The tone set by director Frank Coraci tends to the cartoonishly broad while making jokes at the expense of grotesques. [Blu-ray]
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05/25/09
The Wedding Singer (1998)
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Reviews Counted: 56
Fresh: 37
Rotten:19
Average Rating: 6.1/10
Runtime: 1 hr 37 mins
Genre: Comedies
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... [More]
Starring: Adam Sandler, Drew Barrymore, Christine Taylor, Alan Covert
Director: Frank Coraci
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Reviews for The Wedding Singer
Although the movie is remarkably schmaltzy, it's sweet and affecting, too, with Sandler's character as genuinely nice as he can be.
04/28/09
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10/18/08
Top CriticSupporting 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 CriticYes, 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
You can't help pulling for the kids.
01/26/06
Top CriticIt's charmingly bad and an excellent date film.
12/06/05
Uneven and silly? Yes. Enjoyable? Most definitely.
04/09/05
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04/02/05
An hour and a half of solid entertainment.
06/08/04
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
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05/20/03
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
Sandler proves here that he's not only a brilliant comedian, but a talented actor.
08/02/02
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