I had never watched this movie and decided to correct that oversight. After all the hype over the years, I'm not sure what I was expecting. Maybe that it was good?

It wasn't. It was mean.

At the first wedding, Hugh meets Andie. After being told that she's a slut, Hugh finds himself seduced by Andie, who then immediately leaves for America.

By the second wedding, Andie is engaged, which doesn't stop her from having sex with Hugh and cheating on her fiancé.

The third wedding is Andie's, so we get to see her marry a man "three times my age" for money. (It's a pretty clear assumption.) We also get to see a beloved character die, which leads to the funeral and perhaps the only redeeming line in the film, when Hugh points out that of their bachelor group of friends, the two gay men were effectively married all along.

The fourth wedding is Hugh's, or at least it would have been, but instead of going through with it, Daniel Cleaver leaves Miss BIngley at the altar so that he can pursue his love interest Andie, a woman he knows nothing about other than that she married an old guy for his money and she cheats.

There is also an enormous plot flaw. The same group of friends attends every wedding (and the funeral), but there is no conceivable reason that they would all be there, particularly at Andie's Scottish wedding. She didn't know any of them; why are they suddenly at her wedding?

Very disappointing. I think I'll stick with Colin Firth from now on.

There is so much screen time for this film but it's used so un-wisely. I'm an hour in and I still don't know how most of the principle characters are related to each other.
Hugh Grant's character is flat. You know nothing about him except he's invited to a lot of weddings and, surprise! cat's got his tongue (like every other character HG plays...). Don't get me wrong, his face is beautiful as ever, but he's so wack. His character literally stood in the room, not announcing himself, while his friend and his new wife had sex. Ew!
Andie McDowell plays a sociopath who keeps sleeping around with HG's character, but is secretly engaged... Then she invites him to her wedding as well as to try on wedding dresses with her, all while ignoring their secret love affair and its consequences. I don't like her. I don't like him. I don't like anyone else in this movie except the flamboyant older gentleman who laughs at the inappropriate jokes throughout the movie. But even with him, the script is not clear... Is he gay with that Scottish guy? They live together, apparently, but nothing is made explicit (even though there's a frank conversation about lesbians at some point).

This movie sucks.

The film that made Hugh Grant into a movie star is just as delightful as it ever was. Four weddings and a Funeral was a British import that took America by storm years ago, and for good reason. The writing is sharp, witty, touching, and delightful. As romantic comedies go you can't go wrong with this. The chemistry between the cast is electric, and ultimately even though Hugh is the star of the show the movie is at its very best when the ensemble is working together, because you believe whole heartedly that these people have been friends for years. Kristen Scott Thomas is Amazing as the icy but lovable Fiona, and Andie MacDowell works brilliantly against Hugh Grant. If you love British films or television and you haven't seen this movie, run don't walk.

This is one of my favorite films. However, I have reservations about the character, Carrie, played by Andie MacDowell, in this film. Through her depiction, there seems to be anti-American sentiment. Carrie, an American, who is engaged to Hamish, "ruthlessly slept twice with" Charles, excellently played by Hugh Grant. Moreover, Carrie, somewhat coquettishly told Charles that she had thirty-three sexual encounters, starting from when she was an early teen, and she remembers them in great detail. At the beginning of the film Fiona, brilliantly played by Kristin Scott Thomas, referred to Carrie as a "slut," which seems quite applicable. This anti-American sentiment is further cemented in another scene when an American woman at Carrie and Hamish's reception thinks that Oscar Wilde is still alive, and wants to get his fax from Garrett. Does the screenwriter want to show that Americans are stupid? It seems so.

The screenwriter of "Four Wedding and A Funeral," Richard Curtiss, also wrote the film "Love Actually," in which the American president, played by Billy Bob Thornton, is a nasty cad, and again we see anti-American sentiment.

Despite this, "Four Weddings and a Funeral" is brilliant with an outstanding ensemble cast. The wedding scenes, the gowns, and the receptions are lovely. Rowan Atkinson is hilarious in the few scenes he is in.

Watch this film. It's worth your time.

Four Weddings And A Funeral tries to switch up the usual romantic comedy story. Hugh Grant plays Charles who had a number of girlfriends that he all screwed over. At a wedding he meets Carrie (Andie MacDowell) and falls in love with her but then she’s gone. It turns out Carrier had a number of lovers and Charles was just one of them. Hence the flipping of the usual script in this genre with the man being the hopeless romantic and the woman being the player.

The movie does a real good job reversing the traditional roles. When the two meet for instance, Carrie is completely in control and Charles is following her around like a lost puppy.

There’s also an ensemble cast who provide the jokes and also have their difficulties with finding the right person.

You know where things are going to end so they have to create a good story around it and they did that in this case.
C

For having the title of this movie floated about for the past 20 years, I was expecting, I don't know, maybe something watchable? With characters I could like, and be emotionally invested in for two hours, and actually recognize relationships between? Not wanting said two hours of my life back with regret for not shutting it off sooner?

Hugh's first, repeated, lines include f*** incessantly. It may be his best moment in the film. His character is perpetually late, self-pitying, and sometimes creepy. Andie McDowell is his love interest, with zero reason for an attraction and very little of the pesky getting to know each other nonsense to get in the way. They're drawn together by sex. And sex. And not much else.

The majority of the characters, and plot, are shallow nonsense. I promise this is not representative of the late 90's as a whole.

The best scene, unfortunately and strangely, was the eulogy at the funeral in the title. It felt cheapened by showing the character who gave it with someone else at the closing credits.

We decided to buy Four Weddings and a Funeral streaming (replacing our DVD for space and ease) because it is a film we love to sit and watch from time to time. I have two rules on buying movies: 1. we have to plan on watching at least 3 more times and 2. it has to be something I call “background worthy.” This is when I can have it playing in the background as I work - it lets me “see” the movie more than those 3 times and helps me cover sounds. Four Weddings has been both for years. In other words, we love the movie and are happy to recommend.

The charming cast remains a draw, connecting easily with their unique and quirky lives. I still can’t figure out how they know each other - I’m guessing college for most, but ages... - but they make such an interesting group of friends. It’s something I admire in British films - the combining of unique characters - and find myself drawn in even when in the grand scheme, you come away still knowing so little about them. It’s part of the mystique.

The story remains fun and at times poignant, and interesting. This is a place and these are people you’d love to have in your life.

If you’re looking for a great date night movie (or yourself, or fun), a really good story, interesting people, and something that’ll keep you coming back, Four Weddings is a great one to enjoy...

I hadn't seen this movie since I was probably in my early teens, so watching it now brought a new perspective. It isn't a decent romcom at all. If you leave out bad actress Andie McDowell, you may have a decent movie. However, I began to grow disgusted with it after Andie slept with Hugh a 2nd time despite being engaged and previously using him for a one night stand. I gave up entirely when she listed something like 33 people she had slept with all while keeping a smirk on her face. Perhaps I am overloaded with feminist pc propaganda that makes me sick to my stomach on a near daily basis, but this crap wasn't even Sex and the City funny. It was pure sleaze. I was waiting for her to announce how many abortions she proudly had. I left 2 stars for the British actors and humor, but this is really a poor example of a romcom.