almost immediately cast in a TV ad as a young-bride-to-be calling her dad long distance to tell him she's engaged. Adapted from a novel by Edward Streeter.

Distribution

Buena Vista Home Entertainment, 500 S. Buena Vista St., Burbank, CA 91521-1120, Toll-free: 800-723-4763, URL: http://www.bvhe.com

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 105 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Wedding Bells, Family Comedy, Dads

Screenplay

Charles Shyer, Nancy Meyers

Cast

Steve Martin, Diane Keaton, Kimberly Williams, Kieran Culkin, George Newbern, Martin Short, B.D. Wong, Peter Michael Goetz, Kate McGregor Stewart, Martha Gehman

Cinematography

John Lindley

Director

Charles Shyer

Music

Alan Silvestri

Other

Eugene Levy

Producer

Touchstone Pictures, Touchwood Pacific Partners I, Sandy Gallin, Nancy Meyers, Carol Baum, Howard Rosenman