Father of the Bride

Plot synopsis:
George Banks (Steve Martin) is the owner of an athletic shoe company in San Marino, California, whose 22-year-old daughter, Annie (Kimberly Williams), returns from Europe, telling them she is engaged to Bryan MacKenzie (George Newbern), a man from an upper-class family from Bel-Air, despite them only having known each other for three months. The sudden shock turns the warm reunion into a heated argument between George and Annie, but they quickly reconcile in time for Bryan to arrive and meet them. Despite Bryan's good financial status and likeable demeanour, George takes an immediate dislike to him while his wife, Nina (Diane Keaton), accepts him as a potential son-in-law.George and Nina meet Bryan's parents, John and Joanna MacKenzie. Though George feels comfort from John also expressing how shocked he had initially been at Bryan's marriage plans, he quickly gets into trouble when he begins nosing around and eventually ends up falling into the pool when cornered by the MacKenzies' vicious pet Dobermans. All is forgiven, however, and the Banks meet with an eccentric European wedding designer, Franck Eggelhoffer (Martin Short) and his assistant, Howard Weinstein (B. D. Wong), where George immediately begins complaining about the price of the extravagant wedding items. The high price, $250 a head, plus the problems of wedding invitations begin to take their toll on George and he becomes slightly insane. The last straw occurs when his wrongly sized tuxedo, which he had struggled to put on, rips when he bends his back. He leaves the house to cool off, but ends up causing a disturbance at a supermarket. Fed up with paying for things he doesn't want, he starts removing hot dog buns from their 12-bun packets so as to match the 8-dog packets of hot dogs. He ends up getting arrested, but Nina arrives to bail him out on the condition that he stop ruining Annie's wedding.With help from Nina and Franck, George becomes more relaxed and accepting of the wedding, particularly when Annie and Bryan receive rather expensive gifts from extended family members, but the wedding plans are put on hold when they have a row over a blender he gave to her as a gift, which only gets worse when she refuses to believe his story about George's antics at his house when he fell in the pool. George takes Bryan out for a drink, initially intending to get rid of him for good, but seeing his heartbroken face and genuine claim that he loves Annie, George has a change of heart and finally accepts him. He confesses to Annie that what happened at Bryan's house was true, and she and Bryan reconcile.Despite some last minute problems with the weather, the wedding is finally prepared, almost one year after Bryan and Annie's first meeting. They marry and the reception is held at the house, despite a nosy police officer objecting to the number of parked cars in the street. George, unfortunately, misses Annie throwing the bouquet and is unable to see her before she and Bryan leave for their honeymoon in Hawaii. She, however, calls him from the airport to thank him and tell him that she loves him one last time before they board the plane.With the house now empty and the wedding finished, George finds solace with Nina and dances with her.

Tags: comedy

Review:
This is Martin's second favorite film that he has starred in (behind "Planes, Trains and Automobiles" and followed by "Little Shop of Horrors"), and I can see why.Martin stars as George Banks, a wealthy upper-class businessman living in Suburban America with a gentle wife (Diane Keaton) and feisty son (Kieran Culkin).
We're seeing the world through his eyes - which explains the reason it is quite often very overwhelming and comical.The movie indeed benefits from Martin's portrayal of a worried father - not as scared by the fact that his daughter is getting married, as he is by the idea that he will undoubtedly lose her to another man.
I remember a few years ago seeing Father of the Bride on TV, but of course it's edited and I never finished it, it's sad, I call myself a Steve Martin fan and never finished this movie.
Steve Martin makes such a great over protective dad, as much as he drives his daughter crazy in the film, you still gotta love him that he's so protective over his baby girl.
Father of the Bride is a great comedy and is a good watch with it's sweet story and lovable characters.
Before Meet the Parents, there was Father of the Bride.George has an excellent life: good job, nice home, beautiful wife, and two loving kids, one of which is his daughter who has just come home from Rome getting her masters in architecture and announces she's getting married to a man she met there, Bryan.
George has to also deal with the crazy wedding planner, Franck Eggelhoffer, trying to break up his daughter and her fiancée, and Bryan's rich parents.Father of the Bride is a good film and I really recommend it, it's one of those films that you get a few good laughs for and just feel good afterwards.
Father of The Bride can be viewed purely as a bit of light-hearted comedy that mocks the way Dads can sometimes be, but by looking just a little deeper, it contains valuable information that could help many a daughter understand her Dad, and offers many a Dad some consolation that he is not alone, and that someone out there understands the separation pains he is going through as his most precious treasure begins to spread her wings and look elsewhere than the first man she ever loved.
