Apex Mountain
Mainstream Steve Martin, Kimberly Williams, San Marino, father-daughter movies, and wedding movies receive apex cases; Diane Keaton, Nancy Meyers, and dads do not.
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- Steve Martin's late-1970s comedy peak is distinguished from a possible mainstream-dad peak beginning with this film.
- The movie is argued to enable Martin's later Oscars-host and America's-dad roles.
- Diane Keaton is rejected because Annie Hall and Something's Gotta Give offer stronger career peaks.
- Kimberly Williams receives a yes based on her defining role.
- Father-daughter movies receive an unqualified apex verdict.
- San Marino receives an emphatic yes.
- Dads receive a tentative but explicit probably-not verdict.
- Wedding movies receive an apex case because this film builds an entire happy story around the wedding.
- The film is credited with helping start a 1990s wave including Four Weddings and a Funeral, The Wedding Planner, and The Wedding Singer.