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Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: DVD
Brand: MARTIN,STEVE
EAN: 0786936278798
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, Special Edition, NTSC
Label: Buena Vista Home Entertainment / Touchstone
Manufacturer: Buena Vista Home Entertainment / Touchstone
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Buena Vista Home Entertainment / Touchstone
Region Code: 1
Release Date: June 07, 2005
Running Time: 105 minutes
Sales Rank: 1243
Studio: Buena Vista Home Entertainment / Touchstone
Theatrical Release Date: December 20, 1991
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Product Description:
A befuddled father has a hard time letting go of his young daughter as she plans her wedding.
Genre: Feature Film-Comedy
Rating: PG
Release Date: 7-JUN-2005
Media Type: DVD
Amazon.com:
This '90s update of the Spencer Tracy-Elizabeth Taylor hit is a mix of the pleasant and the silly, a nice enough movie but a little too controlled to become particularly interesting. Steve Martin plays the aging patriarch who is threatened by his daughter's engagement and not-quite-willing to let her go. The writing-directing team of Charles Shyer and Nancy Meyers provides Martin's character with a perhaps too-broad range of comic responsiveness to the situation, some of it gentle (a ritual game of basketball between dad and his little girl) and some of it slapstick (Martin sneaking around his prospective in-laws' house and encountering a guard dog). Martin Short turns up as a wedding coordinator--which has deliriously delicious possibilities--but his inventiveness doesn't quite strike the chord this time. --Tom Keogh
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Rating:  - Schmaltzy Turd
This schmaltzy little turd is the gooey Hallmark card you put down and run away from. It just about ruined the good names of Steve Martin, Martin Short, and Diane Keaton for me. There is a total lack of quality physical or verbal humor to alleviate the simpering sentimental tone of this film... and I like crappy sentimental films! The writing of the film is certainly most to blame and Steve Martin's narration makes me want to kill myself and frankly I've never seen him so totally unfunny. The same goes for Martin Short who can ordinarily make almost anything funny... but here uses an excessive accent, costuming, and hairdo to little comedic effect. Diane Keaton's faux mistiness as the loving mother is a total betrayal of all the good work she has done over the years. It's hard to blame the bland supporting cast for this disaster... I mean they memorized their lines and delivered them. What else could they do? However, no doubt to their dismay, this film was not a career starter for anybody that wasn't already a big deal. Eugene Levy's 20 second cameo is really the best this tripe offered. Take a pass on this one unless you like this genre at its worst.
Rating:  - *Great Movie!*
A very good movie that you can enjoy forever.One you can share with the family for all to enjoy.A true classic.
Rating:  - Father of the Bride
Steve Martin is always good. It's nice to see him in a role that isn't nutty like, The Jerk. It's a great family movie. Diane Keaton is great, one of her best roles. Martin Short really makes the movie. The role of Frank is just "fabulous". It's a film I watch over and over.
Rating: - Great interaction
You know those rare times when you see two actors really play well off of each other? That's what you'll see between Steve Martin and Diane Keaton in Father of the Bride. Even if this movie were rotten (and let me be clear - it is far from rotten), the interaction and chemistry between Martin and Keaton would be well worth your viewing time. The two actors have accompanied each other to the Academy Awards a few times, so their on screen magic must have been in part because Martin and Keaton genuinely like each other. I went into this movie wanting to love it - in my view, Steve Martin is a comedic genius, and Diane Keaton is a fine and incredibly versatile performer. I didn't expect to enjoy their interactions as much as I did, so considering my expectations were high to begin with you can understand why I recommend this film. Remakes can be hit or miss, and this one is right on target.
Rating: - Funny and Touching Comedy
George Banks (Steve Martin) has just heard the words every father dreads. His daughter Annie (Kimberly Williams) has just announced that she's getting married to Bryan (George Newbern), a man she met while studying in Europe. While George's wife Nina (Diane Keaton) is thrilled by the news, George doesn't handle it well. After all, this means big changes happening in his life. And he doesn't cope well with change.
So, naturally, he handles this the way any dad would. He starts watching "America's Most Wanted" in case Bryan is on it. And when it comes to planning the wedding, his idea is cheap and informal, much to the women's dismay. Will he ever get with the program? And if he does, will he survive the big day?
This movie isn't a laugh until it hurts comedy. There are plenty of laugh out loud parts, but the humor is often subtler. While some of George's antics are definitely over the top and border on embarrassing, the movie manages to find the balance between embarrassment and humor. And the ending it truly touching.
And I can't say enough about the acting. Everyone is believable. In fact, what makes the movie work is the fact that every one of the characters and actors seems absolutely real. The exception, of course, are Franck and Howard, the over the top wedding coordinators played by Martin Short and B. D. Wong who absolutely steal every scene they are in.
Whether you've gone through a wedding or not, this movie will make you ... Read More
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