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The Wedding Singer (1998)

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Critics Reviews Average Grade:   C+
Source Brief Review Grade*
Austin Chronicle
Marc Savlov
"Like the cinematic equivalent of cotton candy, it might make you yak, but it tastes pretty good going down." more... C  
BBC
Ali Barclay
"...charmingly acted, and the humour subtle, so it cannot fail to entertain." more... B-
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert
"Did anybody, at any stage, gave the story the slightest thought?" more... D  
Cincinnati Enquirer
Margaret A. McGurk
"The jokes aren't too bad, although they rely heavily on other people's physical shortcomings or bad clothing choices." more... C  
E! Online "... this silly satire buffed to a high gloss hits most of the right notes." more... B+
Film Journal International
David Luty
"The Wedding Singer is two movies for the price of one, and they're both awful." more... D  
Film Threat
Ron Wells
"It's charmingly bad and an excellent date film." more... C-
filmcritic.com
Bradley Null
"...no laughable reference is left untouched." more... B+
Los Angeles Times
Kevin Thomas
"...a sparkling romantic comedy..." more... A-
New York Times
Janet Maslin
"Half the film is an ingenuous love story, but the better half consists of pop culture time-warp jokes set in 1985." more... B-
ReelViews
James Berardinelli
"...overdoes it in the schmaltz department." more... C  
San Francisco Chronicle
Ruthe Stein
"...a sweet-natured if formulaic romantic comedy..." more... C+
* Yahoo! Movies converts each critic's published rating into a letter grade. If the critic's review does not include a rating, Yahoo! Movies assigns a grade based on an assessment of the review. (more...)
 
 


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