Synopsis
Just when George Banks has recovered from his daughter's wedding, he receives the news that she's pregnant ... and that George's wife is expecting too. He was planning on selling their home, but that's a plan that—like George—will have to change with the arrival of both a grandchild and a kid of his own.
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Cast
- Steve MartinGeorge Banks
- Diane KeatonNina Banks
- Martin ShortFranck Eggelhoffer
- Kimberly Williams-PaisleyAnnie Banks-MacKenzie
- George NewbernBryan MacKenzie
- Kieran CulkinMatty Banks
- BD WongHoward Weinstein
- Peter Michael GoetzJohn MacKenzie
- Kate McGregor-StewartJoanna MacKenzie
- Jane AdamsDr. Megan Eisenberg
Recommendations
- 75
Chicago Tribune
This film works so well simply because every moment of it is suffused with the joy a new baby brings into the world. Save for a needlessly mean comic shot at an Arab businessman, it couldn't be more appropriate for family viewing. [8 Dec 1995, p.D] - 70
Los Angeles Times
What Meyers and Shyer have accomplished is to create a pleasant, sentimental domestic comedy out of a family that really has no problems to overcome, not an easy feat. - 70
The New York Times
The bourgeois splendor of the Banks house is a major feature of Father of the Bride Part II, a cheerful, harmlessly ingratiating sequel on a par with its 1991 predecessor. - 63
Chicago Sun-Times
Father of the Bride Part II is not a great movie and not even as good as its 1991 inspiration. But it is warm and fuzzy, and has some good laughs and a lot of sweetness. - 50
ReelViews
The curious thing about Father of the Bride Part 2 is that not only is it the sequel to a remake, but it's the remake of a sequel. As such, it's a perfect illustration of stretching an idea too far. Certain premises lack the necessary material for a multiple features, and this is one such example - 50
San Francisco Chronicle
Father of the Bride Part II is too long, completely predictable and unabashedly immersed in a posh world that is totally out of reach of most people. It's a comfort to see that riches don't keep some guys from being dithering fools when it comes to life's fundamentals. - 50
Christian Science Monitor
This feature-length sitcom episode is handsomely filmed, but not as funny as you'd hope with Steve Martin and Diane Keaton in leading roles, and some of the humor has a nasty edge. [8 Dec 1995, p.13] - 25
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
It's basically just more of the same maudlin sentimentality mixed with clumsy slapstick, hassled-father routines and Geritol jokes. [8 Dec 1995, p.29]
