The tone set by director Frank Coraci tends to the cartoonishly broad while making jokes at the expense of grotesques. [Blu-ray]
The Wedding Singer (1998)
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Reviews Counted:56
Fresh:37
Rotten:19
Average Rating:6.1/10
Runtime: 1 hr 37 mins
Genre: Comedies
Synopsis: New Jersey wedding chanteur Robbie Hart loses all hope after being abandoned at the altar by his fiancee Linda. Enter Julia, an effervescent ray of light in the shape of a catering-service... New Jersey wedding chanteur Robbie Hart loses all hope after being abandoned at the altar by his fiancee Linda. Enter Julia, an effervescent ray of light in the shape of a catering-service waitress, who enlists Robbie's help in planning her own wedding--to a sleazy, DeLorean-driving junk bond salesman who tomcats around and treats women like unfeeling slabs of meat. Can our hero win Julia over before she elopes to Las Vegas? Will Billy Idol save the day? And, most importantly, will the fluffy romantic storyline be completely overpowered by the weighty mid-1980s cultural references? THE WEDDING SINGER is cheesy fun for the nostalgically inclined. Steve Buscemi tries to steal the film in an uncredited role as a drunk best man, but that honor actually goes to Alexis Arquette, as "George." [More]
Starring: Adam Sandler, Drew Barrymore, Christine Taylor, Alan Covert
Starring: Adam Sandler, Drew Barrymore, Christine Taylor, Alan Covert, Angela Featherstone, Matthew Glave, Alexis Arquette, Frank Sivero, Christina Pickles, Ellen Albertini Dow, Jodi Thelen, Patrick McTavish, Teddy Castellucci, Randy Razz, John Vana, Billy Idol, Marnie Schneider, Carmen Filpi, Robert Smigel, Todd Hurst, Peter Dante, Phyllis Alia, Paul Thiele, Jack Nisbet, Sally Pierce, Earl Carroll, Jenna Byrne, Jason Cottle, Mark Lonow, Billy Elmer, Jackie R. Challet, Jimmy Karz, Al Hopson, Michael Shulman, Steven Brill, Angela Paton, Jon Lovitz, Mike Thompson, Michael Jay, John Sawaski, Christopher Alan, Kimberly Schwartz, Sanetta Y. Gipson, Tim Herlihy, Matthew Kimble, Sid Newman, Mark Beltzman, Andrew Shaifer, Shana Moakler, Maree Cheatham, Al Burke, Robert Hackl, Gabe Veltri, Joshua Oppenheimer, Kevin Nealon, Steve Buscemi, Brian Posehn
Director: Frank Coraci
Director: Frank Coraci
Producer: Jack Giarraputo, Robert Simonds
Composer: Teddy Castellucci
Screenwriter: Tim Herlihy
Producer: Brad Grey
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Reviews for The Wedding Singer
Although the movie is remarkably schmaltzy, it's sweet and affecting, too, with Sandler's character as genuinely nice as he can be.
Supporting players are uniformly strong, and Coraci deserves much credit for exacting just the right degree of outrageousness without spinning into some wild orbit.
Yes, it's sappy. It's also silly, utterly unironic, a sketch stretched out to feature length, and, if you're in the right mood, pretty darned cute.
Barrymore and Sandler are lovely together, and the movie, set in 1985, was also among the first to tap into 1980s nostalgia.
The plotting is simplistic but cute and the gags are consistently funny, particularly for anyone who grew up in the 1980s.
Fairly typical comedy, in that moments of genuine humor are spread out too thinly over a schmaltzy (sorry, "heartwarming") script. But how can you give a failing grade to a movie that spotlights silly early Eighties music?
Besides music that harks back to the days when MTV was worth watching (Martha Quinn Forever!), The Wedding Singer is also a sweet, beguiling romantic comedy.
This movie is great for a few laughs, especially if you fall into the right age category. But don't expect it to change your life.
Too much of The Wedding Singer has a disconcerting reluctance, reigning itself in at unexpected moments and failing to capitalize on several potential jokes...
Barrymore shines like a new penny on the strength of pure movie-star personality.
The almost never-miss comedy makes up for the unexceptionnal storyline, and Frank Coraci happens to be a skillful mainstream director.
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