Father of the Bride 1991

Janet Maslin, New York Times: The material has been successfully refurbished with new jokes and new attitudes, but the earlier film's most memorable moments have been preserved. Read more

Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly: This feel-good finale might feel even better, though, if it had any true connection to the pat, amiable, and rather dawdling farce that preceded it. Read more

Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: This is a movie with heart, and there are little moments in it when Martin is deeply moved by the fact that this perfect creature he brought into the world is now going to start a family of her own. Read more

Richard Corliss, TIME Magazine: Neither the '90s nor the husband-wife team of Nancy Meyers and Charles Shyer (they wrote the new version, she co-produced, he directed) can match the original film's grace or wit. Read more

Time Out: Some sequences and dialogue are lifted directly from the original, but in the wider context, this merely serves to underline the remake's comparative lack of tenderness and subtlety. Read more

Variety Staff, Variety: Best stuff here comes strsight from Martin, such as his frenzied antics in the in-laws' house or his ridiculous Tom Jones imitation in front of a mirror in a too-tight tuxedo. Read more

Hal Hinson, Washington Post: [A] slight but delightfully sweet-natured new comedy starring Steve Martin. Read more

Desson Thomson, Washington Post: After a provocative setup, this Touchstone Pictures offering pads innocuously down the aisle, a remake that doesn't touch the Spencer Tracy classic of the same name. Read more