History YMMV / FourWeddingsAndAFuneral

** Fiona very briefly hitting on Father Gerald; Creator/RowanAtkinson and Creator/KristinScottThomas would later play an absent minded vicar and his frustrated wife in Film/KeepingMum.

** Charles declares his love for Carrie at their ''third'' meeting when they've only slept together twice and haven't even seen or spoken to each other in the months between the three incidents. Then despite 11 months passing, a sufficient amount of time to get over his feelings and get engaged to someone else (and again during which he hasn't seen or spoken to Carrie, or even been made aware of the fact that she'd gotten divorced) Charles ditches his fiancée at the altar to get together with her. They have a grand total of ''five'' meetings in the film, the entirety of which likely don't even add up to twenty four hours, but this is supposedly enough for them to decide they want to spend the rest of their lives together. To his credit, Charles does cite how ludicrous it is when he tells her he loves her and when he "proposes", he outright says that they need to spend time getting to know each other.

** Charles declares his love for Carrie at their ''third'' meeting when they've only slept together twice and haven't even seen or spoken to each other in the months between the three incidents. Then despite 10 months passing, a sufficient amount of time to get over his feelings and get engaged to someone else (and again during which he hasn't seen or spoken to Carrie, or even been made aware of the fact that she'd gotten divorced) Charles ditches his fiancée at the altar to get together with her. They have a grand total of ''five'' meetings in the film, the entirety of which likely don't even add up to twenty four hours, but this is supposedly enough for them to decide they want to spend the rest of their lives together. To his credit, Charles does cite how ludicrous it is when he tells her he loves her and when he "proposes", he outright says that they need to spend time getting to know each other.

** Charles declares his love for Carrie at their ''third'' meeting when they've only slept together twice and haven't even seen or spoken to each other in the months between the three incidents. Then despite nearly a year passing, a sufficient amount of time to get over his feelings and get engaged to someone else (and again during which he hasn't seen or spoken to Carrie, or even been made aware of the fact that she'd gotten divorced) Charles ditches his fiancée at the altar to get together with her. They have a grand total of ''five'' meetings in the film, the entirety of which likely don't even add up to twenty four hours, but this is supposedly enough for them to decide they want to spend the rest of their lives together. To his credit, Charles does cite how ludicrous it is when he tells her he loves her and when he "proposes", he outright says that they need to spend time getting to know each other.

* HarsherInHindsight: Carrie says that she's slept with fewer men than Music/{{Madonna}} but more than [[UsefulNotes/DianaPrincessOfWales Princess Di]], a joke that seems much more awkward after the latter's premature death in 1997.

* FairForItsDay: Yes, the funeral is [[BuryYourGays for one member of a same-sex couple]]. Yet they are portrayed as a completely accepted part of a group of otherwise straight friends, their relationship is just as valid as any of the others -- better, in some ways, with Charles openly stating, "If we can't be like them, what's the point?" -- their love has depth and sincerity, and the funeral is in no way played for laughs.
** In addition, in the film's ending montage of happy endings, the one same-sex couple is given the same level of consideration as all the heterosexual wedding photos, even though they couldn't be legally wed at the time the film takes place.

** As well as the "Ha, ha!" moment in the final montage that shows Fiona marrying Prince Charles. Considering how disastrous and ill-fated Charles and Diana's marriage was--something that was well known already--that too can really make one wince nowadays.

* RetroactiveRecognition: Tom is played by Creator/JamesFleet, who would later be best known for playing Hugo Horton in ''Series/TheVicarOfDibley''.

* HarsherInHindsight: Carrie says that she's slept with fewer men than Music/{{Madonna}} but more than [[UsefulNotes/DianaPrincessOfWales Princess Di]], a joke that seems much more awkward after her premature death in 1997.

* AndYouThoughtItWouldFail: Creator/HughGrant confessed that during filming, he thought the movie was awful. Once it came out and started smashing box-office records around the world, he proved himself wrong

* HarsherInHindsight: Carrie says that she's slept with fewer men than Music/{{Madonna}} but more than Princess Di, a joke that seems much more awkward after the death of [[UsefulNotes/DianaPrincessOfWales Lady Diana Spencer]] in 1997.

* AndYouThoughtItWouldFail: Creator/HughGrant confessed that during filming, he thought the movie was awful.
* AwardSnub: Despite being up for Best Picture, the film only received one Oscar nomination, for Richard Curtis' script. Creator/HughGrant's omission is the most noticeable given he won both the Golden Globe and BAFTA. The latter ceremony proved much kinder to the movie, as it also won for Creator/MikeNewell's direction, Creator/KristinScottThomas' performance, and took home the top prize while being nominated for plenty more. It is worth noting however, that the competition that year was seen as incredibly stiff, and that a romantic comedy with little in the way of traditional OscarBait elements being up for Picture is a rarity.

* DesignatedVillain: It seems that the writers had Charles reconcile with his least favorite ex, the shrewish Henrietta, because he would have looked like a jerk dumping any of the nicer ones or Fiona. Even worse, she's actually quite nice at the third wedding, apologizing for how she acted at the second one. Presumably, this is why he decided to give their relationship another try, so he ends up looking like a jerk anyway. And even her behavior at the second wedding is unfairly maligned. Yes, she's all weepy and teary, but that's hardly an uncommon reaction for someone running into an ex. It's a relief to see her HappilyMarried in the closing montage.

* HarsherInHindsight: Carrie says that she's slept with fewer men than Music/{{Madonna}} but more than Princess Di, a joke that seems much more awkward after Princess Diana's death in 1997.