History Film / FatherOfTheBride1991

* ButICantBePregnant[=/=]LawOfInverseFertility: Nina in ''Part II'', who thought she was going through menopause.

Creator/SteveMartin and Creator/DianeKeaton star as George and Nina Banks (no, not [[Film/MaryPoppins THAT George Banks]]), whose daughter [[DaddysGirl Annie]] (Creator/KimberlyWilliamsPaisley) is about to get married to Bryan [=MacKenzie=] (Creator/GeorgeNewbern). While her rather skinflint BumblingDad nearly has an aneurysm about the costs of the wedding, he realises slowly that [[LetHerGrowUpDear Annie has grown up]] and is leaving him.

* OverprotectiveDad
-->'''George:''' What can I say? I'm a father. Worrying comes with the territory.
** To the point where in the sequel, he views the announcement of Annie's pregnancy as Brian--her ''husband''--having unscrupulously seduced her. He also flips out at how young Annie's doctor is.
** In part 3-ish his neurosis over the pandemic is driving his family up the wall, except for his daughter-in-law to be who is a doctor and really appreciates the N95 masks he sends to the hospital and the free pizza.

Followed by the 1995 sequel ''Father of the Bride [[NumberedSequels Part II]]'', in which Annie gets pregnant, triggering a [[HollywoodMidLifeCrisis mid-life crisis]] in George that ultimately ends up getting ''Nina'' pregnant too.

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

* MakingRoomForBaby: One of the objections George has to Annie and Bryan having a baby is he thinks their house is too small, everyone else think he's being silly. Then, just as George sells his house to downsize to a condo by the sea Nina finds out she's pregnant - which one of the reasons George buys his old bigger house back and then decides to add an extension for the new baby.

* FairytaleWeddingDress: Annie's wedding gown is a PimpedOutDress with lots of skirt and plenty of lace.

* CoolCar: George's sports car, an 1962 Austin-Healey 3000 BT7 MkII Roadster, which gets him a little attention in Part II. Also, Annie and Bryan's car, which was a wedding present from his parents.

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

* StayInTheKitchen: This is what Annie thinks Bryan expects of her in their marriage when he gives her a blender as a wedding present. In truth he was thinking more along the lines of "one of us might want to blend something at some point in the future".

* MythologyGag: The ugly wedding present that nobody likes--the Venus de Milo clock--is the same one that was used in the 1950 film for the same joke.

In 2020, the cast reunited to film a mini-sequel called ''Father of the Bride Part 3 (ish)''. The plot concerns George and Nina's now fully grown son Matty getting married over a Zoom call during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Creator/SteveMartin and Creator/DianeKeaton star as George and Nina Banks (no, not [[Film/MaryPoppins THAT George Banks]]), whose daughter [[DaddysGirl Annie]] (Creator/KimberlyWilliamsPaisley) is about to get married to Bryan [=MacKenzie=] (Creator/GeorgeNewbern). 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.

** In part 3-ish he his neurosis over the pandemic is driving his family up the wall, except for his daughter-in-law to be who is a doctor and really appreciates the N95 masks he sends to the hospital and the free pizza.

** He has the same thoughts about Matty in Part 3-ish but he is a lot more onboard with the actual marriage (as he's know Matty's fiancée for 6 years) but still sees Matt as his little boy.

* OpeningMonologue: George follows this into his role as {{Narrator}}.

Creator/SteveMartin and Creator/DianeKeaton star as George and Nina Banks (no, not [[Film/MaryPoppins THAT George Banks]]), whose daughter [[DaddysGirl Annie]] (Creator/KimberlyWilliamsPaisley) is about to get married to Bryan [=MacKenzie=] (Creator/GeorgeNewbern). 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 many warm and funny moments.

* RantInducingSlight: George's hot-dog rant is basically a PG version of Martin's infamous rant from ''Film/PlanesTrainsAndAutomobiles''.
-->'''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 any more because I'm not paying for one more thing I don't need. George Banks is saying NO!

* [[LikeFatherLikeSon Like Father, Like Daughter]]: George realises over the course of the movie that Annie takes after him, especially his habit of over-reacting. He explains to Brian that this is a [[SharedFamilyQuirks family quirk]] that George and Annie share with George's mother and grandfather.

* AlwaysAChildToParent: When Annie tells her parents she is engaged, a shocked George briefly sees her as a little girl, pigtails and all. Cue him trying to talk her out of it.

* TackyTuxedo: As George learns to his chagrin, Armani doesn't make a navy tux. He's old tux from 1975 also counts as it has a ruffled shirt, is too short in the leg, and also rips whilst George tries to show one of the wedding planning team how to open his French windows.

* TangledFamilyTree: Megan is the same age as her nephew.

* TackyTuxedo: As George learns to his chagrin, Armani doesn't make a navy tux.

* [[LikeFatherLikeSon Like Father, Like Daughter]]: George realises over the course of the movie that Annie takes after him, especially his habit of over-reacting. He explains this to Brian this is a [[SharedFamilyQuirks Shared Family Quirk]] that they share with his mother and grandfather.

* [[LikeFatherLikeSon Like Father, Like Daughter]]: George realises over the course of the movie that Annie takes after him, especially his habit of over-reacting. He explains this to Brian this is a {{SharedFamilyQuirks Shared Family Quirk}} that they share with his mother and grandfather.