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57% Critic Match
Betsy's Wedding
“The wedding picture doesn't always tell the real story.”
5.7 / 10• 1990• 1h 34m•R• English
ComedyRomance
Storyline
Offbeat fashion student Betsy Hopper and her straight-laced investment-banker fiancé Jake Lovell just want an intimate little wedding reception, but Betsy's father Eddie, a Long Island construction contractor, feels so threatened by Jake's rich WASP parents that he blows the ceremony up into a bank-breaking showpiece, sending his wife Lola into a financial panic.
Cast & Crew
Alan Alda
Eddie Hopper
Lead
Joey Bishop
Eddie's Father
Madeline Kahn
Lola Hopper
Anthony LaPaglia
Stevie Dee
Catherine O'Hara
Gloria Henner
Joe Pesci
Oscar Henner
Molly Ringwald
Betsy Hopper
Ally Sheedy
Connie Hopper
What People Are Saying
3.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Alan Alda's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Betsy's Wedding is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
