History Film / FatherOfTheBride

NotSoDifferent: Following Bryan and Annie's fight, George realizes,"Annie was just like me and Bryan was just like Nina. They were perfect for each other."

* ButICantBePregnant: Nina in Part II, who thought she was going through menopause.

* HowWeGotHere: The movie begins after the wedding is over, then backtracks five months when "the storm broke".

* AmbiguouslyGay: Franck Egglehoffer and assistant Howard Weinstein.
* BabiesMakeEverythingBetter: Averted at first in ''Part II''; Nina reacts badly when George jokes around at them being parents at their age. And Annie reacts badly when she learns she and her mother will be pregnant ''at the same time''. But then played straight once they actually give birth.
* BumblingDad: George, and to some extent Bryan's dad, John.

* TheCameo / YouLookFamiliar: Eugene Levy (of ''Series/{{SCTV}}'' and ''Film/AmericanPie'' fame) plays the wedding singer in the first film and an Arabic real estate mogul in the sequel.
* TheChewToy / KafkaComedy: It's impressive how much pain George goes through.

* DaddysGirl: Annie, and it is implied at the end of Part II that Megan will fill that role once Annie leaves for Boston.
** In the first film, we even see Annie as she appears to her dad, a cute little girl in pigtails.

* DontYouLikeIt Brian gives Annie a blender -- she breaks off the engagement.

* HappilyMarried: George and Nina, Brian and Annie, and Brian's parents.

* LoveAtFirstSight: It is strongly implied that this is what happened with Annie and Bryan.
* NiceGuy: Bryan [=McKenzie=].

* PimpedOutDress / FairytaleWeddingDress
* RantInducingSlight

** George's hot-dog rant is basically a PG version of Martin's infamous rant from ''PlanesTrainsAndAutomobiles'', entirely removed of any profanity and - ''sadly'' - the killer punchline.
* SheIsAllGrownUp

* StayInTheKitchen: This is what Annie thinks Bryan expects of her in their marriage when he gives her a blender as a wedding present.

* TeamDad: George, of course.
* TeamMom: Nina, we can see their different points of view in the arguments that they have through the films.

* WithThisRing

'''''Father Of The Bride''''' is a [[TheNineties 1991 film]], a {{remake}} of a 1950 film of the same title. It stars Creator/SteveMartin and Diane Keaton as George and Nina Banks (no, not [[Film/MaryPoppins THAT George Banks]]) as the parents of [[DaddysGirl Annie Banks]] (Kimberly Williams Paisley) who is about to [[WeddingDay get married]] to Bryan [=MacKenzie=] (Creator/GeorgeNewbern), and while her rather skinflint BumblingDad nearly has an aneurysm about the costs of the wedding, he realises slowly that [[SheIsAllGrownUp Annie has grown up]] and is leaving him. Yes, it sounds cliché, but the film has so many warm moments.

''Father Of The Bride'' is a [[TheNineties 1991 film]], a {{remake}} of a 1950 film of the same title. It stars Creator/SteveMartin and Diane Keaton as George and Nina Banks (no, not [[Film/MaryPoppins THAT George Banks]]) as the parents of [[DaddysGirl Annie Banks]] (Kimberly Williams Paisley) who is about to [[WeddingDay get married]] to Bryan [=MacKenzie=] (Creator/GeorgeNewbern), and while her rather skinflint BumblingDad nearly has an aneurysm about the costs of the wedding, he realises slowly that [[SheIsAllGrownUp Annie has grown up]] and is leaving him. Yes, it sounds cliché, but the film has so many warm moments.

* BabiesMakeEverythingBetter: Averted at first in Part II; Nina reacts badly when George jokes around at them being parents at their age. And Annie reacts badly when she learns she and her mother will be pregnant ''at the same time''. But then played straight once they actually give birth.

* OnlySaneMan: George flirts with this at points in the first movie, as the wedding plans grow increasingly elaborate and expensive.

** George's hot-dog rant is basically a PG-version of Martin's infamous rant from PlanesTrainsAndAutomobiles, entirely removed of any profanity and - ''sadly'' - the killer punchline.

* TheCameo / YouLookFamiliar: Eugene Levy (of ''Series/{{SCTV}}'' and ''Film/AmericanPie'') fame plays the wedding singer in the first film and an Arabic real estate mogul in the sequel.

* TheCameo: Eugene Levy (of ''Series/{{SCTV}}'' and ''Film/AmericanPie'' fame plays the wedding singer in the first film and an Arabic real estate mogul in the sequel.
* TheChewToy \ KafkaComedy: It's impressive how much pain George goes through.

* CoolCar: George's car which gets him a little attention in Part II. Also, Annie and Bryan's car which was a wedding present from his parents.

* YouLookFamiliar: Eugene Levy (of ''Series/{{SCTV}}'' and ''Film/AmericanPie'' fame plays the wedding singer in the first film and an Arabic real estate mogul in the sequel.

