Father of the Bride Part II (PG)
Lightweight family film is funny, but predictable.
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- Studio: Touchstone Pictures
- Directed By: Charles Shyer
- Cast: Diane Keaton, Steve Martin, Martin Short
- Running Time: 106 minutes
- Release Date: 12/08/1995
- Video/DVD Release Date: 05/09/2000
- Genre: Comedy
- MPAA Rating: PG
- MPAA Explanation: some mild language and thematic elements
Parents need to know
Families can talk about how the filmmakers show George Banks' difficulty in accepting the fact that he's getting older. Were those scenes funny? Did they help you understand him? How does the Banks family adjust to the sudden, unexpected news of middle-aged mom's pregnancy at the same time her daughter is expecting? In what ways do the characters and situations seem real? Not real? Were the filmmakers making fun of the man who bought the Banks house? What is the difference between finding the humor in our cultural differences and mocking those cultures?
Message
Social Behavior:
General overview of family presents caring, loyal, honest parents and children. Positive, thoughtful discussion of modern young woman's dilemma managing marriage, career, and parenting. Extremely stereotypical Middle Eastern character played for comedy. Strikingly effete character provides lots of laughs...he's a wedding planner, he's an interior decorator, he's an exercise guru.
Consumerism:
Some products mentioned in dialog only: Coca Cola, Harleigh, Tums, Dom Perignon, Pepto Bismol, Geritol.
Drugs/Alcohol/Tobacco:
Couple shares wine after sex; a strong, fictitious sleeping pill (VASNICK) played for big laughs; family drinks wine at dinner.
Violence
Two dogs bare teeth at hero for comic effect. Momentary threat of hoodlums who shout from a nearby car.
Sex
Husband embraces wife in shadows; cuddling; warm kiss between husband and wife with suggestion of more to follow; married couple seen contentedly together after making love, no nudity.
Language
"Bitchin'," "swear to God."
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Reviewed by Renee Schonfeld
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