"Father of the Bride" was made back in the days when Steve Martin still had a really funny streak (which unfortunately seems to have ended with the "Cheaper by the Dozen" movies and the "Pink Panther" remake).
I've watched Father Of The Bride numerous times over the years and it's still a good family comedy to watch Steve Martin gives a hilarious and heartwarming performance.
I laughed at the way Martin's character acted when his daughter announced her wedding plans and the scene that was touching was when father and daughter were outside and snow began falling it was nice.Martin Short's role as Franck Eggelhoffer was both comical and very funny.
George Banks (Martin) a middle class man and owner of a sports shoe company has it all a great job, a nice house, a beautiful wife Nina (Keaton) and son Matt (Culkin).
He's in for the surprise of his life when his 22 year old daughter Annie (Williams) comes home and announces that she's getting married to Bryan MacKenzie (Newburn)a computer genius from a wealthy family.From then on George is in a constant state of panic because the wedding will cost too much and the fact that his daughter is grown up.
However by the end of the movie he finally accepts that his daughter is an adult and has her own life.The rest of the cast gave great performances I recommend this movie to fans of Steve Martin who enjoy his comedy antics 8/10..
In a remake of the 1950s film of the same name, Steve Martin plays shoe factory manager George Banks whose 22-year daughter Annie (Kimberley Williams) unexpectedly announces her plans of marrying a computer system designer named Bryan (George Newbern) who she only recently met on her trip to Italy.
The elaborate and costly wedding arrangements are also a major source of stress for George who must learn cope with the feeling of not being the number one man in his daughter's life anymore.Steve Martin is a decent comedian, so the humour works best when it relies on his screen-persona and puts less emphasis on crazy situations.
Since the soon-to-be husband and wife aren't really developed enough to make them very interesting and Diane Keaton plays her part as the mother of the bride with a constant smirky smile that makes her come across as rather unnatural in the role, the movie can essentially be called a one-man show of Steve Martin who fortunately suits the role well.At the end of the day, the appeal of Father of the Bride depends on the charisma of Steve Martin and the perceived touchingness of the theme of letting go of your daughter.
i thought this was a really cute,touching movie.i found the performances authentic and sincere as well as how each person reacted to the big event,from the announcement of the big event right to the last scene in the movie.Steve Martin was terrific as George,the Father.Dianne Keaton was great as the Mother.as for the bride herself,Kimberly Williams,she came off as very real and believable.however,the character i liked the most was the wacky wedding choreographer,played by Martin Short.he was a scream.all in all,a very heartfelt,well done movie.i have yet to see the original 1950 version with Spencer Tracy,Joan Bennett,and Elizabeth Taylor,but i hope to soon.as for this remake,i give it an 8/10.
Diane Keaton sparkles as his uncomplaining wife, and Kimberly Williams is sweet and alluring as his daughter Annie(she looked stunning in the wedding dress), while Martin Short gives a wonderfully fluffy turn as the camp wedding organiser.
The story is very interesting and very nice, the comedy is hilarious, the acting is fantastic, everything is awesome about this film!All the actors do a great job: Steve Martin, Diane Keaton, Kimberly Williams, George Newbern, Kieran Culkin, Martin Short, B.D. Wong and an extremely small part by Eugene Levy.
The film starring Steve Martin, Diane Keaton, Kimberly Williams, George Newbern, Martin Short, B.D. Wong and Kieran Culkin was directed by Charles Shyer and is number 92 on Bravo's "100 Funniest movies." Other awards received were Kimberly Williams for "Best Breakthrough Performance" and Steve Martin for People's Choice Award for "Favortie Actor in a Comedy Motion Picture." He was also nominated for a Golden Globe Award for his performance.In this remake of a classic Spencer Tracy film, George Banks (Steve Martin) is the owner of a shoe store in San Marino, California.
When the wedding takes place at their home with a crazy foreign wedding planner, Franck Eggelhoffer (Martin Short), controlling the whole thing, George tries to remember that his daughter is all grown up and ready to take the next step in her life.
It's hard to ignore Steve Martin's comedy, but, the film makes me cringe, especially if this movie is seen in countries whose citizens think this is the "average" American family of today.
Steve Martin and Diane Keaton make brilliant performances as well.I don't think the old one is better, I watched it recently and it is indeed good.
