Romantic comedies have a special public significance, perhaps because they fulfill a human and emotional need.
Although they are often similar, "Four Weddings and a Funeral" remains different to the point of uniqueness, whether in pure English, as the director, author, cast and even the cameraman are British (except for American star Andy McDowell), or with the charm of star Hugh's appearance Grant, or the elegance, luxury and warmth of the atmosphere, the decorations, the clothes and the bourgeois places of Scotland, or the splendor of comedy, the speed of the rhythm and the dialogues, knowing that the film is classified for adults only.
On top of all this, the script written with a new technology (new technique) makes you adjust your watch to a knot or knot every 15 minutes exactly.
At the head of every quarter of an hour it surprises you with a prank or dilemma in which the hero falls until the end of the film, which is the opposite of what movie scenarios are used to, starting from the beginning of the first knot 10 minutes after the beginning of the film, then proceeding in the story without specifying a strict and regular schedule to put obstacles in the way Hero.
Agile engineering for an exhilarating scenario
Our hero "Charlie" (Hugh Grant), a shy, stuttering, extremely attractive young man chased by girls. The film does not tell us about his job, but we see him spending his time traveling with a group of his friends between weddings to play the role of "the groom's boyfriend" (opposite the bridesmaid) in frantic attempts to search for The "right girl" whose heart beats at first sight.
This caused him to live in a miserable, chaotic state, so he was late to appointments, neglected his appearance, and fell into a series of very embarrassing and funny situations.
But in the 10th minute, he surprises us with his first plot, when he discovers that at the decisive moment in the marriage contract, he forgot the couple's rings.
Charlie glimpses a sparkling American girl who dazzles him, "Carrie" (Andy McDowell), but all his attempts to get close to her turn into comic plots that culminate in his banging his head on a pillar of rage, before he finds her in front of him in the 25th minute. Not to sit with him, but to put him In the next plot with his permission to leave.
Small, surprising plots that reach their range are followed by Carrie introducing Charlie to her fiancé "Hamish" (Corinne Redgrave), who owns half of Scotland, until we reach the 40th minute, and this time we find the dilemma of the wondrous priest "Father Gerald" or comedian star (Rowan Atkinson, famous Mister Benn) who electrocutes the wedding atmosphere, plays with everyone's nerves and makes the bridegroom sweat.
And from him to the 55th minute, where the next plot reminded him of his father's funeral, after he was surprised by "Hen" (Anna Chancellor) lying on his shoulders crying and begging to propose to her, while "Carrie" appears and tells him that her fiancé has left for Edinburgh, and invites him to accompany her.
Then the 70th minute, when Carrie leaves him despite his admission of his love for her, and leaves him alone, his heart is broken with grief, and he finds "Hane", who begged her to propose to one of his friends.
He shed the first tear of the death of his friend "Gareth" (Simon Callow) in the 85th minute, and reached the edge of despair from marrying a girl he really loves.
And in the 100th minute, and after 10 alarms rang to wake him up to his final marriage ceremony with "Heen" after her separation from her fiancé, ignoring "Fiona's" (Christine Scott Thomas) admission that she had never loved anyone but him, if his only girlfriend, Carrie, exploded the plot by attending the ceremony And informing him of her separation from her husband permanently.
In the 115th minute, let's reach one of the romantic icons filmed in the rain, where the film ends.
Beautiful shot for classic weddings
Four Weddings and a Funeral, a film produced in the United Kingdom in 1994, screenplay by creator Richard Curtis, who wrote it after attending 72 weddings in 5 years.
He was directed by Mike Newell with his soft touch and his graceful staff in writing, acting, music and photography, especially with the star Hugh Grant, with whom he shared many films that made him familiar to the American audience.
And in it, Fiona, who loved Charlie in one way, but he lacked the strength to make a decision about this love, and presented us with the character of one of those women who do not fully trust the younger ones, despite the interest and love he offers.
As for Carrie, she excelled in the role of the beautiful woman who puzzled Charlie since their first meeting, and seduced him at the end of the evening, before suddenly disappearing to appear at the next wedding.
At the same time she accepts marriage to a man much older than her, "stiff in his Scottish skirt", thick, confident and arrogant, claiming that she loves him.
On the other hand, we see Charlie in the personality of the attractive, bewildered young man who is so reserved that he finds it difficult to say what he feels, even if his happiness depends on him.
We were stopped by Gareth, the philosopher who was killed by insatiable food, drink, dance and fun, and everyone was in pain at the funeral scene.
In addition to "Scarlett" (Charlotte Coleman) Charles' sassy little colleague with a funny personality, who died of an asthma attack in 2001, at the age of 33, no one forgets Mister Benn's comic show as a young cleric who could not master the words of the wedding ceremony. .
"Four Weddings and a Funeral" is an elegant and festive English comedy film that resembles "a multi-layered dessert, with a romantic soul and a charming sweet crust. It is truly a piece of music, and its supporting characters are beautifully played out," as described by Janet Maslin, art editor for The New York Times.
The movie is 117 minutes long, and was filmed in just 36 days, at a cost of $ 4.4 million, and achieved profits of $ 245.7 million, was nominated for two Oscars, and won a BAFTA Award for Best Film and a Caesar Award for Best Foreign Film.