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Four Weddings and a Funeral is a 1994 British romantic comedy film directed by Mike Newell. It was the first of several films by screenwriter Richard Curtis to feature Hugh Grant. The film was an unexpected success, becoming the highest-grossing British film in cinema history with worldwide box office in excess of $244 million worldwide.[1]
SynopsisSpoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.
The film follows the adventures of a group of friends through the eyes of Charles, a frequently tongue-tied and faux pas-prone Englishman, played by Grant, who is smitten by Carrie, an attractive American played by MacDowell and repeatedly meets her at weddings and at a funeral.
The second wedding is that of Bernard and Lydia (David Haig and Sophie Thompson), a couple who had met at the previous wedding. This sequence features Rowan Atkinson in a cameo as an inexperienced priest. The reception is not an enjoyable one for Charles, who finds himself seated on a table with several ex-girlfriends, as well as bumping into Henrietta (known by his friends as "Duckface"), with whom he has had a difficult relationship in the past. His terrible evening is completed when he hears that Carrie is engaged to Hamish, a wealthy Scottish politician. During the interim period, Charles meets Carrie while searching for an affordable wedding present and ends up helping to choose her wedding dress. He later confesses to her that if her wedding is unsuccessful, he would like to have a relationship with her. The third wedding is that of Carrie at a Scottish castle. Charles attends, depressed. At the reception, Charles's friend Fiona confesses that she has always loved him, but Charles does not requite her love. At the wedding Charles's friend Gareth (Simon Callow) dies suddenly of a heart attack.
The fourth wedding is that of Charles, who has decided to marry Henrietta out of desperation. However, at the wedding, he meets Carrie, who has separated from her husband. At the altar, when the vicar asks if anyone knows a reason why the couple should not marry, Charles's deaf brother David (David Bower) uses sign language to announce that Charles doesn't love Henrietta. Henrietta punches Charles and the wedding is abruptly halted. At the end, Carrie visits Charles, who is recovering from the debacle, to apologise for attending. Charles confesses that he finally realised the person he would like to spend his life with was not the woman he stood by at the altar. They vow that they will never, ever get married. The end credits show a montage of photographs documenting the futures of other characters in the film. All are shown on their individual wedding days except for Fiona, who is shown sitting next to Prince Charles and lastly Carrie and Charles along with their baby boy. SoundtrackThe original score was composed by British classical composer Richard Rodney Bennett. The movie also featured a crowd-pleasing soundtrack of popular songs, including a cover version of Love Is All Around performed by Wet Wet Wet that remained at number 1 in the British charts for fifteen weeks and was then the ninth (now twelfth) biggest selling single of all time in Britain. Principal cast
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RecognitionThe film was voted the 27th greatest comedy film of all time by readers of Total Film in 2000. In 2004, the same magazine named it the 34th greatest British film of all time. It is number 96 on Bravo's "100 Funniest Movies". Popular culture referencesThe film's title became a popular catchphrase at the time.
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