Claim: Father of the Bride features Steve Martin in a starring role.

Father of the Bride is a 1991 American comedy film starring Steve Martin , Diane Keaton , Kimberly Williams -LRB- in her film debut -RRB- , George Newbern , Martin Short , B. D. Wong , and Kieran Culkin . It is a remake of the 1950 film of the same name .   The film inspired a series of Hallmark commercials that featured the smiling faces of the happy couple and sneak-peeks at the backs of numerous greeting cards . It is number 92 on Bravo 's `` 100 Funniest Movies '' .   Martin portrays George Banks , a businessman and owner of an athletic shoe company -LRB- called Side Kicks -RRB- , who , when he finds out his daughter is getting married , does not want to give her away . He eventually learns to live with his new son-in-law and realizes that as long as his daughter is happy , he is happy .   The film opened to positive reviews , and became a major box office success , earning more than four times its budget . With its success , a sequel , Father of the Bride Part II was released in 1995 .   This was Nancy Meyers and Diane Keaton 's second film together , the first being Baby Boom -LRB- 1987 -RRB- ; the others were Father of the Bride Part II -LRB- 1995 -RRB- and Something 's Got ta Give -LRB- 2003 -RRB- .