| The Wedding Singer (1998)
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| Front Cover |
Actor |
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| Adam Sandler |
Robbie Hart
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| Drew Barrymore |
Julia Sullivan
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| Christine Taylor |
Holly Sullivan
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| Allen Covert |
Sammy
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| Matthew Glave |
Glenn Guglia
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| Ellen Albertini Dow |
Rosie
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| Angela Featherstone |
Linda
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| Alexis Arquette |
George Stitzer
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| Christina Pickles |
Angie Sullivan
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| Jodi Thelen |
Kate
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| Movie Details |
| Genre |
Comedy; Music; Romance |
| Director |
Frank Coraci |
| Producer |
Jack Giarraputo; Robert Simonds |
| Writer |
Tim Herlihy |
| Studio |
New Line Cinema |
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| Language |
English |
| Audience Rating |
PG-13 |
| Running Time |
95 mins |
| Country |
USA |
| Color |
Color |
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| Plot |
Robbie, the singer and Julia, the waitress are both engaged to be married but to the wrong people. Fortune intervenes to help them discover each other.
You're better off having been born after, say, 1965, if you really want to enjoy this corny romantic comedy and its abundant references to the MTV culture of the mid-1980s--and even then the odds are only 50-50 that you'll have a shamelessly good time. But a lot of people beat those odds, because The Wedding Singer was a surprise box-office hit when released in early 1998, and it resulted in Saturday Night Live graduate Adam Sandler's salary going ridiculously sky-high. It's a schizophrenic film about a seemingly schizophrenic wedding singer (Sandler) who's charmingly sweet to some people but a tongue-lashing maniac to others, probably out of frustration over his fading ambition as a wannabe rock star (not to mention Sandler's penchant for loud-mouthed lunacy). When he meets an admiring young waitress (delightfully played by Drew Barrymore), it's love at first sight, complicated by their pending marriages to much less appealing fiancés. The plot then contorts itself to accommodate this contrived will-they-or-won't-they? scenario, so you're better off ignoring the love story and focusing on the comedy, which is sporadic but occasionally hilarious. This is also a lighter, friendlier Sandler than moviegoers had seen before, which probably accounts for the movie's success. Toss in a fine supporting cast--including a show-stopping drunk act by indie-movie stalwart Steve Buscemi--and you've got the ingredients for a no-brainer that's ultimately more fun than it is annoying. --Jeff Shannon |
| Personal Details |
| Seen It |
Yes |
| Index |
106 |
| In Collection |
Yes |
| Links |
IMDB
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| Product Details |
| Format |
DVD |
| Region |
Any Region |
| Screen Ratio |
1.33 (4:3) |
| Layers |
Single side, Single layer |
| UPC |
794043466021 |
| Chapters |
25 |
| Release Date |
2004 |
| Subtitles |
English; French; Spanish |
| Audio Tracks |
Dolby Digital 5.1 - English
Stereo - French |
| Nr of Disks/Tapes |
1 |
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Extra Features
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| Color Closed-captioned Widescreen Dolby |
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