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12	''Father of the Bride'' is a [[TheNineties 1991]] comedy film directed by Charles Shyer. It is a {{remake}} of a 1950 film of [[Film/FatherOfTheBride1950 the same title]].
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14	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 the real source of his stress is that [[LetHerGrowUpDear his little girl is a grown woman now]] and it's time to let her go.
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16	The film also features Creator/KieranCulkin, Creator/MartinShort, and Creator/BDWong.
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18	Followed by the 1995 sequel ''Father of the Bride [[NumberedSequels Part II]]'' (loosely based on the original film's 1951 sequel ''Father's Little Dividend''), in which Annie gets pregnant, triggering a [[HollywoodMidLifeCrisis mid-life crisis]] in George that ultimately ends up getting ''Nina'' pregnant too.
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20	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. Steve Martin, Martin Short and Kieran Culkin reunited for a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v90q_kPxrMU "Part 8"]] spoof on ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' in 2022.
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23	!!This film contains examples of the following tropes:
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25	* AbsurdlyElderlyMother: In ''Part II'', George is worried enough that his daughter is having a baby, but after mishaps like selling the house, now he's getting more stressed that his wife Nina, who thought that she was entering menopause, is also pregnant.
26	* AlwaysAChildToParent:
27	** 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.
28	** 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 known Matty's fiancée for 6 years) but still sees Matt as his little boy.
29	* AmbiguouslyGay: Franck Egglehoffer and assistant Howard Weinstein are both foppish and campy. They enjoy the wedding prep as much as the brides themselves.
30	* ArtifactTitle: In the sequel, George's daughter is already married and thus he's no longer the "father of the bride".
31	* 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''. Then it's played straight once they actually give birth.
32	* BirthdayBuddies: Megan and her nephew George.
33	* BumblingDad: Both George and Bryan's dad, John, stumble through the wedding and pregnancy without much idea of what to do.
34	* 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. Also in the sequel is noted game-show producer Creator/JayWolpert, as a doctor.
35	* TheChewToy: [[KafkaComedy It's impressive how much pain George goes through.]]
36	* ComedicSociopathy : A lot of somewhat cruel 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''.
37	* 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.
38	* CoveringUpYourGray: George learning that he's going to be a grandfather rattles him badly, and one of the things he tries to do to recapture his youth is have his hair dyed brown to, as he requests to the hairdresser, "look young". He's pleased with the results, and the hairdresser, who's very clearly aware of what's going on, humors him by calling it "bitchin'".
39	* 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.
40	** This quote from the beginning of the first film sums up this trope:
41	-->'''George:''' You have a little girl. An adorable little girl who looks up to you and adores you in a way you could never imagine. I remember how her little hand used to fit inside mine. How she used to sit in my lap and lean her head against my chest. She said that I was her hero.
42	* DontYouLikeIt: Brian gives Annie a blender -- she breaks off the engagement.
43	* FairytaleWeddingDress: Annie's wedding gown is a PimpedOutDress with lots of skirt and plenty of lace. Though she decides to forgo the HighHeelHurt of typical wedding shoes and wears a lacy pair of sneakers that George had made for her at his sneaker factory.
44	* FramingDevice: Both movies start out in the present day before flashing back over several months, then catching up to the present.
45	* FunnyForeigner: Creator/RogerEbert described Franck's accent as "part central European and part nasal congestion". The "nasal congestion" part could also go well for his assistant, Howard Weinstein.
46	* HappilyMarried: Whilst George and Nina have the occasional fight they make up very quickly. George actually realises Bryan and Annie are perfect for each other due to the similarity between their relationship and his with Nina. In "Part II" when George has a mid-life crisis Nina worries he's going to leave her for a younger woman, which he immediately reassures her never entered his mind.[[note]]We even see him get flirted with by a younger woman earlier in the movie and whilst George seems flattered he also seems awkward and he quickly points out he's already married.[[/note]]
47	* HollywoodBoardGames: One of the things the Banks family does to pass the time whilst waiting for both of the adult women of the family to go into labour is play ''TabletopGame/{{Scrabble}}''. Annie, who is at this point several days past her due date, scares the rest of the family by saying "Ouch!" loudly during a game, only to declare she meant it was a word she intended to play she wasn't actually having contractions yet.
