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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: 50

Fresh: 48

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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Jun 24, 1997

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British films are rarely as funny or as charming.

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02/03/09
Channel 4 Film

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.

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02/03/09
Lisa Schwarzbaum
Entertainment Weekly
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There are movies so breezy, even flimsy, that you can enjoy them as genial providers of an evening's entertainment yet forget all about them by the time you leave the multiplex.

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02/03/09
Richard Corliss
TIME Magazine
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A witty romantic comedy with a sardonic edge.

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02/03/09
Frank Lovece
TV Guide's Movie Guide

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

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02/03/09
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Chicago Reader
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Truly beguiling romantic comedy is one of the hardest things for a modern film to pull off, but a winning British team has done it in Four Weddings and a Funeral.

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12/04/08
Todd McCarthy
Variety
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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.

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07/27/07
Emanuel Levy
EmanuelLevy.Com

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

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02/17/07
Jeffrey M. Anderson
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12/23/06
Michael Dequina
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Courting stardom, Grant delivers an engaging performance in Mike Newell's romantic comedy about the horrors of flying solo in a married world.

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10/02/06
Thomas Delapa
Boulder Weekly

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

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Geoff Andrew
Time Out

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Emanuel Levy
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07/15/05
Jonathan R. Perry
Tyler Morning Telegraph (Texas)

Richard Curtis' screenplay nicely blends humor with drama, ensuring that some of the more serious moments never seem jarring or out of place.

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01/26/05
David Nusair
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what can we say. A classic is a classic is a classic.

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12/21/04
Eric Lurio
Greenwich Village Gazette

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