* StrawmanHasAPoint: We're supposed to see George has a hopelessly unromantic stick-in-the-mud for his (entirely reasonable and understandable) concern over the skyrocketing wedding costs.

* YouLookFamiliar: Eugene Levy played the wedding singer in the first film and an Arabic real estate mogul in the sequel.

In 1995 there was a sequel where both Annie gets pregnant, triggering a MidLifeCrisis in George that ultimately ends up getting ''Nina'' pregnant too.

* BabiesMakeEverythingBetter: Averted at first in Part II, Nina reacts badly when George jokes around at them being parents at their age. And Annie reacts badly when she learns her and her mother will be pregnant ''at the same time''. But then played straight once they actually give birth.
* BumblingDad: George, and to some extent Bryan's Dad, John.

* DontYouLikeIt Brian gives Annie a blender - she breaks off the engagement.

-->'''George:''' I'll tell you what I'm doing. I want to buy eight hot dogs and eight hot dog buns to go with them. But no one sells eight hot dog buns. They only sell twelve hot dog buns. So I end up paying for four buns I don't need. So I am removing the superfluous buns. Yeah. And you want to know why? Because some big-shot over at the wiener company got together with some big-shot over at the bun company and decided to rip off the American public. Because they think the American public is a bunch of trusting nit-wits who will pay for everything they don't need rather than make a stink. Well they're not ripping of this nitwit anymore because I'm not paying for one more thing I don't need. George Banks is saying NO!

In 1995 there was a sequel where both Annie and her mother are pregnant.

* NiceGuy: Bryan McKenzie.

''Father Of The Bride'' is a [[TheNineties 1991 film]], a {{remake}} of a 1950 film of the same title. It stars Creator/SteveMartin and Diane Keaton as George and Nina Banks (no, not [[Film/MaryPoppins THAT George Banks]]) as the parents of [[DaddysGirl Annie Banks]] (Kimberly Williams Paisley) who is about to [[WeddingDay get married]] to Bryan [=MacKenzie=] (Creator/GeorgeNewbern), and while her rather skinflint BumblingDad nearly has an aneurysm about the costs of the wedding, he realises slowly that [[SheIsAllGrownUp Annie has grown up]] and leaving him. Yes, it sounds cliché, but the film has so many warm moments.

''Father Of The Bride'' is a [[TheNineties 1991 film]], a {{remake}} of a 1950 film of the same title. It stars Creator/SteveMartin and Diane Keaton as George and Nina Banks (no, not [[Film/MaryPoppins THAT George Banks]]) as the parents of [[DaddysGirl Annie Banks]] (Kimberly Williams Paisley) who is about to [[WeddingDay get married]] to Bryan [=MacKenzie=], and while her rather skinflint BumblingDad nearly has an aneurysm about the costs of the wedding, he realises slowly that [[SheIsAllGrownUp Annie has grown up]] and leaving him. Yes, it sounds cliché, but the film has so many warm moments.

''Father Of The Bride'' is a [[TheNineties 1991 film]], a {{remake}} of a 1950 film of the same title. It stars Creator/SteveMartin and Diane Keaton as George and Nina Banks (no, not [[Film/MaryPoppins THAT George Banks]]) as the parents of [[DaddysGirl Annie Banks]] (Kimberly Williams Paisley) who is about to [[WeddingDay get married]] to Bryan [=MacKenzie=], and while her rather skinflint BumblingDad nearly has an aneurysm about the costs of the wedding, he realises slowly that [[SheIsAllGrownUp Annie has grown up]] and leaving him. Yes, it sounds cliché, but the film has so many warm moments.

* HeyItsThatGuy: Annie's little brother Matty is played by Kieran Culkin, Macaulay Culkin's brother.

* RuleOfFunny: A lot of comedic sequences in this film are just played for laughs, like the pool sequence in the first film and the scene with the house being demolished in Part II.
** [[SarcasmMode Aren't comedic sequences always played for laughs?]]

''Father Of The Bride'' is a [[TheNineties 1991 film]], a {{remake}} of a 1950 film of the same title. It stars SteveMartin and Diane Keaton as George and Nina Banks (no, not [[Film/MaryPoppins THAT George Banks]]) as the parents of [[DaddysGirl Annie Banks]] (Kimberly Williams Paisley) who is about to [[WeddingDay get married]] to Bryan [=MacKenzie=], and while her rather skinflint BumblingDad nearly has an aneurysm about the costs of the wedding, he realises slowly that [[SheIsAllGrownUp Annie has grown up]] and leaving him. Yes, it sounds cliché, but the film has so many warm moments.

* DontYouLikeIt Brian gives Annie a blender - she breaks off the engagement
* FelonyMisdemeanor: Pretty much all of the dilemmas going on in the movies are actually not that big of a deal, except for the ones made worse by the protagonist in his attempts to solve the "problems".

* CrowningMomentOfHeartWarming: So many!
** The night before the wedding [[SnowMeansLove and it starts snowing]] '''and in LA!'''