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01/26/06
The Wedding Singer (1998)
67 %
Reviews Counted: 54 Fresh: 36 Rotten:18 Average Rating: 6.2/10
Runtime: 1 hr 37 mins
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 waitress, who enlists Robbie's help in planning her own wedding--to a sleazy, DeLorean-driving junk... [More]
Genre: Comedies
Starring: Adam Sandler, Drew Barrymore, Christine Taylor, Alan Covert, Angela Featherstone
Director: Frank Coraci
Producer: Jack Giarraputo, Robert Simonds
Composer: Teddy Castellucci
Screenwriter: Tim Herlihy
Producer: Brad Grey
Producer: Jack Giarraputo, Robert Simonds
Composer: Teddy Castellucci
Screenwriter: Tim Herlihy
Producer: Brad Grey
Reviews
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Supporting players are uniformly strong, and Coraci deserves much credit for exacting just the right degree of outrageousness without spinning into some wild orbit.
06/01/08
Top Critic
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.
06/01/08
Barrymore and Sandler are lovely together, and the movie, set in 1985, was also among the first to tap into 1980s nostalgia.
02/17/07
The plotting is simplistic but cute and the gags are consistently funny, particularly for anyone who grew up in the 1980s.
05/19/06
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?
08/11/03
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.
06/06/03
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.
02/08/03
Too much of The Wedding Singer has a disconcerting reluctance, reigning itself in at unexpected moments and failing to capitalize on several potential jokes...
01/10/03
Barrymore shines like a new penny on the strength of pure movie-star personality.
10/15/02
The almost never-miss comedy makes up for the unexceptionnal storyline, and Frank Coraci happens to be a skillful mainstream director.
09/10/02
Finally, an Adam Sandler comedy that you can sit through without wanting to throw a mallet through the screen.
07/12/02
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