Son of the Bride
Columbia TriStar | Release Date: March 22, 2002 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
68
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 29 Critic Reviews
Positive:
22
Mixed:
6
Negative:
1

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
100
USA TodayClaudia Puig
One of the best films of the year. Read full review
100
New York Daily NewsJami Bernard
Exquisitely moving story.
100
Wall Street JournalJoe Morgenstern
A drama of rare distinction, and wonderfully funny in the bargain.
90
VarietyEddie Cockrell
Unflaggingly genial and universally funny. Read full review
90
TimeRichard Schickel
Wry, richly layered, wonderfully observed Argentine film. Read full review
88
Chicago TribuneMichael Wilmington
It's fresh, funny, biting, fast-paced and reasonably perceptive about people and their problems. Read full review
88
Charlotte ObserverLawrence Toppman
Turn a potentially unforgettable movie into a broad crowd-pleaser that sustains itself on three acting performances. Read full review
88
Boston GlobeJonathan Perry
Fully realizes its ambitions as a tale about confronting and navigating life's land mines with humor, tenacity, and hope.
83
Seattle Post-IntelligencerWilliam Arnold
The film below it is such an entertaining and poignantly bittersweet take-down of a good man's midlife crisis that the translation still works like a charm. Read full review
80
Washington PostStephen Hunter
Even the digressions are funny. Read full review
80
Washington PostMichael O'Sullivan
Sweet without being saccharine, sad without being maudlin and funny without being forced. Read full review
75
Christian Science MonitorDavid Sterritt
Energetic acting and perky filmmaking help this likable Argentine comedy-drama avoid the sentimentality that intermittently threatens it. Read full review
75
Portland OregonianKim Morgan
A movie that will wear you out and make you misty even when you don't want to be. It's a gushy, sometimes-maudlin, often-charming movie that highlights the importance of little things. Read full review
75
Philadelphia InquirerSteven Rea
It's a wise and endearing little film. Read full review
75
Miami HeraldMarta Barber
Offers a rose-colored picture of life, but one that Campanella makes ring true. Read full review
75
San Francisco ChronicleEdward Guthmann
Manages to be affectionate without drawing too deeply from a well of sugar and schmaltz. Read full review
70
Los Angeles TimesKevin Thomas
A warm and affectionate Argentine film of wide appeal that is an Academy Award nominee in the foreign-language category. Read full review
70
SalonJeff Stark
Crisply agreeable picture. Read full review
70
New Times (L.A.)Andy Klein
It is a moving and solidly entertaining comedy/drama that should bolster director and co-writer Juan José Campanella's reputation in the United States. Read full review
70
TV Guide MagazineKen Fox
Sensitive and expertly acted crowd-pleaser that isn't above a little broad comedy and a few unabashedly sentimental tears. Read full review
67
Entertainment WeeklyOwen Gleiberman
Has an appealing modesty, but director Juan José Campanella works so hard to keep everything soft and winsome and charming that he cushions the understatement into blandness. Read full review
67
Austin ChronicleMarc Savlov
Winning and emotionally punchy film. Read full review
50
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Mark Peranson
What starts off as a possible Argentine "American Beauty" reeks like a room stacked with pungent flowers. Read full review
50
New York PostV.A. Musetto
Has some truly touching and funny moments. But it goes on for too long and bogs down in a surfeit of characters and unnecessary subplots. Read full review
50
L.A. WeeklyManohla Dargis
Although it's better written and directed than the average Nora Ephron bagatelle, it's easy to imagine Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan slipping into a remake of Son of the Bride. Read full review
50
Village VoiceMichael Atkinson
In its details, though, Juan José Campanella's movie works beautifully: The actors are all superb when the florid demands of the story allow them elbowroom. Read full review
50
Chicago ReaderJonathan Rosenbaum
I didn't feel I was wasting my time but I started looking at my watch long before it was over. Read full review
40
The New York TimesStephen Holden
May be as exhaustive a study of one man's midlife crisis as has ever been brought to the screen. But as the movie lopes along, exhaustive becomes exhausting. Read full review
30
The A.V. ClubKeith Phipps
The best that can be said of Son Of The Bride is that it's attractively photographed. But, then, so was the Hindenburg explosion, and this packs far less excitement into its two shapeless hours. Read full review
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