Set in the 1980's, 'The Wedding Singer' centers on two main characters: Robbie Hart (played by Adam Sandler) and Julia Sullivan (Drew Barrymore). It begins with Robbie singing at a wedding where he meets the new waitress Julia and informs her that he is getting married in a week to his fiance Linda. Robbie is totally crushed on his big day when Linda fails to show and he is left "standing at the Altar".

A week later he returns to work to sing at a wedding but, unfortunately due to his broken heart, is transformed into the worst wedding singer with hilarious consequences. Julia, who is also working at the wedding, somehow manages to convince Robbie to help her plan her own impending wedding to her fiance Glen (who we find out is a major "player").

What follows is a series of events, some quite funny, culminating with the two main characters falling in love with each other, but when Julie mistakenly thinks Robbie and Linda have reunited, she moves the wedding date up deciding to elope to Las Vegas with Glen. Robbie finds out about this and rushes to the airport to catch a plane to Vegas to try to find Julia and stop her making the biggest mistake. Amazing Julia and Glen are on the same flight, creating some hilarious moments as Robbie, with the help of some fellow passengers and flight crew, attempts to win Julia away from Glen.

Not being a huge fan of 'romcoms', I watched this with some reservation, but found myself drawn back to my teenage years through the clever use of fashions, icons such as the rubix cube and "brand new" cd player and a truly fantastic soundtrack of 80's hit songs such as: Blue Monday by New Order, White Wedding by Billy Idol, Hold Me Now by The Thompson Twins and Love My Way by The Psychedelic Furs.

Anyone who grew up or spent their best years in the 80's will love this movie and find themselves reminiscing the whole way through.

All-in-all a totally fantastic movie and well worth the time. 9/10

This is a quite a jolly rom-com with Adam Sandler as a rather cheesy wedding singer ("Robbie") engaged to "Linda" (Angela Featherstone). When things don't quite go to plan on his wedding day, he begins to develop a friendship with "Julia" (Drew Barrymore) who is herself engaged to the rather unpleasant "Glenn Guglia" (Matthew Glave). Using a cracking soundtrack from the 1980s, the film tells the story of the ups and downs of their burgeoning romance. Sandler is the nice guy here, and from the start he has the audience rooting for him; he's one of those folks who'd step into the path of a Chieftain tank to rescue a kitten; and his singing coach scenes with the elderly Ellen Dow ("Rosie') just make you want to take him home to your mother for ice cream and cookies. Alexis Arquette steals it for me, however, as the would be Boy George and there's a fun cameo at the end from Billy Idol. Lots of big hair, shoulder pads and a gently nostalgic reminder of the days when the music was certainly much more memorable than the film!

**The Wedding Singer is a sweet rom-com overflowing with Adam Sandler's over-the-top goofiness and charm.**

Oh, the Adam Sandler mullet. What a thing of beauty 🤣. The Wedding Singer marks the first Adam Sandler/Drew Barrymore team-up, and it's a wonderfully goofy and fun film. Once again, Sandler's buddies come together to play some outrageous characters, making a simple plot all the more entertaining. Barrymore seems to innately understand how to fit into the ridiculous world of an Adam Sandler movie and slightly ground the film while bringing her charm and comedy. The Wedding Singer will put a smile on your face from start to finish as Sandler's Robbie Hart warms your heart and makes you laugh with his craziness when he flies off the handle. Like any Sandler movie, The Wedding Singer ultimately focuses on love, family, and friends above all, making it an endearing entry in the Adam Sandler catalog of wacky rom-coms.