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Father of the Bride

Movie · 1991 · 100 min

A warm, funny, gently bittersweet comedy about letting go, easy to sink into and likely to leave you smiling.

About
1991 film directed by Charles Shyer
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Year
1991
Runtime
100 min
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Tone
  • warmstrength 3 of 3
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • family
  • parenthood
  • love
  • coming-of-age
  • class
Places
  • suburbs
  • home
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
family
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror0
Humour7
Realism7
Romance6
Tension4
Darkness2
Complexity3
Emotional weight6

Details

Genres
comedy, coming-of-age, romantic comedy
Directed by
Charles Shyer
Written by
Nancy Meyers, Charles Shyer, Albert Hackett, Frances Goodrich
Starring
Diane Keaton, Steve Martin, Martin Short, Kieran Culkin, Eugene Levy, BD Wong, Kimberly Williams-Paisley, George Newbern
Music
Alan Silvestri
Cinematography
John Lindley
Runtime
100 min
Country
United States
Languages
English

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