The Wedding Singer

The Wedding Singer is a candy-coated romantic comedy that simultaneously recreates and pokes fun at the 80s in a loving and nostalgic way. This movie is sickeningly sweet with a hint of sour mixed in. It is the sort of movie that teeters on the edge of being a love-it or hate-it film for me. And I fell on the love-it side. The plot of the movie is sappy and pretty darn predictable. Julia, the waitress played by Drew Barrymore, and Robbie, the wedding singer played by Adam Sandler, are a match made in rom-com heaven. The chemistry between Barrymore and Sandler is palpable. They are perfectly cast and it is enjoyable to see them in a film that is so simple and unpretentious. The Wedding Singer has just the right amount of almost endless 80s music and vibrantly colored clothing and settings. And the movie is jam packed with popular culture references that it almost did not need the appearance of a DeLorean. But it IS a DeLorean, so why not? The Wedding Singer does its job well; it is entertaining and worthy of more than one viewing.