Four Weddings And A Funeral
(1993)
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Charles (Hugh Grant, in what would become career-defining performance) is a confirmed British bachelor with a colourful 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. |
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This tale of a hapless bachelor, his friends and their romantic escapades is, in all honesty, little more than a glorified sitcom. But it's also extremely funny, charming, poignant and never anything less than hugely enjoyable. Mike Newell directs with an understatement that allows the rich humour in Richard Curtis's script to shine through, and Hugh Grant and Andie MacDowell will probably never better their performances. The support playing, particularly of Bafta-winning Kristin Scott Thomas and Simon Callow, is also of a very high order. Buoyed by this film's success, the production team reassembled to make 1999's smash-hit, Notting Hill, which also starred Grant.
Halliwell's Film Guide
Enjoyable, episodic comedy with expert comic performances, occasionally hindered by its lapses into broad farce and ancient jokes.