48	* HowWeGotHere: The first movie begins after the wedding is over, then backtracks five months when "the storm broke". The second one begins with George sitting in his living room, and again backtracked over several months. Once the story is concluded, we realize he's been telling us all this while waiting for Bryan and Annie to arrive before they move cross-country.
49	* InstantSedation: In Part II, towards the back end of both Annie and Nina's pregnancies George can't sleep as he's so worried about them going into labor. Franck gives him some experimental sleeping pills called "Vasnik" and doesn't explain that only half a pill is needed. George takes two and immediately passes out at the dinner table.
50	* LawOfInverseFertility: Nina in ''Part II'', who thought she was going through menopause, ends up getting pregnant.
51	* LikeParentLikeChild: 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.
52	* LikeParentLikeSpouse: Brian is stated to be the sensible one in Annie and Brian's relationship, just like Nina is in George and Nina's.
53	* LoveAtFirstSight: It is strongly implied that this is what happened with Annie and Bryan because Annie's story of how they met is very short.
54	* 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 is one of the reasons George buys his old bigger house back and then decides to add an extension for the new baby.
55	* MaternityCrisis: Two in "Part II" one played for comedy, the other for drama -
56	** Comedy: First Annie's waters break just after George takes some experimental sleeping pills Franck gave him, which have knocked him out cold - so the family & Franck have to scramble to get to the hospital as well as take the barely-conscious George with them.
57	** Drama: Nina goes into labor on the same night when she's supposed to be accompanying Annie. Annie's pregnancy is going smoothly but Nina's looks more precarious as the baby's heart rate keeps dropping and she has to go in for an emergency c-section.
58	* MythologyGag: The ugly wedding present that nobody likes--the Art/VenusDeMilo clock--is the same one that was used in the 1950 film for the same joke.
59	%%* NiceGuy: Bryan [=McKenzie=].
60	* NonIndicativeName: The sequel is titled ''Father of the Bride Part II'', but no one's getting married.
61	* ObnoxiousInLaws: A slight case with George, as despite Brian being a dream of a son-in-law, a few lines from George in the sequel indicates that he inexplicably still dislikes him.
62	* OnlySaneMan: George flirts with this at points in the first movie, as the wedding plans grow increasingly elaborate and expensive. He definitely sees ''himself'' as this, at any rate.
63	* OpeningMonologue: George follows this into his role as the CharacterNarrator.
64	* ParentalMarriageVeto: This is how George reacts when Annie announced her engagement.
65	* PracticallyDifferentGenerations: The Banks Kids with eldest Annie as a college graduate and middle child Matty in 2nd grade for Part 1, and newborn Megan in Part 2.
66	* RemakeCameo: Tom Irish, who plays the bride's brother in the 1950 movie, appears in this one as a guest at the wedding.
67	* SheIsAllGrownUp: George hadn't realized Annie grown up until she announced her engagement. He still sees her as a little girl with her hair in pigtails. Him coming to terms with this fact is part of the movie's conflict.
68	** He gets hit with this again in the sequel, when Annie's pregnancy forces him to realize this once and for all.
69	* ShoutOut: The clock that Annie is given that looks like Michelangelo's ''Art/{{David}}'' was also a gift in the original film.
70	* 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". It's also at the crux of a fight they have in the sequel went Annie is offered a job in Boston as lead architect on a big project and Bryan doesn't want to move away from the couples support network with a new baby but Annie thinks he wants her to give up a big career opportunity.
71	* TackyTuxedo: As George learns to his chagrin, Armani doesn't make a navy tux. His 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.
72	* TangledFamilyTree: Megan is the same age as her nephew. In part 3-ish she refers to "Georgie" as her birthday-twin.
73	%%* TeamDad: George, of course.
74	%%* TeamMom: Nina, we can see their different points of view in the arguments that they have through the films.
75	* TimeCompressionMontage: There's two of these in the first movie. The first one shows the months leading up to the wedding and the second one shows a much longer period of time where Annie is growing up.
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