Father of the Bride Part II | | Cast : | Steve Martin, Diane Keaton, Martin Short | | Director : | Charles Shyer | | Studio : | Touchstone Video | | Format : | Color, Closed-captioned, Widescreen | | Released Date : | December 08, 1995 | | DVD Released Date : | January 25, 2005 | | Language : | English (Dubbed), English (Original Language) | | Audience Rating : | PG (Parental Guidance Suggested) | | | BUY THIS DVD FROM AMAZON |
Customer Reviews
| Rating |  | | Date | April 20, 2005 | | Summary | The Schmaltz Family | Content
 | The sappy story of how the family with everything got a little more. |
| Rating | | | Date | January 02, 2005 | | Summary | Something Borrowed, Something Blue | Content
| Following the succesfull '91 remake of the 1950 classic Father Of The Bride, history again repeated itself, with Father Of The Bride Part II. Based on Father's Little Dividend, the sequel reunites the major players for a solid follow up--yet somehow not as much fun.
George (Steve Martin) and Nina Banks (Diane Keaton) have just settled down since their daughter Annie's wedding (Kimberly Williams) when life hurls another milestone at them. Annie and her husband Bryan (George Newbern) are about to make them grandparents. Once again George is scrambling to do everything right for his expecting daughter while facing another stage of his midlife crisis.
Once again directed by Charles Shyer, the film plays to the chemistry of the cast, led by Martin. The script by Nancy Meyers and Shyer (who also penned the original) are a bit more heavy on the schmaltz this time out and the movie's biggest turn isn't that much of a shock. They even found a way to bring back wedding coordinator Franck Eggelhoffer (Martin Short). In the end, he still made me laugh, despite a seemingly forced prescense
Unlike the DVD for the first film, which only had the theatrical trailer, for its bonus material, Part II earns points for giving us a bit more to chew on this time around. The audio commentary with stars Martin and Short is fun but I would have liked to have had Shyer in the mix too. The production featurette is a fairly standard piece of fluffy confection--the theatrical trailer tops off the extras.
Not a bad follow-up but the original is better. Still Part II is good enough to earn a recommendation.
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| Rating | | | Date | November 30, 2004 | | Summary | Similar Formula to Original With Some Success | Content
| Father of the Bride was a classic comedy. So one knew that a sequel had to be on the way. The original cast of Steve Martin, Diane Keaton, Kimberly Williams, and Martin Short are back and in fine form.
Whereas there are some comical moments, it just seems like the pacing of the film is oh so identical to the original. Just as Mrs Banks announces her pregancy, Franc is on the scene to plan another baby shower. And a double one at that to honor Kimberly William's character. The scenes just become to off the wall an the repetitive false alarms add very little to the story.
Nonetheless, Steve Martin and Martin Short are very entertaining. The wrecking ball scene with Mr. Habib is priceless. Not quite the original but Father of the Bride 2 certainly rates as amusing. |
| Rating | | | Date | November 11, 2004 | | Summary | Martin Short is fabulous in this! | Content
| It took me ages watching certain movies to realise where I actually knew Martin Short from. Of course he's Franck, and he will have you in tears with the kinda stuff he comes out with! Some classics that you can just barely understand with such an accent are:
Franck: Father of the bride and a baby? GET OUT OF TOWN.
Franck: What planet? The planet of not wanting to die by a drive by shooting.
I had to virtually wrestle this back into my DVD case and out of my mum's hands. She loves both of these films, and complained a lot about me not having the first one on DVD yet. Is it my fault that the DVD store in Edinburgh as the second one for £6.99, and the first for lots dearer?! Grrrr, I'll get it eventually, although no doubt this DVD and Cheaper By The Dozen will go missing at points, or be put back in the wrong place by my mother! She'd better keep her hands off.
I love this movie too, but the grand finale is much better done in Nine Months, with Robin Williams as the Russian Doctor. Speaking of Robin Williams, how much does Steve Martin look like his when he dyes his hair brown?! They're practically twins!
Most of this film is predictable, as is its predecessor, but Martin Short shines, and you get almost teary when he helps out with Nina & Annie giving birth. He's fabulous in these movies, and the accent has to be heard to be believed! You will be crying with tears over the accent.
There's no extras on this DVD, not even a trailer - sacriledge!
This is a great movie to add to your collection, and believe me, Franck's character is definitely brilliant! It's a fun movie, but have some sympathy for me, trying to keep it away from my mum! |
| Rating | | | Date | September 07, 2004 | | Summary | Better than the First One! | Content
| It isn't very often when a sequel is better then the first movie but as much as I like Steve Martin's movie Father of The Bride I like his movie Father Of The Bride Part II even more and if buying either movie on DVD and I was told I could only buy one of them I would definitely choose this delightful sequel, it's that good! |
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