"Father of the Bride" is a charming, family-accessible movie that showcases Steve Martin in one of his most likable roles.
Also, in the first part of the movie, when Martin's character meets his daughter's fiancé, the natural fatherly impulse to dislike Brian (ably played by George Newbern) gets stretched beyond reality to something like a reverse Electra complex, and it gets kind of creepy for a couple of minutes.
1991 remake of the 1950 Spencer Tracy-Elizabeth Taylor sentimental comedy concerns harried family man trying to maintain control while planning his daughter's extravagant, expensive wedding.
While Steve Martin gives a great performance as George Banks, and while several scenes are hilarious, I take issue with several inconsistencies in this film.
Franck the wedding co-ordinator is one of this film's glories, completely outclassing Leo Carroll, who played the equivalent role first time round.The young couple are attractive, Martin is amusing and the story is told competently enough, but one wonders whether the world needed another "Father of the Bride" at all.
After spending six months in Rome, Annie (Kimberly Williams) has some exciting news to tell her parents George (Steve Martin) and Nina (Diane Keaton).
It's the story of how a father reacts to his daughters upcoming wedding.However what makes this film so special is that it is full of lovely moments and sentimental without becoming cloying.Steve Martin may be the central point for the comedy but credit must also be given to Diane Keaton and Kimberly Williams who do well in their roles.
A little quaint for the 1990s.****** Father of the Bride (12/20/91) Charles Shyer ~ Steve Martin, Diane Keaton, Kimberly Williams-Paisley, Martin Short.
I suppose if I were anything other than a middle class white American, "Father of the Bride" might not have warmed my heart the way it did, but to be fair, family comedies don't any sweeter or more genuine than this story of a father coming to terms with his daughter growing up and moving out.Casting Steve Martin in the role of overreacting and overprotective father George Banks was a fantastic choice.
Always playing irrational characters, there's the chance he might do something crazy, even if he rarely does, that keeps us entertained.That's helpful, because there's not a whole lot of real conflict going in "Father of the Bride." One pivotal point in the film is the bride-to-be Annie (Kimberly Williams) crying that the wedding is off because her fiancée bought her a blender.
Without Martin's help, this movie is about a wedding with your typical father freaking out about paying for it all (when they have a perfectly good amount of money).That's sort of the best and worst part of "Father of the Bride." It's so true-to-life, which makes it instantly agreeable but also completely lackluster.
So before he completely wrecks his career with rubbish like the "Pink Panther" remakes, take a moment to remember how good he can be at both funny and emotional.In a remake of the 1950 Spencer Tracy original, Martin plays George Banks who is a successful businessman living in LA with his wife Nina (Diane Keaton).
When their daughter Annie (Kimberly Williams) returns from Europe engaged to well-to-do Bryan McKenzie (George Newbern), George struggles to cope with the news and begins to go off the rails, especially when he feels pushed out by extravagant wedding planner Franck (Martin Short).
There are moments that don't quite ring true - the scene with the cars parked in the street, for example - but by and large, this is a great comedy that is suitable for the whole family.Hopefully, our wedding will be considerably less chaotic and expensive - if this is Hollywood's idea of a modest wedding then I'd rather get married over here - but when all is said and done, everyone will have a good time and that's how this movie is.
Steve Martin with Diane Keaton and new-comer Kimberly Williams-Paisly shine in Father of the Bride.
George and Nora Banks (Steve Martin and Diane Keaton), being the parents of the bride, the must organize and pay for the wedding.
Any daughter who has a close relationship with her father cannot help but feel at least a little heart-tug during that scene.One minor problem I had with this movie was that it was difficult for me to feel sorry for the amount of money the wedding was costing George...
He was hilarious, and very funny for Martin's character to play off of.This movie will have you laughing from beginning to end, but it goes far beyond comedy....it also reached into the dramatic genre, mostly in the storyline between the title-featured father and his daughter the bride.
And Steve Martin, Now An Oscar-Winner, delivers a knock-out performance as the paranoid father.'Father of the Bride' Synopsis: George and Nina Banks are the parents of young soon-to-be- wed Annie.
All smiles no wrinkles, Father of the Bride 1991 remake of the 1950 movie of the same name, is a movie that touches every area of the heart, making you smile all the way through, as you look forward to giving your own child away.The cast brings warmth, the combination and ploy done by George Banks (Steve Martin) who can arguably be regarded as the cheapest man alive, were all too funny to make you turn away.
