This movie is the proof that the world is becoming a sick and dumb place

People are voting emotionally.

It really made me laugh, but for some moments I was tearing up because I could relate so much.

The thing I enjoyed most about the film is the fact that it doesn't shy away from being a super-sized-cliche;

George Banks (Steve Martin) has a happy life. He owns a sneaker company and happily married to Nina (Diane Keaton). He's shocked when his 22 year old daughter Annie (Kimberly Williams) tells them that she's marrying to Bryan MacKenzie (George Newbern) whom she met in Rome. He's picking on everything wrong with the relationship whether it's real or not. Soon the wedding gets too extravagant for George as they hire wedding coordinator Franck Eggelhoffer (Martin Short) and his assistant Howard Weinstein (BD Wong).I really like this movie at the beginning. It has the same feel as Parenthood and this starts off as a kind of continuation. Then Franck shows up and it becomes too ridiculous. The point of this is that George is over-reacting but Franck convinces me that he is not at all. When he's not on the screen, the movie is fun and I can laugh at George. It's also a stereotypical flamboyant wedding coordinator which is bad low brow comedy. I tune out every time he's on screen.

I find Steve Martin's films a bit inconsistent but there is no doubting the talent of the man, and this film highlights those perfectly.There isn't really much plot to talk about really. It's the story of how a father reacts to his daughters upcoming wedding.However what makes this film so special is that it is full of lovely moments and sentimental without becoming cloying.Steve Martin may be the central point for the comedy but credit must also be given to Diane Keaton and Kimberly Williams who do well in their roles. As for Martin Short's role...well, you'll either love it or hate it.Overall a lovely sweet hearted film. I've not seen the sequel as yet but to be honest I think this is one film that could have been left alone.

George Banks is an ordinary man whose 21 year-old daughter Annie has decided to marry a man she met in Rome, but George can't think of what life would be like without his daughter.His wife tries to make him happy for Annie's sake, but when the wedding takes place at their home and a bizarre wedding planner takes over the ceremony, George must try to handle the fact that people grow up, and move on...Any father with a daughter of a certain age, will take heed with this movie, because its simply so true, and Martin nails it as the titular character.All his worries and quandaries are true and are dealt with in a wonderful way, despite the film being wonderfully hilarious.There are the odd movies that lay on the schmaltz and sugar coat every aspect of the narrative, and you really don't mind them doing it, in fact, you hoped they would do it a little bit more, just to make it that little more heartwarming.The cast are fantastic, Martin in my opinion hasn't been this good since, and the whole film is just nice, funny, and heartwarming.You will want to ring your daughter after seeing this, just to let her know you love her.

it was one of the sweetest movies I watched. I watched two movies today, one was When Harry Met Sally and the other one was this movie. I like this way better than that, may be it is because the stories about family always touch me more than the stories about love. I knew both of these to movies from my text book"the American way", the chapter talks about the American family. I think the movie"When Harry Met Sally" is about the relationship between men and women, and this movie is about the relationship between father and daughter. Anyway, I do like this movie a lot, it was funny and warm. :) And the other thing I was glad about was, this movie doesn't have subtitle, but surprisingly I understood almost all.