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- 1990
- R
- Buena Vista Pictures Distribution
- 1 h 34 m
- 1990
- R
- Buena Vista Pictures Distribution
- 1 h 34 m
- 1990
- R
- Buena Vista Pictures Distribution
- 1 h 34 m
- 1990
- R
- Buena Vista Pictures Distribution
- 1 h 34 m
Betsy's Wedding
52
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 21 Critic Reviews
52
48% Positive
10 Reviews
10 Reviews
38% Mixed
8 Reviews
8 Reviews
14% Negative
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 21 Critic Reviews
52
48% Positive
10 Reviews
10 Reviews
38% Mixed
8 Reviews
8 Reviews
14% Negative
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
Setting a buoyant, anything-could-happen tone from the outset, Alda as director creates what he’s striving for: a feeling of being caught up in the warm craziness of this family, as all its vivid characters push and tug to impose their will on the proceedings. His punchy, inpertinent script is equally good.
Alda's work as a writer on M*A*S*H didn't go to waste. His script delivers a lot of laughs - patently related to TV sitcom, but laughs all the same. Betsy's Wedding is fun, and LaPaglia is a find. [22 Jun 1990, p.43p]
What gives Betsy's Wedding distinction is the writing and casting of an initially peripheral figure, an unnervingly polite young gangster played by Anthony LaPaglia, a television and off-Broadway veteran making his big-screen debut. [22 Jun 1990, p.25]
Alda's accomplishment is to bring humorous reality to this predictable but charming movie about a young woman named Betsy Hopper (Molly Ringwald), who has been encouraged to lead an independent life by her parents until it comes time for her traditional wedding.
Betsy's Wedding is white cake and warm bubbly, not an unsuitable marriage, just a tepid one.
Ringwald looks stunned most of the time and lacks the sparkle generally associated with a free and independent spirit. But then, so does the script. [22 Jun 1990, p.E3]
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Awards
Razzie Awards
• 2 Nominations
Chicago Film Critics Association Awards
• 1 Nomination
