"Another wedding invitation. And a list. Lovely."

Four Weddings and a Funeral

1994; UK; 117 min.

Director: Mike Newell

Screenplay: Richard Curtis

Music: various artists

Cast:

Charles - Hugh Grant

Tom - James Fleet

Gareth - Simon Callow

Matthew - John Hannah

Fiona - Kristin Scott Thomas

David - David Bower

Scarlett - Charlotte Coleman

Carrie - Andie MacDowell

I took out a bunch of movies from the library because I knew that I would have a lot of free time on my hands this vacation (I just had my wisdom teeth taken out.). So, that explains my current intense blogging trend. I decided to take out this particular film because I love Hugh Grant. One of my favorite films is definitely "Music and Lyrics," which stars Grant as a retired pop star. While Hugh Grant did a great job acting in this film, the film itself was absolutely awful. I was totally disappointed that Grant took part in this train wreck of a film.

The plot was interesting - I guess... Obviously, the plot was about four weddings and a funeral. It was clever how the weddings built on each other. For example, a couple who meets at the first wedding (SPOILER ALERT) is the couple getting married at the second wedding. However, no witty banter or clever moments could save this film. The romantic relationship between Charles (Hugh Grant) and Carrie (Andie MacDowell) was completely unbelievable and unrealistic. They had only met once and then they fell in love. They knew nothing about each other whatsoever. This particular "love at first sight" wasn't even romantic - it was just plain weird. The characters had no connection and didn't build on their relationship after meeting each other. Andie MacDowell's character barely had any lines in the whole film. After the film ended, the audience is still confused (or at least I was) as to which characters are in relationships with others. The best part of this film was casting Hugh Grant. Other than Grant, I couldn't wait for this film to be over. There was absolutely no thought put into this film and I would not recommend it to anyone.

iRate: 1/5 weddings

(*NOTE: That rating is only above zero because of Hugh Grant!)

Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bYV_mV3BckA