Plot
In this sequel to "Father of the Bride", George Banks must accept the reality of what his daughter's ascension from daughter to wife...
Release Year: 1995
Rating: 5.6/10 (14,134 voted)
Critic's Score: 49/100
Director:
Charles Shyer
Stars: Steve Martin, Diane Keaton, Martin Short
Storyline In this sequel to "Father of the Bride", George Banks must accept the reality of what his daughter's ascension from daughter to wife, and now, to mother means when placed into perspective against his own stage of life. As the comfortable family unit starts to unravel in his mind, a rapid progression into mid-life crisis is in his future. His journey to regain his youth acts as a catalyst for a kind of "rebirth" of his attitude on life when he and his wife, Nina, find how their lives are about to change as well.
Writers: Albert Hackett, Frances Goodrich
Cast: Steve Martin
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George Banks
Diane Keaton
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Nina Banks
Martin Short
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Franck Eggelhoffer
Kimberly Williams-Paisley
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Annie Banks-MacKenzie
(as Kimberly Williams)
George Newbern
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Bryan MacKenzie
Kieran Culkin
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Matty Banks
BD Wong
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Howard Weinstein
Peter Michael Goetz
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John MacKenzie
Kate McGregor-Stewart
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Joanna MacKenzie
(as Kate McGregor Stewart)
Jane Adams
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Dr. Megan Eisenberg
Eugene Levy
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Mr. Habib
Rebecca Chambers
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Young Woman at Gym
April Ortiz
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Olivia
Dulcy Rogers
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Ava (the Beautician)
Kathy Anthony
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Beautician #2
Taglines:
Expect the unexpected
Release Date: 8 December 1995
Filming Locations: 843 S. El Molino Avenue, Pasadena, California, USA
Box Office Details
Budget: $30,000,000
(estimated)
Gross: $76,594,000
(USA)
Technical Specs
Runtime:
Did You Know?
Trivia:
Although this sequel to
Father of the Bride is not a remake of
Father's Little Dividend, (the sequel to the original Father of the Bride (1950)_), the opening scenes of the two films, including the narration spoken to camera by the father character, are virtually identical.
Goofs:
Continuity:
At the end when Matty is handed his new nephew, his hand position changes from the time he gets it and everybody yells "two hands!" to when the camera angle changes an he turns away.
Quotes: George Banks:
[talking about his baby's name]
Franck Banks - has sort of a continental ring to it.
User Review
A nice, feel-good movie, though you have to suspend credulity
Rating:
I enjoyed this film, as I did Father of the Bride (1991), though I had
to suspend my credulity a lot. This film was less realistic than the
film it was based on, Father's Little Dividend (1951), with Spencer
Tracy and Elizabeth Taylor. For example, it's unlikely that George
Banks, a highly successful business owner who obviously must
think through his decisions, would be so impetuous as to sell the
house he loves and end up having to buy it back at a significant
mark-up. (George and Nina decide to sell following a rainstorm
that caused their kitchen ceiling to leak, even though the house
had two storeys above it.) The new baby *wing* which the Banks
then decide to build on to their repurchased home is equally
ridiculous, since the house is already huge and only young son
Matty is still at home.
Between the ill-conceived house sale and repurchase, the posh
baby wing and the lavish baby shower, featuring storks flown in
from Austria, I don't think George Banks could possibly have spent
more money. In the previous film, Father of the Bride (1991),
Bryan's parents were portrayed as wealthy, but George is clearly a
millionaire himself. I did enjoy this movie -- it's funny, romantic and
very warm, with beautiful sets -- but I would have preferred a little
less over-the-top consumerism.
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