Four Weddings And A Funeral
- 1994 film
A gentle comedy about a group of friends who keep meeting at weddings; disappointingly, the ceremonies are never their own. Stars Hugh Grant, Andie MacDowell, Kristin Scott Thomas, Simon Callow, Charlotte Coleman and more.
- Repeated tomorrow at 10:40pm on BBC1
Streaming rank this week: 284
Press clippings
The very specific appeal of Hugh Grant's romantic declarations
To celebrate 25 years of Notting Hill, Yasmin Omar looks back at how its star has delivered heart-soaring amorous speeches over the years, with all the attendant fumbling and eyelash-fluttering.
Yasmin Omar, Curzon, 20th May 2024The inside story of Four Weddings And A Funeral
The low-budget romcom about Britain's upper middle classes launched the careers of its writer Richard Curtisp/p] and Hugh Grant. Cast and crew share their stories - from Liz Hurley in that dress to Amber Rudd's role as an "aristocracy coordinator".
Ann Lee, The Guardian, 7th May 2024Four Weddings And A Funeral 30 years on: How a low budget movie won over critics
It's been three decades since the smash release of Four Weddings And A Funeral, raking in hundreds of millions at the box office and making Hugh Grant a superstar overnight.
Emma Pryer, The Mirror, 9th March 2024Richard Curtis and the love rival MP behind his films' bumbling Bernards
Richard Curtis has admitted that he names irritating characters in his films Bernard after the Tory MP who stole his university girlfriend.
The Telegraph, 24th June 2023Richard Curtis on Four Weddings
The film has topped a poll for the most rewatchable film. Its director, Mike Newell, sees why. So why would Curtis, who wrote the script, rather rewatch Elf?
Catherine Shoard, The Guardian, 3rd December 2020'Four Weddings' voted Britain's most rewatchable film
The 1994 rom-com topped the Google Pixel poll with 49 per cent describing it as their favourite film to sit down and watch again. The movie saw off competition from Skyfall, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Monty Python's Life of Brian and Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit.
Film News, 23rd November 2020I've never seen ... Four Weddings and a Funeral
A bumbling Hugh Grant charms a headstrong Yank at an aristocratic cousin's wedding in the Cotswolds and can't shake her. Is it still entertaining? I've finally noticed.
Paul MacInnes, The Guardian, 7th May 2020How we made Four Weddings and a Funeral
"Honestly, I don't get why the rain scene is such a big deal. It's beautiful - and we were freezing filming it"
Simon Bland, The Guardian, 19th November 2019Four times Richard Curtis sanitised Britain
The Love Actually director is worried that Netflix is presenting a distorted vision of the UK. He knows a thing or two about that, as these examples show.
Stuart Heritage, The Guardian, 14th October 2019Four Weddings And A Funeral at 25
Few films have had a more transformative impact on their local industry than Four Weddings And A Funeral, which was released twenty five years ago this week.
Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 14th March 2019