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Ogosmith Each character in this movie — down to the smallest one — is an individual rather than a type, prone to spontaneous changes of mood and sometimes amusing outbursts of pettiness or ill humor.

SnoopyStyle Stanley T. Banks (Spencer Tracy) surveys the aftermath of his favorite 20 year old daughter Kay (Elizabeth Taylor)'s wedding celebration. Three months earlier, he returns home to the normal family affair. During dinner, Kay announces marrying Buckley Dunstan sometime in the future although he's not sure which one is Buckley. He knows that he will no longer be the most important man in his little girl's life.Elizabeth Taylor's young star power probably had a lot to do with the movie's success. It's life imitating art. However, this is very much Spencer Tracy's movie. It's old fashion but it's also a timeless sentiment. It may be an old movie but the central premise never gets dated as long as there are fathers and daughters. Tracy plays a fine father-knows-best character. It's sweet comedy although the humor is not that edgy.

sharky_55 Spencer Tracy is the eponymous father in Father of the Bride, and like many of these head-of-household figures he has very firm notions on what is and what isn't a marriage. This bull-headed character archetype stems from an age-old paternal instinct that has existed long before there were cameras to capture it, and I suppose it will continue for a little while longer. 1991 brought us the remake with more or less the same relationship dynamics, but a meaner, leaner Steve Martin whose Banks is determined to give us a full stand-up comedy routine, with flashier and more outrageous embarrassments (audiences would have snored like Tracy did at the 'scandal' of him falling asleep on the couch). That routine would in turn pave the way for more outlandish cringe comedy in the vein of films like Meet the Parents and 40 Year Old Virgin, which take physical slapstick to the max. But you have to admire the simplicity of the original. Watching Martin allows us to appreciate Tracy for what he is. Martin's rendition is more the 'jerk' and less 'father'; in almost every encounter he's halfway towards that famous sneer, and that dismissive tone. He talks down to people. Tracy is dryer, deadpan, with the tiniest sardonic trace here and there. Watch how he reads the never-ending list of the trousseau, seeing nothing but dollar signs, and how he gradually builds from curiosity into a spluttering farce. When he arranges to have a quick 'talk' with the husband-to-be, which is just an excuse to flaunt his feathers like a strutting peacock and scare Buckley a little, he approaches it with glee. This is his domain. He'll smile and shake hands all day, and underline each of his stories with a little warning: don't even think about hurting my kitten. Then there are times when he can barely keep what is truly important under that grumpy facade; Kay goes from wishing hell upon her fiancé to embracing dramatically and apologising over and over, all in the span of an afternoon, but watch Tracy. He looks up and down and left and right, as if he is almost embarrassed to be in their presence, but he can barely keep that silly smirk off his face. The women are characters by extension of Banks, and looking at it from a modern perspective they seem shallow, but offer some sweet moments. Tracy can barely contain him delight suited up with top hat and all, dancing and giggling like a child, but that is nothing compared to his amazement at seeing Ellie all dressed up, and seeing their age-old love spring to life again (imagine what Hepburn could have done with that moment). Taylor was cast at just the right moment; she was making the transition from child actor into beauty icon, and even someone like Banks couldn't deny that she had the look of a grown woman walking down the aisle. The humour too, not unlike Tracy himself, is slyer than most of the contemporary sources that have conditioned us. He doesn't need to go over a whole routine of stumbling and sneaking before ending up in the pool; the shot blurs in and out, he gets progressively drunker, and truths most fathers have voiced suddenly come tumbling out. When he's racking his brains to figure out which of the previous laundry list of boyfriends she's finally settled on, they're codenamed by Banks' least favourite feature of theirs. The one with the weird porcupine hair, or the teeth, or the muscle-bound ham. It wouldn't be too silly to suggest that Banks remembers them a great deal more than Kay herself. The film doesn't have anything groundbreaking to say, but it's playful and comparably lighter than some of Minnelli's lurid melodramas (Some Came Running comes to mind), and at the end you can't help but smile and hope for the best.

TheLittleSongbird For a while now, I have loved this movie. One or two scenes may feel unrealistic by today's standards, but so much compensates. The film does look very quaint and charming, I loved the style of the cinematography especially. The script is deliciously witty with Tracy getting the best lines, the story is immensely engaging and snappily paced and Vincente Minelli directs impeccably. The acting is also very good. Spencer Tracy is brilliant and gives one of the best performances of his career, while I have only seen one or two other films as of where Elizabeth Taylor looks as lovely as she is here. Overall, Father of the Bride is timeless. When it comes to the 1991 remake, it isn't as good but as far as remakes go it is not bad at all, quite the contrary. 9/10 Bethany Cox

JLRMovieReviews Marriage (and the married life) may be wonderful, but the wedding is something else, entirely. Based on the novel by Edward Streeter, this simple story of the "Father of the Bride" is Hollywood at its best. Despite the fact it doesn't contain an elaborate dance number or colorful sets, this movie shows director Vincente Minnelli at the peak of his craft. Spencer Tracy (the father of the bride) tells of how his daughter's wedding turns his life upside down (and his bank balance.) But, more than that, this movie not only shows life in an average!? American family, but it lovingly portrays the relationship between a father and his daughter. Despite Elizabeth Taylor's subtle and surprisingly effective role as the daughter and her exquisite looks, it is definitely Spencer Tracy's movie. In fact, his expressions and his whole manner and attitude make for the whole plot and the whole enjoyment of the film. A personal favorite highlight of mine is the "they're the ones...the smooth talkers" speech. Director Minnelli puts Elizabeth's looks to great use in close-ups and she truly makes a stunning bride. Joan Bennett is great as the mother. Young Russ Tamblyn is one of Elizabeth's brothers. Billie Burke (Oz's Glenda, the Good Witch of the North) and Moroni Olsen (who provided the voice of the "Mirror, Mirror on the Wall" in Snow White - the original) are the parents of the groom. If you haven't seen this gem, you have missed an essential. Watch this immediately!! Reviewer's Orders!!