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Father of the Bride

The Dion Waiters Award for Best Heat Check Performance

Father of the Bride The Rewatchables

Kieran Culkin wins over Eugene Levy and B.D. Wong; Diane Keaton is ruled too substantial for the category.

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  • The one-scene Eugene candidate is considered for the award.
  • B.D. Wong is praised for expressive reactions and for adding energy to his supporting role.
  • Diane Keaton is ruled ineligible because she has too much screen time and is the second-biggest star.
  • Kieran Culkin is admitted based on his few memorable moments and tender pre-wedding exchange with George.
  • The final exchange gives the award to the child performer.
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Father of the Bride

What’s Aged the Best?

Father of the Bride The Rewatchables

Kieran Culkin, Kimberly Williams, San Marino, the basketball scene, the overwhelmed father, changing marriage norms, and the hot-dog arithmetic all receive praise.

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  • Kieran Culkin's small reactions are newly funny because the child performance anticipates his later Roman Roy mannerisms.
  • The child performance plays the role simply and still nails the few kid-scene-stealing moments.
  • Kimberly Williams is delightful and immediately believable as Steve Martin's daughter.
  • Williams and Martin create father-daughter chemistry even in quiet basketball movement.
  • The movie defined Williams so strongly as Annie that the panel had difficulty imagining an obvious next role for her.
  • San Marino is praised as an unusually pleasant, beautiful Southern California setting.
  • The basketball scene is unusually convincing for a movie father-daughter game.
  • The montage shows enough continuous movement to suggest that Steve Martin made at least one trick shot himself.
  • An overwhelmed father struggling to afford a wedding remains a durable comic plot.
  • The wedding-planning escalation still feels accurate because small decisions rapidly add expense and complexity.
  • The film is presented as marking the baby-boomer generation's move away from countercultural ideas of marriage.
  • The hot-dog and bun mismatch remains relatable because mismatched package quantities still create needless arithmetic.
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Father of the Bride

1991

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