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Father Of The Bride (Movie Review)

14 Dec

A remake of a classic 1950 Spencer Tracy movie, Father Of The Bride is Steve Martin at his best. A fun comedy the entire family can enjoy, Father Of The Bride is great entertainment. When the daughter of George and Nina Banks announces her engagement, Nina is thrilled – but George has a difficult time handling the life changes that accompany his only daughter growing up for good. One of Steven Martin’s funniest films, this is one movie you won’t want to miss…

George Banks (Steve Martin) lives the perfect life. He has a great job, a nice house, a beautiful loving wife Nina (Diane Keaton), and two great kids. But George’s world is shattered when his 21-year-old daughter Annie (Kimberly Williams) returns home from college to announce she’s engaged. Her fiancée, Bryan MacKenzie (George Newbern), is a great guy, but when he puts his hand on Annie’s leg, all sorts of feelings and emotions erupt inside George. It isn’t her choice of a marriage partner, but rather her decision to get married at all that bothers George. He wants his little girl to remain a little girl forever, and he must now face the fact that he can’t control the changes in his ideal world…

Father Of The Bride offers a number of hilarious scenes as plans for the wedding go forward. Annie and Nina hire an extremely feminine male wedding planner, Franck Eggelhoffer (Martin Short), whose annoying accent and take-charge attitude continuously rub George the wrong way. Deciding to have the wedding at the family home, the Banks’s daily lives are turned upside down by all the last minute changes and typical pitfalls of an impending wedding. These comic sequences leading up to the big event are responsible for most of the humor and hilarity in the film (especially Martin Short’s character). But will the wedding go off as planned? Will George come to accept his daughter’s growing up? Or will she break off her engagement to Bryan? Father Of The Bride is a touching, romantic comedy you’ll never forget.

Steve Martin stars as his usual likeable self, utilizing great body language and years of experience in the comic realm in order to provide the perfect likeness of a father in just such a situation. Not too over the top, and quite believable in every way, Father Of The Bride stands in stark contrast to the comedies of today which tend to go way overboard in their attempts to be funny. Outlandish comedies have their place, but sometimes its nice to able to laugh without having to suspend your sense of reality first. Father Of The Bride does well in this respect – similar to Christmas Vacation.

Overall, Father Of The Bride is a light-hearted family comedy with quite a bit of charm. Steve Martin and Diane Keaton form a likeable married couple, and the middle-class family life projected by the Banks family is something with which most viewers can identify. Because of its feel-good, light-hearted humor, Father Of The Bride is a definite must-see movie… Don’t miss it!

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Britt Gillette is author of The DVD Report, a blog where you can find more reviews like this one of the Father Of The Bride (DVD).

 
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DVD Movie Rental – The Cure for a Boring Weekend

26 Mar

DVD movie rental

DVD Movie Rental – The Cure for a Boring Weekend

Tip! If you are flying to your vacation destination and have booked the flight either online or through a travel agency, you can more than likely get a discount on your rental car if you book it as part of the package. The majority of car rental companies collaborate with at least one airline to provide frequent flyer miles or other types of rewards when you rent a car.

What am I to do when I find myself with nothing lined up for the upcoming weekend? I have those weekends, we all do, where friends are out of town or unavailable and I just feel like staying in for the night and hanging out. Those weekends are perfect candidates for a DVD movie rental. I can watch what I want, I can watch it when I want, and I can just order a pizza and relax on my sofa. There are a couple of ways you can go about making your DVD movie rental, but the goal is just to make sure you have a good time.

How much a person rents DVD’s obviously varies between individuals. If, however, you are someone who just cannot get enough of DVD movie rentals, there are services you should consider. Netflix and the like will allow you to sign up for DVD movie rentals in advance. They mail you the movies and you watch them whenever you want. Mail them back, with no late fees, and you will get another off of your list in return. It is a great deal, with monthly fees depending on the company or service you choose, that is perfect if you rent DVD’s often or are a real movie buff. If you don’t rent often, then the service will likely cost more per month than it is worth to you.

Tip! If you’ve ever watched people at the rental car counter, you know these are questions that most people struggle with. Sometimes you can decline additional insurance on car rentals, but there are specific instances that you should always buy the insurance.

If you like a good DVD movie rental, but only do it every so often, then you should probably stick with traditional movie rental services. Movie rental stores will have a plethora of movies on shelves lining the walls and all over the floor. With what is likely a free membership card, you choose the movie you want and pay a rental fee. The fee is generally based on how new the movie is and how long you will have it. If, however, you keep your DVD movie rental too long, you may be charged a fine. Again, there are companies out there who do not charge late fees, but rather sell you the DVD instead. Just make sure you check out the business you are going to be using before making it your DVD movie rental destination.

Tip! Finally, read the car rental policy carefully and decide whether or not your car insurance or credit card covers you. Then discuss the car rental’s coverage with the agent.

After a long day at the office or at school, you may find yourself just too tired to hit the night scene of your city or town. You may want, more than anything, to spend some time alone at home and regroup. Nothing can be more entertaining in a passive manner than a good DVD movie rental. Depending on how many times a month or week you rent a DVD, you may want to look at some options. You can rent through a mail service that will charge you a monthly fee to send you movies that you can keep until you are done and send them back. Your other option, and one that is more traditional, is to rent from a DVD movie rental store. No matter how you choose to go about your rental, enjoy your weekend alone and take the time to recharge and enjoy a good flick.

Tip! Many car rental agencies and corporation have a Rent-A-Truck division to compete with Ryder, Penske and U-Haul. So there is ample work for a mobile car wash company or an auto-detailing firm with companies like Enterprise Rent-A-Car.

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