Father of the Bride

Cinephile deep dive

The take

Gary Alazraki directs. Igor Jadue-Lillo behind the camera. Terence Blanchard scores. Jon Poll cuts. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English, Spanish.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

• 1Released 4 years ago.
• 2Dialogue crosses 2 languages: English, Spanish.
• 3Directed by Gary Alazraki, shot by Igor Jadue-Lillo. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
• 4Original score by Terence Blanchard. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
• 5Editor Jon Poll shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
• 6Andy Garcia and Gloria Estefan and Adria Arjona carry the top of the cast.
• 7Marketing tagline: "Love is simple. Family is not.".
• 8IMDB entry: tt13249596 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

The technical file

Cinematography

Igor Jadue-Lillo

Original score

Terence Blanchard

Editing

Jon Poll

Production design

Kim Jennings

Costume design

Caroline Eselin

Sound

Onnalee Blank

Runtime

118 min · 1h 58m

Aspect ratio (typical)

1.37:1 (Academy)

Status

Released

Original language

EN

Certification (US)

PG-13

IMDB

Father of the Bride (2022) ↗

Also by

Gary Alazraki

• 
  Club de Cuervos

  2015 · ★ 8.4
• 
  We Are the Nobles

  2013 · ★ 8.0
• 
  Come Back, Come Back

  2006 · ★ 7.5

Stills · wallpapers

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Trailers & featurettes

Watch the pieces

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  Budget

  Clip · Official
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  I Proposed

  Clip · Official
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  Full Movie Preview

  Clip · Official
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  Andy Garcia & the Father of The Bride Cast Talk Weddings Dos & Donts

  Featurette · Official
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  The Father Of The Bride Cast Play Would You Rather

  Featurette · Official
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  The Father of the Bride Cast Describes The Movie In Their Own Words

  Featurette · Official

Community reviews

What people are saying

• Steveb292022-07-17
  ★ 10/10

  Not sure I would consider this as a comedy, even though there was some humor sprinkled in between the drama. Andy Garcia did a decent job with this version of 'Father Of The Bride' and even though it was a remake, there was still some originality within. Couldn't help notice the 'woke' terms being included as part of the script, but I let it slide because they were somewhat subtly and did not attempt to beat me over the head with it. 🌟🌟🌟🌟

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Production companies

Who made it

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  Plan B Entertainment

  US

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  Warner Bros. Pictures

  US

Key crew

• ProducerJeremy Kleiner
• Executive ProducerAndy Garcia
• ProducerDede Gardner
• Executive ProducerBrad Pitt
• NovelEdward Streeter
• Executive ProducerJesse Ehrman
• EditorJon Poll
• Costume DesignCaroline Eselin
• Production DesignKim Jennings
• Executive ProducerTed Gidlow
• ProducerPaul Michael Perez
• CastingMarisol Roncali
• CastingChelsea Ellis Bloch
• Unit Production ManagerTed Gidlow
• First Assistant DirectorColin MacLellan
• Second Assistant DirectorJason Fesel
• Music SupervisorJanet Lopez
• Sound Re-Recording MixerOnnalee Blank
• Music CoordinatorAlex Stacey

Themes & keywords

What it's about, really

• based on novel or book
• wedding

Release history · US

When it landed

• Premiere2022-06-05· Los Angeles Latino International Film Festival
• Digital2022-06-16PG-13· HBO Max
• Digital2022-08-23PG-13

Also known as

International titles

• Der Vater der BrautDE