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Wedding Singer, The
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Wedding Singer, The reviews
Critic Score
Metascore: 59 Metascore out of 100
User Score  
8.2 out of 10
based on 21 reviews
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MPAA RATING: PG-13 for sex-related material and language

Starring Adam Sandler, Drew Barrymore, Christine Taylor, Allen Covert, Matthew Glave, Ellen Albertini Dow, Angela Featherstone, and Alexis Arquette

The world's worst wedding singer (Sandler) meets the girl of his dreams (Barrymore), but she is about to get married to another guy.


GENRE(S): Romance  
WRITTEN BY: Tim Herlihy  
DIRECTED BY: Frank Coraci  
RELEASE DATE: DVD: February 6, 2001 
Video: July 24, 2001 
Theatrical: February 13, 1998 
RUNNING TIME: 95 minutes, Color 
ORIGIN: USA 

What The Critics Said

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90
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.
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80
Variety Leonard Klady
Director Frank Coraci and scripter Tim Herlihy work in concert to maintain a quality of farce rooted in human comedy.
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80
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.
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80
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.
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75
Christian Science Monitor David Sterritt
The movie is surprisingly strong despite its potentially flaky plot, combining '80s-style humor with a sincere romantic story.
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70
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.
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70
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.
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70
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.
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70
New York Magazine David Denby
It’s a pleasant movie -- very pleasant, in fact -- but soft as a down quilt.
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67
Entertainment Weekly Owen Gleiberman
As a romantic comedy, the picture is pleasant, predictable, and utterly weightless.
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60
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.
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60
Salon.com Stephanie Zacharek
Frank Coraci's '80s-nostalgia comedy is predictable and unevenly paced, and it lunges too often for the easy joke.
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60
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.
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50
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.
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50
Austin Chronicle Marc Savlov
It is a harmless and occasionally hilarious pop comedy good for a few bargain yuks.
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50
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.
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50
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.
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50
San Francisco Chronicle Ruthe Stein
A sweet-natured if formulaic romantic comedy.
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50
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.
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40
Film Threat Ron Wells
It's charmingly bad and an excellent date film.
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25
Chicago Sun-Times Roger Ebert
The screenplay reads like a collaboration between Jekyll and Hyde.
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What Our Users Said

Vote Now!The average user rating for this movie is 8.2 (out of 10) based on 8 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

Kimbo D. gave it a 10:
This movie was off the HOOK!

Andrew M. gave it an 8:
A really great film. So lighthearted and whimsical it's amazing it didn't self-destruct...but it didn't! Barrymore is so appealing in this film she's almost unbearable and Sandler is at his deadpan best. He shows all the right emotions when needed. As for the music...aah, the memories!

Yoon Min C. gave it a 4:
Depending on one's feelings about Sandler, he's a cool fool or an insufferable dolt. I lean toward the former, but Wedding Singer has only one genuinely funny scene. And, Drew Barrymore's radiant as the movie's love interest.

Maden gave it an 8:
It goes beyond your old love story.

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