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Betsy's Wedding

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Jake (Dylan Walsh) and Betsy (Molly Ringwald) are a young couple looking to tie the knot. Content with an understated, intimate wedding, Jake and Betsy's plans go out the window when Betsy's working-class folks, Eddie (Alan Alda) and Lola (Madeline Kahn), feel compelled to go over the top after they meet Harry and Nancy, Jake's high-class parents. In need of financial help, Eddie enlists a shady in-law (Joe Pesci) for assistance, which only exacerbates matters.
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William Thomas Empire Magazine Most of the people who see this will own funnier home videos of wedding disasters. Rated: 2/5 Jan 6, 2017 Full Review Variety Staff Variety From a bolt of ordinary cloth Alan Alda fashions a thoroughly engaging matrimonial romp. Feb 12, 2009 Full Review Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times Betsy's Wedding assembles all of the materials for a human comedy, and then seems unconvinced by them. Rated: 2/4 Jan 1, 2000 Full Review Graham Young Birmingham Mail Alda may have more than 20 top awards to his name, but this is a total nightmare of a production. Oct 18, 2023 Full Review Philip French Observer (UK) The kindly, ingratiating Betsy's Wedding, written and directed by its star Alan Alda, stands in the same relationship to Robert Altman's abrasive, unpredictable A Wedding that Alda's liberal TV series MASH occupies vis-à-vis the anarchic Altman movie. Oct 18, 2023 Full Review Christopher Tookey Sunday Telegraph (UK) There's a good pace, funny one-liners and enjoyable performances from the ubiquitous Joe Pesci as a sleazy uncle, Ally Sheedy as a vulnerable woman cop, and -- best of all -- Anthony LaPaglia as an earnest, Runyonesque young Mafioso. Oct 17, 2023 Full Review Read all reviews

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Horror fan 4 A very funny romcom with good performances. My favorite scene is with burt young talking about being happy or unhappy. Tim Treakle Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 05/27/25 Full Review Dale R Two very different families prepare their kids' weddings. This movie was written, directed and stars Alan Alda. This is a cute movie with a very satisfying ending. There were quite a few great character moments and the cast is excellent. Several of the scenes came off as just awkward and I’m not a fan of that. This could also cause the movie to drag in places. Regardless, I think this movie is worth a watch. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 07/08/24 Full Review Audience Member It's a decent wacky wedding disaster movie. It doesn't do much that's memorable, or unique, but it's a fun enough distraction. It's got a solid cast, so that helps. Though I was more interested in the relationship between Sheedy and LaPaglia. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 09/10/20 Full Review Audience Member Boy, I think the reviewers--critics and audience alike--must have seen a different movie to have rated this so low. My family and I throughly enjoyed everything about it--the cast, the script, the situations, the memorable lines. We still go around quoting from it. Every now and then I have to watch this again--for Stevie Dee alone, who is worth the price of admission. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/13/23 Full Review Audience Member This is kept together and made funnier by O'Hara, Pesci and, save for the accent slip from LaPaglia who also was good, Burt Young. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/19/23 Full Review Audience Member Sheedy and LaPaglia are beautiful together and that's a good thing because every moment they're not on the screen we miss them. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/04/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Alan Alda

Director

Alan Alda

Eddie Hopper

Madeline Kahn

Lola Hopper

Molly Ringwald

Betsy Hopper

Ally Sheedy

Connie Hopper

Anthony LaPaglia

Stevie Dee

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Synopsis Jake (Dylan Walsh) and Betsy (Molly Ringwald) are a young couple looking to tie the knot. Content with an understated, intimate wedding, Jake and Betsy's plans go out the window when Betsy's working-class folks, Eddie (Alan Alda) and Lola (Madeline Kahn), feel compelled to go over the top after they meet Harry and Nancy, Jake's high-class parents. In need of financial help, Eddie enlists a shady in-law (Joe Pesci) for assistance, which only exacerbates matters.
Director
Alan Alda
Producer
Martin Bregman, Louis A. Stroller
Screenwriter
Alan Alda
Production Co
Touchstone Pictures, Silver Screen Partners IV
Rating
R
Genre
Comedy
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Jun 22, 1990, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Mar 1, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA)
$19.7M
Runtime
1h 34m
Sound Mix
Surround
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