New Jersey wedding chanteur Robbie Hart loses all hope after being abandoned at the altar by his skanky fiancee Linda. Enter Julia, an effervescent ray of light in the shape of a catering-service waitress, who enlists Robbie's help in planning her own wedding--to a sleazy, DeLorean-driving junk bond salesman who tomcats around .. Read more
| Starring | Drew Barrymore, Adam Sandler, Christine Taylor, Christina Pickles |
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| Director | Frank Coraci |
| Genres | Comedy |
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New Jersey wedding chanteur Robbie Hart loses all hope after being abandoned at the altar by his skanky fiancee Linda. Enter Julia, an effervescent ray of light in the shape of a catering-service waitress, who enlists Robbie's help in planning her own wedding--to a sleazy, DeLorean-driving junk bond salesman who tomcats around and treats women like unfeeling slabs of meat. Can our hero win Julia over before she elopes to Las Vegas
| Starring | Drew Barrymore, Adam Sandler, Christine Taylor, Christina Pickles, Jodi Thelen, Alexis Arquette, Angela Featherstone, Mark Lonow, Alan Covert, Jon Lovitz, Steve Buscemi, Billy Idol, Kevin Nealon |
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| Director | Frank Coraci |
| Studio | ENTERTAINMENT IN VIDEO |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 33 mins Blu-ray: 1 hr 33 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Collections | 100 Rom-Coms |
| Genres | Comedy |
| Language | DVD: English Blu-ray: English |
| Released | DVD: 01 Jun 1999 Blu-ray: unknown Production year: 1998 |
| Format | DVD |
Adam Sandler is pitch-perfect in his role here as hopelessly romantic cabaret wedding singer Robbie Hart, who falls in love with waitress Julia (Drew Barrymore) at a nuptial function only to discover that she's engaged to someone else. The chemistry between the two stars works like a charm and director Frank Coraci has enormous fun with the music, fashions and fads of the mid-1980s setting. This good-natured, entertaining romp has a knowing sense of the ridiculous and it's topped off by a great pop soundtrack.
Sandler, a cult comedian here submerging himself in the mainstream, plays Robbie Hart, a wannabe rock star stuck on the... read more on Time Out
This has to be my favourite all time film!
A sweet down to earth man meeting the girl of his dreams after being left at the altar. Throw in a cross-dressing keyboard player, mullet hair-do's an eighties setting and it makes a good movie for me.
Its easy to watch and Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore bounce of each other perfectly ... cant wait for their latest collaboration - 50 first dates.
Makes ya wanna laugh, cry and throw on those leg warmers. ( =
Watch It!!
If you remember the 80's....the music the clothes and you like romantic comedies then this film should be right up your street. Its both funny and charming, totally predictable, but a joy neverless.