Father of the Bride (1991)
76%RT Audience Score: 70%
Awards & Nominations: NA
While it doesn’t quite hit the heights of the original, this remake of the 1950 classic is pleasantly enjoyable, thanks in large part to winning performances from Steve Martin and Martin Short
Father of the Bride” is a classic comedy that will make you laugh and cry at the same time. Steve Martin’s performance is hilarious, especially when he loses it over hot dogs. The movie has its share of cliches and sentimentality, but it’s still an enjoyable tear-jerker. If you’ve ever been to a family wedding, you’ll relate to the chaos and drama that ensues. Overall, “Father of the Bride” is a heartwarming film that will leave you feeling good.
Production Company(ies)
Jack Rollins & Charles H. Joffe Productions, Rollins-Joffe Productions,
Distributor
Touchstone Pictures, Buena Vista Pictures
Release Type
Theatrical
Filming Location(s)
MPAA / Certificate
Rated PG-13 for brief suggestive material
Year of Release
1991
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Color:Color
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Sound mix:Dolby
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Aspect ratio:NA
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Runtime:1h 45m
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Language(s):
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Country of origin:United States
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Release date:Release Date (Theaters): Sep 20, 1991 Original
Release Date (Streaming): Jun 5, 2005
Genre(s)
Comedy
Keyword(s)
starring Steve Martin, Diane Keaton, Kimberly Williams-Paisley, Kieran Culkin, George Newbern, Martin Short, B.D Wong, directed by Charles Shyer, written by Frances Goodrich, Albert Hackett, Nancy Meyers, Charles Shyer, produced by Howard Rosenman, Nancy Meyers, Carol Baum, comedy, PG, box office gross $89.1M, reviewed by Henry Sheehan, Richard Corliss, Janet Maslin, Roger Ebert, Desson Thomson, Mike Davies, Rachel Wagner, Malcolm Johnson, Peter Canavese, Howard Rosenman, Nancy Meyers, Carol Baum
Worldwide gross: $89,325,780
Worldwide gross (inflation-adjusted): NA
Worldwide gross ranking (inflation-adjusted): NA
Worldwide tickets sold (est.): NA
US/Canada gross: $89,325,780
US/Canada gross (inflation-adjusted): NA
US/Canada gross ranking (inflation-adjusted): NA
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US/Canada opening weekend (inflation-adjusted): NA
US/Canada opening weekend ranking (inflation-adjusted): NA
Budget and Earnings Details
Production budget (est.): NA
Production budget (inflation-adjusted): NA
Production budget ranking: NA
Marketing and distribution budget (inflation-adjusted est.): NA
Box office net earnings to date (inflation-adjusted est.): NA
ROI to date (est.): NA
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Diane Keaton – Nina Banks
Kimberly Williams-Paisley – Annie Banks
Kieran Culkin – Matty Banks
George Newbern – Bryan MacKenzie
Martin Short – Franck Eggelhoffer
Howard Rosenman – Producer
Nancy Meyers – Producer, Writer
Carol Baum – Producer
Frances Goodrich – Writer
Albert Hackett – Writer
Charles Shyer – Director, Writer
Director(s)
Charles Shyer
Writer(s)
Frances Goodrich, Albert Hackett, Nancy Meyers, Charles Shyer
Producer(s)
Howard Rosenman, Nancy Meyers, Carol Baum
Film Festivals
Awards & Nominations
NA
Academy Awards
All Critics (44) | Top Critics (10) | Fresh (31) | Rotten (13)
The film’s sole dramatic preoccupations are with broad physical comedy and unrealistically offbeat characterizations; a few moments of nominal pathos are really just structural pauses in the joke series.
December 20, 2016
Henry Sheehan
Hollywood Reporter
TOP CRITIC
Neither the ’90s nor the husband-wife team of Nancy Meyers and Charles Shyer (they wrote the new version, she co-produced, he directed) can match the original film’s grace or wit.
May 23, 2011
Richard Corliss
TIME Magazine
TOP CRITIC
Best stuff here comes strsight from Martin, such as his frenzied antics in the in-laws’ house or his ridiculous Tom Jones imitation in front of a mirror in a too-tight tuxedo.
March 26, 2009
Variety Staff
Variety
TOP CRITIC
The material has been successfully refurbished with new jokes and new attitudes, but the earlier film’s most memorable moments have been preserved.
May 20, 2003 | Rating: 3.5/5
Janet Maslin
New York Times
TOP CRITIC
This is a movie with heart, and there are little moments in it when Martin is deeply moved by the fact that this perfect creature he brought into the world is now going to start a family of her own.
January 1, 2000 | Rating: 3/4
Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times
TOP CRITIC
After a provocative setup, this Touchstone Pictures offering pads innocuously down the aisle, a remake that doesn’t touch the Spencer Tracy classic of the same name.
January 1, 2000
Desson Thomson
Washington Post
TOP CRITIC
Despite the cliches, shameless sentimentality and rampant unsubtlety, it’s an engagingly enjoyable comedy tear-jerker.
April 13, 2022
Mike Davies
Birmingham Post
My favorite performance from Steve Martin especially the scene where he flips out over hot dogs
November 27, 2020
Rachel Wagner
Rachel’s Reviews (YouTube)
Beyond its personally threatening nature, and its unnerving idea about laying out a life’s hoardings for a single unrewarding day, this new version of the romantic comedy first filmed by Vincente Minnelli in 1950 feels false.
June 5, 2018
Malcolm Johnson
Hartford Courant
The strengths of these films are not so much laughs as sincerity and heart. [Blu-ray]
May 20, 2012 | Rating: 2.5/4
Peter Canavese
Groucho Reviews
“Father of the Bride” should bring a smile to anyone who’s been in a family that’s had a wedding-regardless of your point of view. But the sequel doesn’t offer quite the same level of comedy and insight.
May 11, 2012 | Rating: 7/10
James Plath
Movie Metropolis
Steve Martin’s sweet-natured wedding weepy.
January 2, 2011 | Rating: 4/5
Randy White
Common Sense Media…
Plot
A father’s coming to grips with his daughter’s upcoming wedding through the prism of multiple relationships within a big, sprawling Cuban-American clan.
Trivia
Goofs / Tidbits
Martin Short’s performance as the over-the-top wedding planner, Franck Eggelhoffer, is a standout in Father of the Bride.
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