After seeing this movie at a young age I couldn't wait to get another dose of it again, hunting down the DVD so as to see George, Frank (Martin Short) and Nina (Diane Keaton) plan a perfect wedding to give their beautiful daughter away.My sight for sore eyes in this flick is the beautiful wedding sneakers that George made for his daughter Annie (Kimberly Williams) just before her wedding.
This movie can be said to be the best comedy that Steve Martin pulled, it is all cheers for you and the family.The movie plot is a narration from George Banks to us the viewers about the things that led to his daughter's wedding.
George being extremely cheap now starts to think of ways to cut cost, and with the whole wedding plan all going on around him, George was in line for a nervous breakdown.Father of the bride was the breakthrough role for Kimberly Williams, and it was a revival for Keaton who has been having flops after flops for years affecting her relationship with Disney, who didn't want to cast her in this movie in the first place.Father of the bride is both a critical and financial success, it currently holds a 72% approval rating on the aggregate site Rotten Tomatoes and it spawned a sequel Father of The Bride 2 in 1995.Here is a DVD collection that you should buy and keep watching anytime you feel blue.www.lagsreviews.com.
i absolutely loved this movie,,very funny Martin Short, Bronson Pinchot , Steve Martin what more could you hope for,, the father,, George Banks finds out his little girl is getting married and proceeds to go off of the deep end, as i would to whenever mine gets married, he tries to cut corners .
because it will cost 250 dollars a head for the wedding,, he meets his future son-in-law and very cautiously accepts him, there is lots and lots of comedy and slapstick in this one, especially the now infamous hot dog bun scene,, where he snapped, and lands himself in jail for causing a scene at the local grocery store,, i think they kinda overdid it just a little with putting in snow in L.A in winter,, because it never snows there anyway,, but all in all i really liked this movie, because it shows how a father feels when it' time to let go of his little girl..
In this 1991 updated remake of 'Father of the Bride', we find Steve Martin as a neurotic, stressed out father, George Banks, learning that his adult daughter is getting married, and it is up to him to make her the happiest bride at the most lavish wedding.
Martin Short, of course, is the comedic center of the film as Franck, the wedding coordinator, who throughout the movie, is a pest to Steve Martin's character.
Steve Martin and Diane Keaton play George and Nina Banks, the parents of Annie Banks, who is a soon to be married woman.
The cast in the movie includes, Steve Martin, Diane Keaton, Kimberly Williams and Martin Short and they all give good performances.Father Of The Bride is a great comedy movie which comedy, movie lovers everywhere will love.
Steve Martin stars in this Disney remake of the 1950 classic..Martin stars as the father of the bride (Kimberly Williams is perfect) and Diane Keaton is the mother.
Martin Short is the coordinator - played stereotypically gay - and that gets annoying..but the movie altogether is a wholesome funny charming film that both kids and parents can watch together,  on a scale of one to ten...6.
Father of the Bride (1991) *** (out of 4) Very funny remake of the Spencer Tracy-Elizabeth Taylor classic has Steve Martin stepping into the role of the father who finds himself losing his mind once he learns that his daughter is about to be married.
Keaton co-stars with the great Steve Martin as the wife of a husband who's quietly going crazy over the upcoming wedding of their only daughter.
What probably makes this whole movie worth watching is Steve Martin's hilarious performance as George.
George Banks (Steve Martin) and his wife, Nina (Diane Keaton), are ecstatic over the fact that their daughter Annie (Kimberly Williams) is coming home after being in Rome for 6 months.
The whole movie is about George, the father of the bride, and how he learns to cope with losing his little girl, planning and paying for a wedding.
The movie would be very, very ordinary if it didn't have the wedding planner 'Franck', played with great comedic timing  by Martin Short.
Anyway, this is the remake of the 1950 film, and it sees middle aged father George Banks (Martin) with wife Nina (Diane Keaton) having to prepare the wedding for their 21-year-old daughter Annie Banks (Kimberly Williams-Paisley).
In "Father Of The Bride", he once again takes on a role made iconic by Spencer Tracy, though this time he gives it a skin of its own, thus succeeding in transforming a mawkishly-constructed drama into a zingy comedy.George Banks' (Steve Martin) life changes when his daughter Annie (Kimberly Williams) tells him that she has decided to get married to Bryan MacKenzie (George Newbern), a guy she had met in Rome a few months before.