History YMMV / FourWeddingsAndAFuneral

** 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 two years 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 sufficient time to get over his feelings and get engaged to someone else (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.

* 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.

* RelationshipWritingFumble: A sizable number of fans wish Charles had ended up with Fiona, after the moving scene where she reveals to him that she's loved him since they first met. The 2019 Red Nose Day sequel makes up for it by revealing that their ''daughters'' end up together.

* FunnyAneurysmMoment: 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.

** 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 sufficient time to get over his feelings and get engaged to someone else (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.

* DesignatedHero: Carrie cheats on her fiancé twice and Charles ditches ''his'' fiancé at the altar, but we're supposed to root for them to get together.

** 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 sufficient time to get over his feelings and get engaged to someone else (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 fianceé 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.

* DesignatedHero: Carrie cheats on her fiancé twice and Charles ditches his girlfriend at the altar, but we're supposed to root for them to get together.

** Charles's brother David is quite popular for being pretty funny and supportive of his brother at times and avoiding the more problematic InspirationallyDisabled cliches.

** 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 sufficient time to get over his feelings, he ditches his fianceé at the altar to get together with her. They have a grand total of ''five'' meetings in the film, but this is supposedly enough for them to decide they want to spend the rest of their lives together. To his credit, he 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.

** Fiona, due to her sad but graceful AllLoveIsUnrequited moments and general good manners.

* 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.
** 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.

* UnintentionallySympathetic: Yes, Henrietta's nuts, but she didn't deserve to literally be left at the altar like that. Even worse, this is the ''second'' time Charles has broken her heart. It's a relief to see her HappilyMarried in the closing montage.

* UnintentionallySympathetic: Yes, Henrietta's nuts, but she didn't deserve to literally be left at the altar like that.

* FairForItsDay: As eyebrow-raising as the BuryYourGays funeral of the title is, the film was incredibly ahead of its time in presenting a gay couple as a completely accepted part of a large group of otherwise straight friends, whose relationship is just as valid as any of the others--and is looked at as an ''inspiration'' for the others, with Charles openly stating, "If we can't be like them, what's the point?"--and the death of one being a tragedy which is in no way played for laughs.
** Given the above, that hardly seems to call for raised eyebrows.

* TearJerker: Matthew reading W.H. Auden's "Funeral Blues" at the funeral.

* SugarWiki/FunnyMoments: "Awfully bedded wife"
** Charles. David. [[spoiler: SpeakNowOrForeverHoldYourPeace ''in sign language''.]]
** The opening, starting with Charles and Scarlett realising they've overslept and racing to get to the church, complete with much profanity. Creator/NeilGaiman said once during an interview that when Richard Curtis was describing the screenplay to him: "I'm four pages in, and so far all anyone's said is 'fuck.'"

* SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments: David's girlfriend's tentative attempts to speak to him in sign language, and his smile.

* RelationshipWritingFumble: A sizable number of fans wish Charles had ended up with Fiona, after the moving scene where she reveals to him that she's loved him since they first met.
** The 2019 Red Nose Day sequel makes up for it by revealing that their ''daughters'' end up together.
* StrangledByTheRedString: 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 sufficient time to get over his feelings, he ditches his fianceé at the altar to get together with her. They have a grand total of ''five'' meetings in the film, but this is supposedly enough for them to decide they want to spend the rest of their lives together. To his credit, he 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.

* TearJerker: Matthew reading Funeral Blues at the funeral.

* FairForItsDay: As eyebrow-raising as the BuryYourGays funeral of the title is, the film was incredibly ahead of its time in presenting a gay couple as a completely accepted part of a large group of otherwise straight friends, whose relationship is just as valid as any of the others, and the death of one being a tragedy which is in no way played for laughs.

* StrangledByTheRedString: 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 sufficient time to get over his feelings, he ditches his fianceé at the altar to get together with her. They have a grand total of ''five'' meetings in the film, but this is supposedly enough for them to decide they want to spend the rest of their lives together.