The Wedding Singer
Been a wedding singer is quite an uneasy task for Robbie whose heart is broken despite been a nice guy. Fortunately for him, he meets Julia who also gets engaged to the wrong person.
1960
17 February 1935, Halifax, Yorkshire, England, UK
20 March 1920, Haverford, Pennsylvania, USA
1971
12 August 1984, Oxnard, California, USA
22 February 1975, Culver City, California, USA
16 November 1913, Mount Carmel, Pennsylvania, USA
12 June 1962, St. Cloud, Minnesota, USA
30 November 1955, Stanmore, Middlesex, England, UK
21 July 1957, Tarzana, California, USA
2 June 1942, Oklahoma, USA
19 July 1994, San Bernardino, California, USA
3 April 1965, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
May 25, 2009
The tone set by director Frank Coraci tends to the cartoonishly broad while making jokes at the expense of grotesques. [Blu-ray]January 26, 2006
You can't help pulling for the kids.January 01, 2000
The movie is a tame affair, shot on calm, manicured streets; the interiors are decorated in pastels.April 28, 2009
Although the movie is remarkably schmaltzy, it's sweet and affecting, too, with Sandler's character as genuinely nice as he can be.January 27, 2013
The chemistry between Sandler and Barrymore is something special to see here, and I think 'The Wedding Singer' ends up being Sandler's best movie.June 01, 2008
Supporting players are uniformly strong, and Coraci deserves much credit for exacting just the right degree of outrageousness without spinning into some wild orbit.July 12, 2002
Finally, an Adam Sandler comedy that you can sit through without wanting to throw a mallet through the screen.December 15, 2010
Not the most original comedy, but many will enjoy.June 01, 2008
Yes, it's sappy. It's also silly, utterly unironic, a sketch stretched out to feature length, and, if you're in the right mood, pretty darned cute.February 14, 2001
A sparkling romantic comedy, the kind of picture that glides by so gracefully and unpretentiously that it's only upon reflection that you realize how much skill, caring and good judgment had to have gone into its making.October 18, 2008
Called on to replace some of his Happy Gilmore shtick with the emoting of a romantic lead, he does just that but in an unpersuasive on/off fashion.June 18, 2002
As Robbie Hart, a former lead singer in a rock band reduced to performing at weddings, Sandler goes for more than the easy laughs.