- Network: HULU
- Series Premiere Date: Jul 31, 2019
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The 10-episode miniseries takes ample creative license with the original. Once you accept that, you’re able to enjoy the miniseries for what it is: a funny, overall well-observed take on Millennial love and the toll that wedding season can take on a group of friends.
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Four Weddings might not be the work of art we wanted it to be, but it’s fun and watchable. Just maybe don’t watch the original before you dive in.
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Four Weddings and a Funeral is barely a remake, and that’s probably for the best, playing out with so many differences that you’ll struggle to remember what you’re supposed to be watching.
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The sporadic times they all share the screen rarely spark in the way that the joyfully chaotic group scenes of the first “Four Weddings and a Funeral” did. We hear an awful lot about what good friends they are without the series doing much to sell it. It’s perfectly nice to spend a few hours with them, but they’re not likely to make a huge impression beyond their inevitably happy endings.
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"Four Weddings" was best suited to a 2-hour film in the 1990s. It's the kind of story that resists updates and reimagining, and no amount of charm from the actors or rom-com jokes from the writers can make the new version work in 2019.
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Mostly, Four Weddings and a Funeral plays like a cynical grab for attention, based on the not-entirely-faulty assumption that any form of name recognition is an advantage when it comes to making noise in a crowded streaming universe. Yet even if the invitation works on that level, faced with the little matter of creatively capitalizing on that opportunity, Four Weddings won't catch any bouquets.
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Blander, more hackneyed and less memorable, it’s also four times longer.
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The problems that stymie this series are the same issues that gum up every less-than-inspired romantic comedy: unrealistic plot twists that happen too suddenly, a lack of rich character development, and dialogue that a real human would never say to another real human in a hundred years. ... Beginning in episode four, when the funeral makes its appearance, some of the characters start to take on a bit more dimension.