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Four Weddings and a Funeral

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Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994)

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Reviews Counted:49

Fresh:47

Rotten:2

Average Rating:7.5/10

Consensus: While frothy to a fault, Four Weddings and a Funeral features irresistibly breezy humor, and winsome performances from Hugh Grant and Andie MacDowell.

Runtime: 3 hrs 54 mins

Genre: Comedies

Synopsis: Charles (Hugh Grant) is a confirmed British bachelor with a colorful romantic background who meets the perfect woman, Carrie (Andie MacDowell), at a friend's wedding. However, Charles's hopes of... Charles (Hugh Grant) is a confirmed British bachelor with a colorful romantic background who meets the perfect woman, Carrie (Andie MacDowell), at a friend's wedding. However, Charles's hopes of romance are dashed when Carrie announces she must return to America the next morning. The two continue to cross paths at other people's weddings, never finding each other at a time when both are single. As all of Charles's friends find love, he's left wondering if he will ever be the one going to the altar. With subtle and lighthearted storytelling, director Mike Newell makes viewers feel intimate with characters who are shown in their happiest and saddest moments. The talented, funny cast--including Kristin Scott Thomas, Simon Callow, and Rowan Atkinson--portrays a very convincing group of friends in search of true love. [More]

Starring: Hugh Grant, Andie MacDowell, Kristin Scott Thomas, Simon Callow

Starring: Hugh Grant, Andie MacDowell, Kristin Scott Thomas, Simon Callow, James Fleet, Rowan Atkinson, John Hannah, Charlotte Coleman, David Bower

Director: Mike Newell

Director: Mike Newell

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Reviews for Four Weddings and a Funeral

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British films are rarely as funny or as charming.

Full Review Source: Channel 4 Film | comment Comment
02/03/09
Channel 4 Film
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Funny, agreeably sweet and exceptionally well acted and directed.

Full Review Source: Empire Magazine | comment Comment
01/01/00
Philip Thomas
Philip Thomas
Empire Magazine
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No review available.

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03/22/04
Rich Cline
Rich Cline
Shadows on the Wall

A British comedy that's classy and commercial -- and, most important, very, very funny.

Full Review Source: Time Out | comment Comment
01/26/06
Geoff Andrew
Geoff Andrew
Time Out
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No review available.

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08/26/04
Kevin Carr
Kevin Carr
7M Pictures

An intelligent romantic comedy that appeals to our love of happy endings, without making it too trite.

Full Review Source: Apollo Guide | comment Comment
01/01/00
Cheryl Northcott
Cheryl Northcott
Apollo Guide

No review available.

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07/31/02
Philip Martin
Philip Martin
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

Four Weddings is more a romantic screwball comedy, one is as intoxicated by words, dialogue and characters as by love.

Full Review Source: Austin Chronicle | comment Comment
01/01/00
Louis Black
Louis Black
Austin Chronicle

Courting stardom, Grant delivers an engaging performance in Mike Newell's romantic comedy about the horrors of flying solo in a married world.

Full Review Source: Boulder Weekly | comment Comment
10/02/06
Thomas Delapa
Thomas Delapa
Boulder Weekly

A grocery store would sell this on its generic shelf: the brittle upper-class British cleverness is strictly standard issue.

Full Review Source: Chicago Reader | comment 2 Comments
02/03/09
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Chicago Reader

Delightful and sly.

Full Review Source: Chicago Sun-Times | comment Comment
01/01/00
Roger Ebert
Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times
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MacDowell's dull drawl drags doings down.

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09/20/02
Luanne Brown
Luanne Brown
Chico Enterprise-Record
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08/12/02
Joshua Tyler
Joshua Tyler
CinemaBlend.com

No review available.

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11/06/05
Cole Smithey
Cole Smithey
ColeSmithey.com

The colorful cast brings it all home, and the film has become something of a minor classic in its genre.

Full Review Source: Combustible Celluloid | comment Comment
02/17/07
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Combustible Celluloid

A very funny and warm effort, Four Weddings strives to recapture the screwball sensibility of another era, succeeding to a surprising degree.

Full Review Source: Deseret News, Salt Lake City | comment Comment
01/01/00
Chris Hicks
Chris Hicks
Deseret News, Salt Lake City

The movie is funny. It's mostly entertaining.

Full Review Source: eFilmCritic.com | comment Comment
01/01/00
Oz
Oz
eFilmCritic.com

Entirely charming ... and I half-expected to hate this flick.

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07/25/02
Scott Weinberg
Scott Weinberg
eFilmCritic.com

This elegantly shot, classically structured British comedy is an updated version of Hollywood screwball comedies. Despite its makers' claims, it's not as radical as they hold--unless you consider a happy gay couple a revolutionary idea.

Full Review Source: EmanuelLevy.Com | comment Comment
07/27/07
Emanuel Levy
Emanuel Levy
EmanuelLevy.Com

The infectious charm and sunny goodwill of Four Weddings and a Funeral can so immediately buoy a soul ravaged by winter weather and winter movies.

Full Review Source: Entertainment Weekly | comment Comment
02/03/09
Lisa Schwarzbaum
Lisa Schwarzbaum
Entertainment Weekly
 
 
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