During the course of the movie, all of which occurs at weddings, preparations for weddings, and a funeral, the characters talk. Endlessly and, thankfully, cleverly, they talk about themselves, about love, about marriage, about commitment, about relationships, and remarkably little about sex, though there is ample activity going on. Mostly you come to know these characters so, by the end, you want to watch the film again just to spend more time with them. I usually don't like British comedy, so much of it is about class. Accordingly, this film simply ignores economic reality.
People work at jobs they never describe, everyone seems to have ample money.
But there is the amazing romantic center, about a group going through emotional and evolutional changes together. Less contemplative than Return of the Secaucus Seven or The Big Chill, Four Weddings is more a romantic screwball comedy, one is as intoxicated by words, dialogue and characters as by love. Austin Chronicle Corp. All rights reserved.