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Charles is a decent man who is incapable of properly expressing his emotions to those he loves and after becoming smitten to Carrie (Andie McDowell) with whom he spends a night of lust, we follow him and his friends through the course of aforementioned weddings and the extremely sad funeral.</span></font></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify"><span lang="en-us"><font color="#FFFFFF"> <span style="font-family: Arial">It's funny but this is the movie that I would have to say made Grant an international star and the first five minutes is spent with him saying the magic F word, as is everyone else! I must confess that I spent almost every couple of minutes guffawing my way through this movie, it is truly that funny in a cringing way. </span></font></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify"><span lang="en-us"><font color="#FFFFFF"> <span style="font-family: Arial">I always get a real kick out the way the Grant stutters and stammers with his characters and in this feature, his timing is absolutely excellent. Rowan Atkinson as the priest in training is hilarious, as he is always. It's a top film from start through to the very end and I had a blast watching this one.</span></font></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify"><span lang="en-us"><font color="#FFFFFF"> <span style="font-family: Arial">The film is transferred quite well despite the lack of widescreen, however the picture quality is very good and clear. The strength of the film and sheer ability of the story and actors makes this film and it's for that reason I must confess that I really didn't care too much about the apect ratio. It's not the sort of film that requires you to see "everything" to get the most enjoyment out of it. Audio is in Dolby 2.0 and I couldn't see a moment when the film would have benefited from a full 5.0 mix.</span></font></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify"><span lang="en-us"><font color="#FFFFFF"> <span style="font-family: Arial">The only weak point on this wonderful DVD was the extras which quite frankly were ordinary and disjointed. They were fun to watch but appear to be more of an afterthought than a real effort to provide this disc with a bit of extra material.</span></font></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="justify"><span lang="en-us"><font color="#FFFFFF"> <span style="font-family: Arial">This film deserves to be in your collection and as such I suggest that you give it a try.</span></font></span></p> <CENTER> <table border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="255" height="86"> <tr> <td width="800" height="19" bgcolor="#003366"> <p align="center"><b> <font face="Arial" size="2" color="#FFFFFF">Four Weddings & A Funeral Features</font></b></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="251" height="63" bgcolor="#336699"> <UL><font face="Arial" color="#FFFFFF"><LI><font size="2">Scene Selection</font><LI><font size="2">Interactive Menus</font><LI><font size="2">Theatrical Trailer</font><LI><font size="2">Behind the Scenes</font><LI><font size="2">Production Feature</font></font></UL> </td> </tr> </table></CENTER> <p align="justify"> </p> </td> </tr> </table> <P align="center"> <FONT FACE="Arial" Size=-2 COLOR=white>Copyright Š2003 www.impulsegamer.com</FONT> </CENTER> </TR></TABLE></TR></TABLE> </td> <td width="174" valign="top" bgcolor="040523"><a href="../advertisepage.htm"><img src="../advertise.jpg" border=0 width="165" height="529"></A> </td> </tr></table></body></html>