A man's wedding is turned into a shambles when his best friend falls in love with his fiancee, doing everything possible to prevent the ceremony from taking place. Read more
| Starring | Paul Nicholas, Ralph Richardson, John Gielgud, John Standing |
|---|---|
| Director | Joseph Brooks |
| Genres | Comedy, Romance |
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A man's wedding is turned into a shambles when his best friend falls in love with his fiancee, doing everything possible to prevent the ceremony from taking place.
| Starring | Paul Nicholas, Ralph Richardson, John Gielgud, John Standing, Susan Brooks, Ronald Lacey, Kate Harper |
|---|---|
| Director | Joseph Brooks |
| Studio | PEGASUS ENTERTAINMENT |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 25 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Comedy, Romance |
| Language | DVD: English |
| Released | DVD: 18 Nov 2002 Production year: 1983 |
| Format | DVD |
Incredibly inept and unfunny romantic comedy, one of several in the eighties that exploited American obsession with British aristocracy. A senile bishop (Ralph Richardson, indulging his real-life passion for motorbikes) mistakenly weds the daughter of an impoverished earl to a visiting American. The dullconfusion is compounded by the arrival of a Texan evangelist played, astoundingly, by John Gielgud, whose self-confessed inability with accents is well demonstrated. The celebration, without a trace of irony, of class prejudice and blood sports, passé in 1983, is now positively shocking. Notsurprisingly, both American director Joseph Brooks and his wife, Susan, who plays the daughter, were never heard of again.
A situation which could have been mildly amusing in the Quiet Wedding vein is botched by an unfunny script and wildly eccentric casting, including Gielgud as an American evangelist.
A typical upper class family without the money to keep the estate are faced with a property developer buying a huge chunk and turning it into a housing estate. Paul Nicholas comes to the rescue. Extremely funny to watch and a delightful outcome. High Recommended watching
Top flight actors cannot improve a dire script...... avoid.