

Indeed, its success spawned 1995’s Father of the Bride Part II, a remake of 1951 original sequel Father’s Little Dividend, before the franchise called it a day.



Not just the big ones, the ones we all have photos of, but the little ones - it’s especially those memories, the ones you’d think you’d forget over time that we treasure the most.Father of the Bride, the 1991 remake of the classic 1950 film of the same name, managed to further cement comedy icon Steve Martin’s mid-career onscreen status as America’s (non-Clark-Griswold) well-meaning, but neurotically insecure movie dad. The memories of all those moments we shared stay with us. We look at them and can still see the little kid they used to be. Montages of the films play throughout the Zoom call, and during the wedding, George narrates, “We parents never fully see our children as grownups. As the wedding commences, Rachel is directed to find a bouquet of flowers from the minibar and her mother’s wedding ring. Rachel and Matty recite their vows, mimicking officiant Franck’s thick accent. Once he processes his shock, and irritation with James for getting out of having to pay for an expensive wedding, the festivities commence. So, naturally, when Matty announces he called the family together for a surprise online wedding to Rachel, who just finished a 24-hour shift and is quarantining in a hotel room, George freezes on screen - and not as a result of technical difficulties. When his family assures him there’s no need to worry, he explains he has never had to cope with such a stressful time - well, not since Annie’s wedding. 25.Īs the family catches up, viewers experience proper nostalgia as George assumes his overprotective fatherly ways, checking in with the family about their cleaning rituals and the status of the thousand masks he sent them, and stressing the importance of disinfecting absolutely everything. Netflix teased the reunion event Wednesday morning with a short video posted on Twitter, depicting a screen-recorded video of George checking his emails, which included messages about his recent mask order, Annie’s digitized wedding photos and a reminder for a family video call on Sept. Newcomers included Rachel (Alexandra Shipp), a doctor on the frontlines of the pandemic and Matty’s fiancé, and Robert De Niro, Rachel’s father, James.
