Four Weddings and a Funeral movie review

April 6, 2010 - #3/100
Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994)

This movie, as promised, delivered four weddings and a funeral. In the beginning of the movie, it becomes obvious that Charles (Hugh Grant) never much cared for marriages or weddings. He has never taken the plunge, and doesn't seem to be wanting to any time soon. Upon attending the first wedding, Charles meets an American girl by the name of Carrie (Andie MacDowell), and pretty much notices an attraction right away. Later that night, they end up sleeping together, and she leaves early the next morning. Several months later, at the second wedding, Charles runs into her again. But, this time, she is engaged to another man. They end up sleeping together anyway, again. A little while later, Charles admits to Carrie that he loves her, and this happens to be the only girl that Charles has ever cared about to this extent. A few months later, she ends up getting married to the other guy anyway, and Charles attends. There is a death that occurs at this wedding, and the funeral takes place several days later. Finally deciding to attempt to move on with his life, about 10 months later, Charles decides to marry someone else. Carrie shows up at his wedding, and lets Charles know that her and her husband got a divorce. Therefore, Charles then has to decide between getting married on his wedding day, or choosing to leave the girl at the alter and pursue Carrie instead. Personally, I thought that the transitions between scenes were choppy, but I've noticed this in many various british films, so it honestly doesn't bother me that much anymore. I thought that this film was entertaining. The only thing that I didn't like about it was Andie MacDowell's acting. She was complete rubbish, and it got on my nerves. But, I guess I liked this movie so much because the screenplay was written by Richard Curtis, whom also wrote Love Actually, Bridget Jones, and Notting Hill (all movies that I love).

I gave this movie 8/10 stars on imdb.com.