Father of the Bride: Critic Reviews

89%

MovieWeb: 0 reviews

73%

RottenTomatoes: 36 reviews

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Entertainment Weekly (Top Critic)

59

Full Review » 21 years ago
Janet Maslin New York Times (Top Critic)

Full Review » 9 years ago
Hal Hinson Washington Post (Top Critic)

Full Review » 12 years ago
Desson Thomson Washington Post (Top Critic)

Full Review » 12 years ago
Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times (Top Critic)

75

Full Review » 12 years ago
Variety (Top Critic)

Full Review » 3 years ago
Randy White Common Sense Media

80

Steve Martin's sweet-natured wedding weepy.
Full Review » 1 year ago
Steve Crum Video-Reviewmaster.com

60

Humdrum remake of Tracy classic, but has its moments with Steve Martin.
Full Review » 4 years ago
Beth Accomando KPBS.org

40

See Spencer Tracy in the original instead.
Full Review » 4 years ago
Time Out

Full Review » 6 years ago
Walter Chaw Film Freak Central

25

For all its glad-handing of cheer and all-encompassing warmth, has a heart as tiny and cold and calculated as a Grinch's.
Full Review » 7 years ago
Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com

20

Full Review » 7 years ago
David Nusair Reel Film Reviews

75

...it's not difficult to see why the film has endured since it's release or why a sequel was commissioned just a few years later.
Full Review » 7 years ago
Scott Weinberg DVDTalk.com

80

Not much more than a fluffy little valentine of a movie, but there's still some actual warmth and wit underneath the "been there, seen that, nice wedding" exterior.
Full Review » 7 years ago
John J. Puccio DVDTown.com

70

This 1991 update of Father of the Bride may not be quite as touching or as funny as the older version, but it is still lighthearted, gentle, sweet, frothy fun.
Full Review » 7 years ago
Don Willmott Filmcritic.com

60

Is the wedding cake outrageously expensive? Get over it, George.
Full Review » 7 years ago
Michael Dequina TheMovieReport.com

60

Full Review » 7 years ago
Victoria Alexander FilmsInReview.com

20

Minor fluff. Not recommended.
Full Review » 8 years ago
Carol Cling Las Vegas Review-Journal

60

Full Review » 8 years ago
Tony Toscano Talking Pictures (U.S.)

80

Full Review » 9 years ago
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat Spirituality and Practice

A very funny film
Full Review » 9 years ago
Edward Havens FilmJerk.com

60

Full Review » 9 years ago
Matt Brunson Creative Loafing

40

Full Review » 9 years ago
Christopher Smith Bangor Daily News (Maine)

60

Full Review » 9 years ago
Kevin N. Laforest Montreal Film Journal

60

Full Review » 9 years ago