
Father of the Bride
- PG
- Year:
- 1991
- 105 min
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I used to think a wedding
was a simple affair.
Boy and girl meet.
They fall in love. He buys a ring.
She buys a dress.
They say, "l do."
I was wrong.
That's getting married.
A wedding is an entirely
different proposition.
I know.
I've just been through one.
Not my own,
my daughter's--
Annie Banks-MacKenzie.
That's her married name--
MacKenzie.
I'll be honest with you.
When I bought this house 17 years ago,
it cost less than this blessed event...
became Annie Banks-MacKenzie.
I'm told that one day
I'll look back on all this...
with great affection
and nostalgia.
I hope so.
You fathers will understand.
You have a little girl...
who looks up to you...
and adores you in a way
you could never have imagined.
I remember how her little hand
used to fit inside mine...
how she used to lover to sit on my lap
and lean her head against my chest.
She said I was her hero.
Then the day comes when she wants
to get her ears pierced...
and wants you to drop her off a block
before the movie theatre.
Next thing you know, she's
wearing eye shadow and high heels.
From that moment on
you're in a constant state of panic.
with the wrong kind of guys...
the kind of guys
who only want one thing.
And you know exactly
what that one thing is...
because it's the same thing you wanted
when you were their age.
Then she gets a little older...
and you quit worrying about her
meeting the wrong guy...
meeting the right guy.
And that's the biggest fear
of all because...
then you lose her.
And before you know it, you're sitting
all alone in a big, empty house...
wearing rice on your tux,
wondering what happened to your life.
It was just six months ago
that it happened here.
Just six months ago
that the storm broke.
Annie had been studying
for her masters in architecture...
for the past semester in Rome.
I remember I was at work,
walking through the factory.
I own a company called Sidekicks.
We manufacture athletic shoes.
Anyway, I remember
how preoccupied I was that day.
- I'm sorry, Mr Banks.
- My fault, Grace.
Annie had never been that far away from
home, and she was due back any minute.
I couldn't wait
to see the kid.
George, she landed.
My daughter has been studying abroad,
been flying for 11 hours.
I'm not wild about her being
in the air. You have kids, Juan.
You understand. It's-lt's better
when they're on the ground.
I've always been
a concerned parent.
I'm big on car seats,
seat belts, bedtimes, curfews...
calling when you get somewhere,
never running with a sharp object.
- Hi, George.
- What can I say? I'm a father.
- Worrying comes with the territory.
- Is Nina picking her up at the airport?
- Yeah.
- And you're gonna meet them?
Yeah. Yeah,
I, uh-- My keys are--
- Here.
- Oh, yeah. Sorry.
- And sign this.
- Okay.
- Hat.
- Okay, thanks. Now-- Oh!
- Okay. Bye.
- Bring her by.
I left work early because I had
for Annie's homecoming.
We live in a small town in
Southern California called San Marino.
I love this town, and not
just because it's the kind of place...
where people still
smile at each other...
- Bye.
- but because it hasn't changed much
in the past 25 years.
And since I'm not a guy who's big on
change, this town fits me like a glove.
I got Annie's ten-speed
all cleaned up and polished.
New seats, new tyres.
I couldn't wait to show it to her.
This is our house.
24 Maple Drive.
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