Wedding Singer, The

Los Angeles Times Kevin Thomas

A sparkling romantic comedy, the kind of picture that glides by so gracefully and unpretentiously that it's only upon reflection that you realize how much skill, caring and good judgment had to have gone into its making.

Variety Leonard Klady

Director Frank Coraci and scripter Tim Herlihy work in concert to maintain a quality of farce rooted in human comedy.

Empire Caroline Westbrook

A script with a streak of clever cynicism and poignancy, a soundtrack of tunes you thought had long since departed to the vinyl graveyard and one of the most adorable screen pairings in ages in Sandler and Barrymore and the result is a film which, while hardly high art, is simply irresistible.

The New Yorker Daphne Merkin

The movie is full of inspired touches as well as excessive ones: its appeal lies in the way its humor always treads the line between sendup and campy overkill.

Christian Science Monitor David Sterritt

The movie is surprisingly strong despite its potentially flaky plot, combining '80s-style humor with a sincere romantic story.

Washington Post Rita Kempley

Adam Sandler is surprisingly likable as Robbie, a struggling musician who is left at the altar early in this modest romantic comedy.

Chicago Reader Jonathan Rosenbaum

Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore make an appealing couple in this silly but very likable 1998 romantic comedy set in 1985.

The New York Times Elvis Mitchell

Half the film is an ingenuous love story, but the better half consists of pop culture time-warp jokes set in 1985.

New York Magazine David Denby

It’s a pleasant movie -- very pleasant, in fact -- but soft as a down quilt.

Entertainment Weekly Owen Gleiberman

As a romantic comedy, the picture is pleasant, predictable, and utterly weightless.

LA Weekly Manohla Dargis

Sandler smirks a good deal less than he did in his last two movies, and with a couple of acting lessons, he might develop into a screen presence.

Salon.com Stephanie Zacharek

Frank Coraci's '80s-nostalgia comedy is predictable and unevenly paced, and it lunges too often for the easy joke.

TV Guide Maitland McDonagh

Yes, it's sappy. It's also silly, utterly unironic, a sketch stretched out to feature length, and, if you're in the right mood, pretty darned cute.

ReelViews James Berardinelli

This movie desperately wants to be liked. The problem is, there's not much here to like -- at least nothing that's new or interesting.

Austin Chronicle Marc Savlov

It is a harmless and occasionally hilarious pop comedy good for a few bargain yuks.

San Francisco Examiner Barbara Shulgasser

The considerable appeal of this movie has to do with its roots in those nice, comforting love stories of the 1930s.

The Onion (A.V. Club) Joshua klein

Sandler is endearing as a sensitive nice guy, and Barrymore is a cute love interest, but The Wedding Singer fails to deliver the anticipated laughs.

San Francisco Chronicle Ruthe Stein

A sweet-natured if formulaic romantic comedy.

The Globe and Mail (Toronto) Liam Lacey

Finally, an Adam Sandler comedy that you can sit through without wanting to throw a mallet through the screen.

Film Threat Ron Wells

It's charmingly bad and an excellent date film.

Chicago Sun-Times Roger Ebert

The screenplay reads like a collaboration between Jekyll and Hyde.