Betsy's Wedding

Betsy's Wedding (1990)

  • 50% of critics liked it
    (8 reviews)

  • 40% of users liked it
    (6,695 ratings)

Offbeat fashion student Betsy Hopper (Molly Ringwald) and her straight-laced investment-banker fiancé, Jake Lovell(Dylan Walsh), just want an intimate little wedding reception, but Betsy's father, Eddie (Alan Alda), a Long Island construction contractor, feels so threatened by Jake's rich WASP… More

R, 1 hr. 34 min.
Directed By
Alan Alda
Genres
Comedy, Romance
In Theaters
Jun 22, 1990 Wide
On DVD
Sep 3, 2002

Critic Reviews

  • Brian Orndorf, BrianOrndorf.com

    Doesn't summon much of a reaction at all, leaving the eventual parade of sentimentality D.O.A. I was entertained by Wedding, but never enlivened by it.

  • Bob Grimm, Reno News and Review

    Molly Ringwald after the fall.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Nicki M


    I have to admit, this one has not aged well. Being a mad Molly Ringwald fan, this is a movie I have seen many times over the years, though not for a good five or six years. The main problem this has is there is not enough of Molly in it, even though she's the title character.… More

  • AJ V


    This movie is pretty good, it's a typical wedding story with some good comedy, but it could have been a lot funnier, and I wanted to see more of Ringwald and less of all the minor characters. I enjoyed it anyway.

  • Lafe F


    A fun wedding mess which all comes together.

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