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Four Weddings And A Funeral3 Out Of 5Four Weddings And A Funeral is one's typical on and off, and morally obliged tale that is afraid to go beyond and is more than happy to play safe. Its unique idea plays on both the pros and cons' side, as after the audience sinks its teeth into the plot, the rudimentary process grows obvious and the audience finds itself waiting on the closure of it.Having said that, there are lot of high pitched dramatic sequence created in here that are filled with memorable even though cheesy dialogues, that ups the ante of the game in its genre. The script follows a textbook formula and is predictable as it ages on screen for the major part of it is spent upon by the makers on building the characters and the plots. It is short on technical aspects like sound department but is finely edited and has an amazing costume designing on its side. Richard Curtis; the writer, is satisfying on his job and delivers every essential ingredient for a typical love story but the real culprit in here is Mike Newell's; the director, execution as it fails create the anticipated impact which then latter leads to shallow emotional drama. The performance by Hugh Grant and Andie MacDowell doesn't leave the audience in awe of it but they are neither exhausted by it too, it's a decent performance. Four Weddings And A Funeral is a never ending yet never succeeding love story whose self-created weapon is unfortunately the doom of it.

This was an interesting story involving both romance and comedy. Hugh Grant did an excellent job in portraying the always good-hearted Charles, who although being very handsome have only slept with nine girls. On the other hand, charming Andie McDowell slept with 32 guys only to marry someone twice her age. However, she soon realizes the mistake, and ends up being single again just to crash at Charles's own wedding and somehow manages to cause more trouble than expected. The ending was great too, happy and delightful!If you like romance, mystery and comedy all at once, you won't regret watching this movie! It's a classic!

Reviewed June 2011I always feared these kind of movies and loathed Andie MacDowell's smile. Both feelings subsided a bit by the end of two weddings. That's when I realized their material got over as it's a downhill from there and both the feelings cropped right back to the top.Well there is not much of a story to talk about as the title says, there will be 4 weddings and a funeral and where Hugh Grant character meets Andie MacDowell's in the first and they hook up, they meet again in the second and same story there too. For an unknown reason, MacDowell marries some Scottish guy in the third wedding and you should know by then what would happen in the funeral and the next wedding. There is a bunch of fun characters as the humor free flows for the first half of the movie, then they do the same all over again which is when the true color of the movie comes out as it depends completely on Hugh Grant's despicable histrionics. I watched so far and if I write a review without finishing it and one of you guys point out the spectacular ending I might have missed. That wouldn't be cool. So I endured. It ended just as anyone would have written who has seen two thirds of the movie.

Four Weddings has achieved iconic status as a British film and for good reasons. It comes under the category of a romantic comedy but I would argue that it is in fact far more than that. It is a film about love in all its myriad and astonishing aspects - love between man and woman, or between 2 men, love between mother and child and longstanding friendship which can be much more important than sexual love. You would need a heart of stone not to cry at the funeral scene. The film is beautiful to look at with the contrasting weddings and gorgeous costumes. It is directed with a very light touch and interweaves the main characters in an ingenious way. The acting is generally superb and without a doubt it is Hugh Grant's greatest role - before he became middle aged and cynical. My only objection is that Andie McDowell was a very odd choice for the role, not very beautiful and not a serious actress. Apart from that, the film is perfect in every respect and I could watch it forever.