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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 01/06/2017
2/5
Most of the people who see this will own funnier home videos of wedding disasters. Go to Full Review
Variety Staff Variety 02/12/2009
From a bolt of ordinary cloth Alan Alda fashions a thoroughly engaging matrimonial romp. Go to Full Review
Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times 01/01/2000
2/4
Betsy's Wedding assembles all of the materials for a human comedy, and then seems unconvinced by them. Go to Full Review
Graham Young Birmingham Mail 10/18/2023
Alda may have more than 20 top awards to his name, but this is a total nightmare of a production. Go to Full Review
Philip French Observer (UK) 10/18/2023
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. Go to Full Review
Christopher Tookey Sunday Telegraph (UK) 10/17/2023
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. Go to Full Review
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Horror fan 4 May 27 A very funny romcom with good performances. My favorite scene is with burt young talking about being happy or unhappy. Tim Treakle See more Dale R 07/08/2024 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. See more 09/10/2020 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. See more 11/18/2019 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. See more 09/29/2017 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. See more 04/27/2014 Sheedy and LaPaglia are beautiful together and that's a good thing because every moment they're not on the screen we miss them. See more Read all reviews
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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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