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Father of the Bride

Movie · 1950 · 92 min

Warm, gently comic look at a father's bittersweet pride and loss as his daughter's wedding spirals into chaos.

About
1950 film by Vincente Minnelli
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Class
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Year
1950
Runtime
92 min
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Tone
  • warmstrength 3 of 3
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
  • earneststrength 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
  • aging
  • class
Places
  • suburbs
  • home
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
family
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour6
Realism7
Romance5
Tension3
Darkness1
Complexity3
Emotional weight6

Details

Genres
romantic comedy
Directed by
Vincente Minnelli
Written by
Albert Hackett, Frances Goodrich, Edward Streeter
Starring
Elizabeth Taylor, Spencer Tracy, Joan Bennett, Billie Burke, Russ Tamblyn, Don Taylor, Leo G. Carroll, Moroni Olsen
Music
Adolph Deutsch
Cinematography
John Alton
Runtime
92 min
Country
United States
Languages
English

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