Bride and Joy
Updated: Jul 25
The is a bit of an oddity, though I don’t know why I didn’t know about it until now, almost six years after the fact. It’s a 24-minute “Zoom movie” done in 2020 during COVID as a fundraiser for World Central Kitchen – that’s the “third” (sort of) in the now-trilogy of Father of the Bride movies, called Father of the Bride Part 3 (ish). The entire cast is reunited, along with a few additions that includes one big, uncredited surprise. And it’s written and directed by Nancy Meyers, who made the first two films.
With such pedigree, I was hoping it to be a great treat. But it’s not especially funny, though still enjoyable to see for the reunion of everyone. (And I suspect it will probably better if you know ahead that it’s not especially funny, so your anticipation and expectations will be lower.) However, it does pick up a bit when Steve Martin enters. And two actors admirably really throw themselves into things – Martin Short (who comes in late) and Florence Pugh, who’s one of the additions, playing the granddaughter.
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