Light-hearted, cute, romantic, very funny - party like it's 1985, baby!

Rating: 10/10 (15 April 2004)

"The Wedding Singer" is a movie that surprised me very much. I did not see it in the theater when it was originally released because 1. The trailer did not present anything to me to make me want to go see it and 2. I am not a fan of either Adam Sandler or Drew Barrymore. But it turns out this is one of my favorite movies of all time.
Sandler plays Robbie Hart, a struggling wedding singer who falls in love with Barrymore, a waitress who works at the weddings he plays gigs at. She's engaged to a Wall Street broker named Glenn, played very smarmily and very well by Matthew Glave. Unfortunately, Robbie's fiance Linda dumps him at the wedding, and it all takes off from there. Barrymore is cute and charming as Julia, and Sandler as Robbie is very entertaining and funny. Both have great chemistry together as romantic leads.
I always crack up at certain scenes like when Robbie goes back to work at a wedding gig and completely destroys it after being dumped at the altar, or the scene when Julia is talking to her cousin Holly about wearing the engagement ring Glenn gave her for three years and feeling like an idiot and the cook responds by saying, "Relax, don't do it!" Ha ha ha! The supporting characters such as Robbie's best friend Sammy, the womanizing limo driver, Rosie, the old woman who pays Robbie in meatballs for singing lessons, George, Robbie's back-up singer who aspires to be like Boy George, and Holly, Julia's Madonna-wannabe cousin are all great and very likeable.
Sometimes you just want a movie to make you feel good, nothing very deep, but it makes you laugh and you can have a good time watching it. The movie gently mocks the 80s, but never in a mean-spirited way. The soundtrack is killer. If you loved the 80s and want a good trip back in time, this one's for you. Plus, Billy Idol, Steve Buscemi, and Jon Lovitz all make cameo appearances! Recommended highly to all.