The Wedding Singer

The Wedding Singer (1998)

  • 67% of critics liked it
    (61 reviews)

  • 76% of users liked it
    (676,826 ratings)

Mousse up your hair and pull your Missing Persons records out of mothballs for this romantic comedy set in that era of questionable fashion decisions, the '80s. In 1985, Robbie Hart (Adam Sandler) is a vocalist whose rock band stubbornly refuses to get off the ground. In the meantime, he makes a… More

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PG-13,
Directed By
Written By
Tim Herlihy
Genres
Drama, Romance, Comedy
In Theaters
Feb 13, 1998 Wide
New Line Cinema

Critic Reviews

  • Leonard Klady, Variety

    Supporting players are uniformly strong, and Coraci deserves much credit for exacting just the right degree of outrageousness without spinning into some wild orbit.

  • , Time Out

    You can't help pulling for the kids.

  • Liam Lacey, Globe and Mail

    Finally, an Adam Sandler comedy that you can sit through without wanting to throw a mallet through the screen.

  • Ruthe Stein, San Francisco Chronicle

    As Robbie Hart, a former lead singer in a rock band reduced to performing at weddings, Sandler goes for more than the easy laughs.

  • Kevin Thomas, Los Angeles Times

    A sparkling romantic comedy, the kind of picture that glides by so gracefully and unpretentiously that it's only upon reflection that you realize how much skill, caring and good judgment had to have gone into its making.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Albert K


    Get some cheese balls, dunk it in cheese whizz, throw sharp cheddar cheese on top and you get "The Wedding Singer". Yup. So cheesy... everything within this movie is a recipe for disaster, yet the romance works -- what the hell? The comedy falls flat almost every single time… More

  • Everett J


    Easily one of my all time favorite Adam Sandler movies. Love the 80's throwback, and all the little references, especially the music. Sandler is Robbie Hart, a wedding singer who gets left at the alter. Depressed, he then meets Julia Sullivan(Drew Barrymore) a waitress about… More

  • Jennifer X


    It's ehhhhhh. I do not like when Adam Sandler talks in a weird voice.

  • Cassie H


    Fun Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore movie set in the year 1985. TOTALLY AWESOME! :) Love that Billy Idol makes an appearance too lol (:

  • Jeff "


    The Wedding Singer is a pretty funny Adam Sandler comedy, considering that I don't like him that much, that's a lot coming from me. However The Wedding Singer is a funny enough comedy to keep you interested, and if you don't like Sandler, then this is one of least awful… More

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