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Betsy's Wedding

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Jake (Dylan Walsh) and Betsy (Molly Ringwald) are a young couple looking to tie the knot. Content with an understated, intimate wedding, Jake and Betsy's plans go out the window when Betsy's working-class folks, Eddie (Alan Alda) and Lola (Madeline Kahn), feel compelled to go over the top after they meet Harry and Nancy, Jake's high-class parents. In need of financial help, Eddie enlists a shady in-law (Joe Pesci) for assistance, which only exacerbates matters.
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William Thomas Empire Magazine Jan 6, 2017
2/5
Most of the people who see this will own funnier home videos of wedding disasters. Go to Full Review
Variety Staff Variety Feb 12, 2009
From a bolt of ordinary cloth Alan Alda fashions a thoroughly engaging matrimonial romp. Go to Full Review
Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times Jan 1, 2000
2/4
Betsy's Wedding assembles all of the materials for a human comedy, and then seems unconvinced by them. Go to Full Review
Graham Young Birmingham Mail Oct 18, 2023
Alda may have more than 20 top awards to his name, but this is a total nightmare of a production. Go to Full Review
Philip French Observer (UK) Oct 18, 2023
The kindly, ingratiating Betsy's Wedding, written and directed by its star Alan Alda, stands in the same relationship to Robert Altman's abrasive, unpredictable A Wedding that Alda's liberal TV series MASH occupies vis-à-vis the anarchic Altman movie. Go to Full Review
Christopher Tookey Sunday Telegraph (UK) Oct 17, 2023
There's a good pace, funny one-liners and enjoyable performances from the ubiquitous Joe Pesci as a sleazy uncle, Ally Sheedy as a vulnerable woman cop, and -- best of all -- Anthony LaPaglia as an earnest, Runyonesque young Mafioso. Go to Full Review
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Horror fan 4 @Horrorfan4life May 27, 2025 A very funny romcom with good performances. My favorite scene is with burt young talking about being happy or unhappy. Tim Treakle See more Dale R @iromulus9 Jul 8, 2024 Two very different families prepare their kids' weddings. This movie was written, directed and stars Alan Alda. This is a cute movie with a very satisfying ending. There were quite a few great character moments and the cast is excellent. Several of the scenes came off as just awkward and I’m not a fan of that. This could also cause the movie to drag in places. Regardless, I think this movie is worth a watch. See more Sep 10, 2020 It's a decent wacky wedding disaster movie. It doesn't do much that's memorable, or unique, but it's a fun enough distraction. It's got a solid cast, so that helps. Though I was more interested in the relationship between Sheedy and LaPaglia. See more Nov 18, 2019 Boy, I think the reviewers--critics and audience alike--must have seen a different movie to have rated this so low. My family and I throughly enjoyed everything about it--the cast, the script, the situations, the memorable lines. We still go around quoting from it. Every now and then I have to watch this again--for Stevie Dee alone, who is worth the price of admission. See more Sep 29, 2017 This is kept together and made funnier by O'Hara, Pesci and, save for the accent slip from LaPaglia who also was good, Burt Young. See more Apr 27, 2014 Sheedy and LaPaglia are beautiful together and that's a good thing because every moment they're not on the screen we miss them. See more Read all reviews
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Synopsis Jake (Dylan Walsh) and Betsy (Molly Ringwald) are a young couple looking to tie the knot. Content with an understated, intimate wedding, Jake and Betsy's plans go out the window when Betsy's working-class folks, Eddie (Alan Alda) and Lola (Madeline Kahn), feel compelled to go over the top after they meet Harry and Nancy, Jake's high-class parents. In need of financial help, Eddie enlists a shady in-law (Joe Pesci) for assistance, which only exacerbates matters.
Director
Alan Alda
Producer
Martin Bregman, Louis A. Stroller
Screenwriter
Alan Alda
Production Co
Touchstone Pictures, Silver Screen Partners IV
Rating
R
Genre
Comedy
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Jun 22, 1990, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Mar 1, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA)
$19.7M
Runtime
1h 34m
Sound Mix
Surround
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