Four
Weddings and a Funeral ***1/2 (out of 5) (1994)
Cast: Hugh Grant, Andie McDowell, James Fleet, Simon
Callow, John Hannah
Directed by Mike Newell
Charles and
his British bachelor friends, well-into their 30s, wonder if they
will ever find someone to marry. While best man at another friend's
wedding, Charles meets the striking American Carrie, who he is
irresistably attracted to. They meet later in a night of passion, but
she returns home to America leaving Charles all alone again. Upon her
return, Charles is further dismayed at learning of her engagement to
a much older and richer gentleman, leaving Charles in the cold
completely.
Not too
deep but highly entertaining comedy that gains great interest through
the strength of the characters and situations. The interaction of the
eccentric peronalities is so refreshing that it helps to overlook the
film's obvious weakness, which is that the love story between Grant
and McDowell is so superficial and baseless that any pretensions of
actual love between them rings hollow. Watch this for the funny
moments and entertaining supposrting character actors and you'll find
lots to enjoy despite it's shallowness.
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