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 enlarge | Director: Mike Newell
Actors: Hugh Grant, James Fleet, Simon Callow, John Hannah, Kristin Scott Thomas
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
Category: DVD
List Price: $14.98
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Rating:  115 reviews
Sales Rank: 12394
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dvd-video, Full Screen, Letterboxed, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), French (Original Language), Spanish (Subtitled)
Rating: R (Restricted)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Picture Format: Array
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 118 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5 x 0.6
MPN: MGMD907850D
ISBN: 0792842243
UPC: 027616785022
EAN: 9780792842248
ASIN: B00000JRTX
Theatrical Release Date: March 9, 1994
Release Date: September 7, 1999
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Shipping: Expedited shipping available
Shipping: International shipping available
Condition: VERY GOOD CONDITION, CASE IS CLEAN, NO CRACKS AND PLAYS GOOD. (STOCK#: NOENN-ZT4)
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 Great film and so-so extras - but a terrible transfer! February 12, 2006
J. W. Mclaughlin (Philadelphia)
17 out of 22 found this review helpful
I had been waiting a long time for a special edition of Four Weddings and a Funeral to be released, and was very pleased when it finally came out 12 years after the film's theatrical run. The extras make this a much better product than the bare-bones DVD that has been on the market for years.
Still, I found the "making-of" documentaries slightly arrogant and self-congratulatory. The film snippets used in the featurettes were sped-up such that the characters' voices sounded noticably off-pitch. The deleted scenes were quite short (almost blurbs, really) and did nothing to illuminate the film.
Most distressing, however, was the lack of care that went into the film's transfer to this DVD. Both picture quality and audio were sorely lacking. The screen was marked throughout with dust spots and blemishes that drew my eye away from the action, making this DVD picture slightly worse than the VHS copy I've been using for 10 years. Moreover, absolutely nothing was done to improve the audio. Some parts - including the opening song "But Not for Me" - actually sounded worse than on VHS. What this great film deserved was a full digital treatment.
Fortunately, it's low price makes it worth purchasing for the extras alone. Just don't give away your old copy, because the picture is probably better!
Rowan Atkinson deserves more screen time January 11, 2006
Dumb Blonde Reviewing (In my bed)
3 out of 6 found this review helpful
After the death of Charlotte Coleman, who played the wonderfully eccentric Scarlett in this movie, it seems appropriate to watch this movie purely for her. She did a lot of different TV stuff, this was really one of her only films, and she steals the show from bigger stars such as Hugh Grant.
You know there's going to be a sad moment in this film, when there's "funeral" in the title, and it's the best moment in the entire film, it works, and it's so sad at the same time. John Hannah is also excellent in this film, and is not overly camp, despite what other reviewers may think.
I really don't like many of the characters in this, but seem to enjoy the film for some strange reason. I mainly hate Hugh Grant's & Kristin Scott Thomas's characters, and Andie McDowell's character is just a pain in the neck. This woman cannot act, even in those Loreal adverts that she does. Her lines are delivered in a monotone voice, with no emotion whatsoever. Rowan Atkinson as the nervous first time priest, is an absolute hoot, complete with messing up his lines ("awful wedded wife", or "holy goat" for "holy ghost"), being unable to say the bride & groom's name, and generally just being his funny self.
One of the best scenes in the whole movie, is when Hugh's character is at a table at a wedding - surrounded by 3 or 4 of his exes. This scene is set up for utter humiliation, and it's hilarious to watch it unfold.
If you hate typically stereotyped English characters, complete with plummy irritating accents, then don't watch this film. If you're easily irritated by Hugh Grant (yes, I normally am, until I saw Bridget Jones Diary), then this is not the film. It's not a film you watch too many times however. And there is a region 2 special edition.
What'd they say? December 16, 2005
TundraVision (from the Land of Sky Blue Waters)
3 out of 7 found this review helpful
This is a lovely British romantic comedy - but therein lies my problem. Like a previous reviewer, this reviewer has an issue with the DVD - not the movie itself. Well - actually - the movie itself too - as I had to come here to read how the characters are related - or not - to each other as it wasn't explained clearly in the movie. Or maybe it *Was* explained and I just didn't catch it, which brings up my other issue: there are subtitles provided in Spanish and French, but NOT English. Now, I was born and have spent my entire life in "the Heartland" of the USA - from Canada to Texas. British English, to me, is a 4th language, for which I do not have an "ear." I did Not have any problems with the Bridget Jones movies or A&E's excellent "Pride and Predjudice," but, with this one, as with anything Monty Python, I wish they would provide English subtitles [closed captioning for the BritSpeak impaired?] - instead of my fumbling through repeated rewinds and my knowledge of French and Spanish just to figure out what those people who purport to be speaking the same language as me are sometimes saying! ;-) It does, however, become more intelligible upon subsequent viewings, as confabulation can kick in. /TundraVision, Amazon Reviewer.
My north, my south, my east, my west December 15, 2005
Deanna Breglia (Los Angeles, California)
5 out of 6 found this review helpful
This film thrives on characters played perfectly by the foppish, bumbling Hugh Grant, the regal (and sardonic) Kristin Scott Thomas, and the very American and open Andie Macdowell. Everyone shines, but not any brighter than the scene in which they are written.
The singletons are all secretly on the lookout for the person with whom to finally share their own vows. Fiona (Kristin Scott Thomas) is stoically in love with Charlie (Hugh Grant) throughout the film, although it is clear from the start he is meant to be with Carrie (Andie Macdowell) even if he doesn't follow-up with her after their one-night stand and even if their chemistry seems a bit questionable. I find Macdowell cute and pretty and sometimes witty, but rarely sexy.
The wedding bits are usually hysterically funny especially with Rowan Atkinson as the priest, but it's the funeral scene that always compels me to watch this again.
The recitation of W.H. Auden's Funeral Blues, complete and quietly, except for a few sniffles, is perhaps one of my top ten favorite poignant scenes in any movie.
enjoyable, but with caveats October 6, 2005
bookloversfriend (United States)
2 out of 6 found this review helpful
IF you don't read the printed insert (which gives away all the jokes and comic situations and thus spoils the movie) and IF you don't mind Hugh Grant's excruciating method of delivering his lines (which grind the pace almost to a standstill every time he's on screen), you'll enjoy this movie. It's a look at life among the British hipper class, and many of the gags really happened to the screenwriter at actual weddings.
Andie MacDowell is a delight in her usual quiet way, and the rest of the supporting cast add spice to this tasty confection.
If Hugh Grant would work with a speech therapist, he might become as charming as he thinks he is. With another lead, I would have given the movie four stars.
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