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The very different Betsy and Jake are getting married. They want a small wedding, but their dads want to give them a huge one.The very different Betsy and Jake are getting married. They want a small wedding, but their dads want to give them a huge one.The very different Betsy and Jake are getting married. They want a small wedding, but their dads want to give them a huge one.
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- 3 nominations
Frankie Faison
- Zack Monroe
- (as Frankie R. Faison)
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Good-hearted, well-intentioned comedy with realistic characters...but it's not that funny
I have to admire Alan Alda for writing a film that contains characters we can actually relate to. Characters who seem like normal, everyday people and not farcical Hollywood creations. The problem? The film hardly goes anywhere. And I only got a few laughs. I'm not asking for "The Naked Gun." I'm not asking for a new gag every two minutes. But this film just didn't have enough humor to classify itself as a comedy. It needed an extra dose of energy, and I feel Alda should've stayed in front of the camera. Because his direction is flat, and the whole movie just seems like one big home video. Though the movie is only a little over ninety minutes, I felt some scenes belonged on the cutting room floor.
The cast is superb and first-rate, and they could've shined with a funnier script. Joe Pesci is the best of a lot, in a role quite different from his usual wise-cracking, tough-guy-from-Brooklyn act. Other talents are Catherine O'Hara, Anthony LaPaglia, the late Madeline Kahn and Molly Ringwald.
My Dad used to say, whenever he would watch a bad comedy, "I guess they call it a comedy, since there's no tragedy in it." That's how I can classify "Betsy's Wedding." No tragedy, but the laughs are scarce.
P.S.: Look fast for Samuel L. Jackson as a taxi dispatcher.
My score: 5 (out of 10)
The cast is superb and first-rate, and they could've shined with a funnier script. Joe Pesci is the best of a lot, in a role quite different from his usual wise-cracking, tough-guy-from-Brooklyn act. Other talents are Catherine O'Hara, Anthony LaPaglia, the late Madeline Kahn and Molly Ringwald.
My Dad used to say, whenever he would watch a bad comedy, "I guess they call it a comedy, since there's no tragedy in it." That's how I can classify "Betsy's Wedding." No tragedy, but the laughs are scarce.
P.S.: Look fast for Samuel L. Jackson as a taxi dispatcher.
My score: 5 (out of 10)
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Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $19,740,070
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $4,662,488
- Jun 24, 1990
- Gross worldwide
- $19,740,070
- Runtime1 hour 34 minutes
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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