Father of the Bride
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65% Critic Match

Father of the Bride

Love is wonderful. Until it happens to your only daughter.

6.5 / 10 1991 1h 45mPG English
ComedyDramaRomance

Storyline

George Banks is an ordinary, middle-class man whose 22 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. 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, he becomes slightly insane.

Cast & Crew

Steve Martin

Steve Martin

George Banks

Lead
Diane Keaton

Diane Keaton

Nina Banks

Kimberly Williams-Paisley

Kimberly Williams-Paisley

Annie Banks

Kieran Culkin

Kieran Culkin

Matty Banks

George Newbern

George Newbern

Bryan MacKenzie

Martin Short

Martin Short

Franck Eggelhoffer

BD Wong

BD Wong

Howard Weinstein

Peter Michael Goetz

Peter Michael Goetz

John MacKenzie

What People Are Saying

4.0
A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Charles Shyer's vision lands with breathtaking precision.
Manohla Dargis, The New York Times
3.0
Every frame feels alive. Father of the Bride is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.
Anthony Lane, The New Yorker