Father of the Bride
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | Release Date: June 16, 1950 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
76
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Generally favorable reviews based on 9 Critic Reviews
Positive:
6
Mixed:
3
Negative:
0
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100
TV Guide MagazineStaff (Not Credited)
One of the best comedies MGM made in the 1950s. Although Taylor perfectly embodies an idealized vision of the demure but spirited young bride, this fine film is foremost a showcase for the supple comic drollery of Spencer Tracy. Read full review
100
Chicago TribuneMichael Wilmington
One of the finest, funniest and most civilized of all Hollywood domestic comedies. [01 Sep 2006, p.C5]
91
Entertainment WeeklyLawrence O'Toole
The scenes between Taylor and Spencer Tracy are sweet and utterly lacking in artifice, and although the movie asks little more than her presence, she provides it with simple, natural grace. Read full review
80
The New York TimesBosley Crowther
The film, while it packs all the satire of our modern tribal matrimonial rite that was richly contained in the original, also possesses all the warmth and poignancy and understanding that makes the Streeter treatise much beloved. Read full review
80
Time OutStaff (Not Credited)
Thoroughly enchanting comedy. Read full review
80
Los Angeles TimesMark Chalon Smith
What gives this slender movie its appeal is how Minnelli and writers Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett check out all the huge and tiny steps in the complicated process with such gleeful, and usually wry, detail. [23 Jul 1992, p.13]
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