The Wedding Singer: 2 BEERS (Well done, worth full price)

It's 1985 and Robbie Hart (Adam Sandler) is a moderately successful wedding singer. It's an ironic twist when he finds himself left at the alter at his own wedding. After a few days of sulking he goes back to singing at weddings but finds it too painful and doesn't exactly give a good performance. A waitress named Julia (Drew Barrymore) who works at the reception hall with Robbie asks him to help plan her wedding. Robbie agrees and soon finds out what a jerk her fiance Glenn (Matthew Glave) is. Eventually Robbie and Julia start falling for each other but through various circumstances never seem to act on these feelings.

If you liked Sandler's past offerings you should enjoy this one. Most of the comedic moments come from Sandler and his best frind Sammy (Allen Covert) a limo driver who likes to dress up like Michael Jackson. The best scene occurs when a drunken best man (Steve Buscemi) fumbles his way through the toast and upsets everyone. This movie is full of images from the 1980's, Glenn the Miami Vice lover who drives a Delorian, Holly (Christine Taylor) a waitress who dresses like Madonna, and Billy Idol. Not to mention the myriad of songs from the 80's that run throughout the film. The only reason the movie takes place in the 80's is so they can play those long forgotten songs and make comments which seem funny only since we already know the outcome. An example is when Robbie tells his fiancee to get out of his Van Halen T-shirt before she jinxes the band and they breakup. While The Wedding Singer does not bring anything new to the table it does deliver on the comedy which is more than enough to make it a film worth seeing.

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