Father of the Bride [Region 2] | ![Father of the Bride [Region 2]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41XKRQPQQFL._SL500_.jpg) | Director: Charles Shyer
Actors: Steve Martin, Diane Keaton, Kimberly Williams, Kieran Culkin, George Newbern
Category: DVD
Buy Used: $40.03
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Seller: valleycd
Rating:  92 reviews
Sales Rank: 291204
Format: PAL
Languages: English (Subtitles For The Hearing Impaired), Danish (Subtitled), English (Subtitled), Finnish (Subtitled), Greek (Subtitled), Hebrew (Subtitled), Croatian (Subtitled), Norwegian (Subtitled), Portuguese (Subtitled), Swedish (Subtitled), German (Original Language), English (Original Language), Spanish (Original Language)
Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Region: 2
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
EAN: 7321922345127
ASIN: B00004RYFY
Theatrical Release Date: December 20, 1991
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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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 Father of the Bride (15th Anniversary Edition) February 22, 2010
Arnita D. Brown (USA)
George Banks is an ordinary, middle-class man whose 21 year-old daughter Annie has decided to marry a man from an upper-class family, but George can't think of what life would be like without his daughter. He becomes slightly insane, but his wife tries to make him happy for Annie, but when the wedding takes place at their home and a foreign wedding planner takes over the ceremony, George must try to handle the fact that people grow up. 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. A heart warming movie that will make you laugh and cry.
 Love Steve Martin January 4, 2010
Leah Banwait
I purchased Father of the Bride & Father of the Bride 2 for my Dad. When I was shopping for gifts for my bridesmaids & groomsmen I came up with the idea to give these to my dad on the morning of my wedding. Was a nice touch - he loved both these movies.
Father Of The Bride December 26, 2009
William D. Jacobsen II
I am very happy with my purchase of Father Of The Bride. It arrived on time and was in great shape. Thank You.
a fun movie October 12, 2009
Male Nurse (virginia)
this is a fun movie to watch even though I will probably never be able to afford the wedding shown in the movie. A fun Movie, I recommend it.
 Two stories, for two different audiences September 7, 2009
Mark Wilsonwood (Grapevine, TX)
This is two stories in one. The first is a comedy, featuring the humor of Steve Martin and Martin Short. It pretty much works for all audiences, I think.
The second story plays to women only, by showing their dream wedding on screen. This works well for the target audience, I'm sure, but does a disservice. Precious daughter, assisted by overly excited and adoring mother, gets Dad to put up a couple hundred thousand dollars for one or two days of celebration. Not the best message to send to the teenage girls watching this movie and dreaming of the same thing when they get engaged.
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