All rights reserved.| Description Hugh Grant—in a career defining performance—stars as a young man, whose efforts to remain single are legendary amongst his friends, suddenly finds himself in love with an American woman who has recently attended the season's weddings. FOUR WEDDINGS AND A FUNERAL is considered to be the blueprint for all subsequent Working Title romcoms (that would include NOTTING HILL and LOVE ACTUALLY) and has since become a perennial feel-good favourite. Editorial Reviews Sight and Sound - p.47 - Caren Myers Premiere - p.111 - John M. Korpics Entertainment Weekly - pp.38-9 - Lisa Schwarzbaum New York Times - p.C15 |
Top Reviews 5 of 6 people found this review helpful. Four weddings and a funeral has to go down as one of the most enjoyable and most successful British comedy ever. Written by Richard Curtis (Notting Hill) the film follows hopeless Charles (the extremely adorable Hugh Grant) who is forever going to other people’s weddings but is never actually the groom himself. He takes an interest in Carrie (Andie McDowell) who he meets at yet another wedding and through the course of the film they meet at a no. of social gatherings and the audience is left wondering “will they or won’t they get together.” The casting is superb, Hugh Grant as always is charming and indeed very watchable but we can’t forget the supporting cast who play Charles’ friends. The only slight disappointment is Andie McDowell whose performance wasn’t electrifying in the least but the chemistry between her and Grant makes up for that. Extremely funny and in places very moving, inparticular John Hannah’s emotional speech at the funeral. Along with Bridget Jones’ diary this is British comedy at it’s best. Review ID: 10000000001390299 Was this review helpful? Report this review Reviews A classic romance. Lonliness and fear of the future with poetry that instigated a resurgence in popularity of WH Aude. Stop all the clocks is now a modern classic line. Review ID: 10000000007193321 Was this review helpful? Report this review I loved this film but hadn't seen it for ages. I have decided to get rid of my videos and replace them all with dvds. Watched this as soon as I could after it arrived ( with subtitles as bit of hearing problem ) great, really enjoyed it and had forgotten bits of the film. I would recommend anyone to watch it again and to enjoy it again. Great emotion, happiness and sadness, true life emotions and feelings. Review ID: 10000000006981344 Was this review helpful? Report this review Review created: 04/04/08 by: A modern comedy classic, loved this film and it doesn't matter how many times you watch it, you still find someting new to laugh or cry about, moving funny, british, classic. AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA++++++++++++ Review ID: 10000000006498013 Was this review helpful? Report this review Review created: 09/03/08 by: Fantastic DVD. We had the video but mislaid it. Happy sad story but well worth watching. Good viewing for all the family (when they are the apprpriate age of course!) Great acting, Hugh Grant plays a blinder as usual. A must for every household and worth every penny! Review ID: 10000000006085387 Was this review helpful? Report this review |