Father of the Bride
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | Release Date: June 16, 1950 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
76
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 9 Critic Reviews
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6
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3
Negative:
0
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60
The New YorkerPauline Kael
Within its own terms the picture is sensitive and very well done, but it's also tiresomely fraudulent -- an idealization of a safe, shuttered existence, the good life according to M-G-M.
50
VarietyStaff (Not Credited)
Minnelli could have timed many of the scenes so that laughs would not have stepped on dialog tag lines. Also he permits the wedding rehearsal sequence to play too long, lessening the comedic effect. Read full review
40
Chicago Reader
One of the bleakest films of a bleak decade. Read full review
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