The Wedding Singer (1998)

 

Genre: Romance/ Comedy

Time: 1h 35mins

Director: Frank Coraci

Quick Summary: Robbie, a singer, and Julia, a waitress, are both engaged, but to the wrong people. Fortune intervenes to help them discover each other.

This was cute and all, but not entirely that interesting. Adam Sandler is just a vibe throughout the entire film though and I'm loving it. I think the first half of this movie is really sweet, and has a lot of heart to it. It's all very fluffy and charming, honestly, it's just pure fun. 

Adam Sandler is pretty much a massive loser in this. He's a wedding singer, and not a very good one either. He specialises in doing terrible covers of 80's songs. But I'll be honest, I actually enjoyed them a lot, maybe it's just the strange charm he brings to almost all of his films.

 His life gets worse one day, his wedding day, to be exact, when the bride doesn't turn up. Now in a deep spiral of depression, our hero doesn't see any way forward. His next gig is a washout and there's love all around him; even his newfound friend, the cute little waitress who works at the same place as him is getting married. And to a man who doesn't deserve her, I might add. I don't think I really need to tell you what comes next, but even though it's predictable it's ever so cute. 

Drew Barrymore was also perfectly cast. She is the perfect girl in this movie; all smiles and sunshine, and it's impossible not to fall in love with her. The movie also blesses us with Steve Buscemi, who provides the film with one of its funniest moments towards the start.

I think the problem I have with this, is that after we're set up and introduced to everyone, it loses heart a little bit. The jokes are incredibly dated, and only half of them I actually found funny, the rest I cringed at. With how predictable it is, it's very obvious what will happen by the end. As well some of the cameos in this, I only knew by chance, some of my generation would have no clue who they were.

As much of a typical romantic comedy, this is, it's sweet and nice to watch if you want a lighthearted film. It's cute, but nothing new nowadays.

4/10

"Robbie: All right, remember - alcohol equals puke equals smelly mess equals nobody likes you!"

"Glenn's buddy: Robbie Hart? Oh, man, I heard what happened to you at your wedding, that was so cold! You must've felt like shit!

Robbie: No, it felt real good, thanks for bringing that up, man. Hey, my parents died when I was ten, would you like to talk about that?

Glenn's buddy: No, why would I wanna talk about that?

Robbie: [sarcastically] I don't know."