@@derrisreaditbefore The actor does a fantastic read as well. I think the Scottish? accent really contributes and reinforces the words. W. H. Auden "Stop All The Clocks".
"Stop All The Clocks," the W. H. Auden poem that Matthew read at the funeral of his love, Gareth, chokes me up every time. It so perfectly describes the depth of grief.
I wrote down the words of that poem as he recited it and turned it into a cross-stitch plaque for my mom after Daddy died. Their love for each other was unbreakable, even through death. My mom pined for him for 40 more years before she was finally able to join him. 😭😢😞
I talked to a librarian shortly after this film was out in theaters, and she said they got so many people asking for that poem! (This was before Google.)
Fun Fact: This is Rowan Atkinson's favorite movie of his own. Also, inspiration for this movie came when co-executive producer and writer Richard Curtis was flipping through some old diaries and realized that he had been to seventy-two weddings in ten years.
When Carly said "this is our movie" it warmed my heart, i am so glad you both loved it! No one ever reacts to this British classic and your reaction was so great. This was nominated for best picture alongside Shawshank Redemption, Forest Gump and Pulp Fiction. The humour is so quintessentially British and this movie is really treasured here in England so it was great to see a huge reaction channel like yours give it a chance
The other movie that was up for Best Picture that year, Quiz Show, is an underrated classic. I think I've come across maybe one person so far on RUclips that's reacted to that one. The Robert Redford-directed film is a dramatization of the true story around the rigging of the 1950s big money quiz show "Twenty-One".
You took the words out of my mouth; it's a mystery to me why there are next to none reactions up till now, so the Popcorns deserve aour appreciation for this!
Gareth's death gets me everytime. Simon Callow is an amazing actor, and he played his part to perfection. I go from laughing so much to tears in an instant. Love this movie. Great reaction ladies. ❤✌
@@StimParavane Do you feel you've accomplished something by making this comment? If you're so morally opposed, why are you even here? This movie should offend your moral and spiritual superiority! Frankly, no one cares to hear your opinion and your remark offends me. Take your sermon elsewhere.
@@gibsongirl2100 That's right! There's one party line opinion that everyone must toe. If you're not going to do that, hit the bricks. Also, Gareth's death was cheap.
As beloved as Notting Hill and Love Actually are, Four Weddings - which predated both - was a complete phenomenon when it arrived, a pop cultural juggernaut. And it immediately shot Hugh Grant, pretty much an unknown at the time, to the stratosphere. For me, it's still Richard Curtis' masterpiece. (Though I agree with you that Carrie's treatment of Charles is dubious at best).
Carrie's treatment of Charles was dubious???????? She cheated on her fiance with Charles... she is a terrible person for that alone. Charles is as well as he knew she was with someone and slept with her anyway. These are completely morally corrupt selfish people.
@@monsieur-ministre My point was that her treatment of Charles was irrelevant since other things both she and Charles did were so much worse. Your only critique of her character was that "Carrie's treatment of Charles is dubious at best".
@@obelisk21 So my comment was directed at Cassie and Carly, and since Carrie's treatment of Charles was what they discussed, that was what I was able to agree with. The subject of infidelity never came up in their discussion, which is why I didn't bring it up either. It wasn’t doing a review of the moral character of the characters. I was simply agreeing with a statement. Because the thing is not everyone shares your passionate view on the topic of monogamy. Which is fine with me, as long as there’s consent and everyone is treated with respect. (Carrie and Hamish may have had an understanding, we don't know). But one could argue that Carrie wasn’t always respectful of Charles, seemingly leading him on with no intention of following through. It is at the very least inconsiderate no matter how you twist it. One might say "dubious at best". And it certainly wasn’t irrelevant to Charles. Who happened to be the main character in the movie. Now, the movie had a happy ending after all, so the point is kind of moot. Which is why it never was my main takeaway - which in turn makes this exchange with you all the more bisarre: The sentence that so offended you was an afterthought, made more out of courtesy towards our hosts than anything else. I don’t have a strong opinion on any of it. I just enjoyed the movie. There are worse atrocities committed on a daily basis - in reality. We could go on with an anthropological, historical and biological discussion about how human beings don't seem to be particularly compatible with monogamy, but I’d rather not and I think that's beside the point, which is this: You clearly and irrationally over-reacted to a harmless comment made about something said in the above video.
@@monsieur-ministre Okay... you are right and I am wrong. After writing 4 paragraphs including an editorial on monogamy and taking a full 24 hours to respond (I can only assume it took you that long to craft such an expositional response) look up the word irony in the dictionary. "You clearly and irrationally over-reacted to a harmless comment... "
Thought you'd like to know: the deleted scenes from this movie explain the relationships between the friends. Gareth was a lecturer at the university Charles, Matthew, and Fiona attended. Tom is Fiona's brother, they are part of a wealthy aristocratic family. David is Charles' younger brother. Scarlett woke up under a table at Charles' flat the morning after a party, and moved in because he needed a roommate. Bear in mind I am remembering this from watching it something like twenty five years ago, so please forgive any inaccuracies.
Too funny 😆 Scarlett was always around the group so I just believed Scarlett was Charles' sister. Thanks for clarifying! Don't think I ever saw the deleted scenes.
@@valleya6114 same here. I watched that movie when it came out in theatres and even had the soundtrack on CD, but up to this day I was convinced Scarlett was his sister
We don't need to know that stuff, which is why it was cut, but you should have figured out that Fiona is Tom's sister and that Scarlett isn't Charles' sister. I mean, he introduces his brother as his brother, he never refers to Scarlett as his sister.
This actually achieved the rare feat of being nominated for Best Picture Oscar against some really tough competition. It was nominated alongside FORREST GUMP, SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION, PULP FICTION, and QUIZ SHOW (FORREST GUMP won). The film was nominated for Picture and Original Screenplay and nothing else.
That was quite the year at the Oscars. I was in HS and I was passionately a fan of Pulp Fiction. For the first time in my life, I watched most of the live Oscars broadcast (it didn't hurt that David Letterman, my fave late night talk show host at the time--as Conan was still fairly new to the game--was hosting that night). And I couldn't believe that Pulp Fiction lost to Forrest Gump, which to me was just a standard drama with the gimmick of the editing Tom Hanks into old historical footage... I have seen Forrest Gump fully since then but still think Pulp Fiction is the better film. For me, at least. However, the real kicker is that I hadn't seen Shawshank Redemption yet. I have since seen it more times than I've seen Pulp Fiction and Forrest Gump put together. And in the late 90s or early 00s, I would be reminded by a friend that it was in that year's nominees as well and go "oh." (as in, ofc teenage me was worried about Pulp Fiction vs. Forrest Gump but Shawshank really should have won anyway) I saw Four Weddings later as well and enjoyed it. The only one of the five I've never seen is Quiz Show. I was open to it at the time but so many movies in the theaters and so little time. It never came up naturally on cable over the years and I didn't seek it out either. I'll probably get around to it at some point, tho.
@ I’ve seen QUIZ SHOW as part of history class in high school, and I found it remarkably well acted and directed. Sheds a light on a real-life quiz show scandal in the 1950s and is a very good commentary on celebrity and how TV has affected it. Stars John Turtorro, Ralph Fiennes, and Paul Scofield and directed by Robert Redford.
I’ve been waiting two years for you to watch this movie! One of the funniest, most warm-hearted, moving, poignant, and deeply human films I’ve seen. So glad you finally saw it…I was sure you’d love it as much as I did. YAY!
I met this beautiful girl a the Munich Festival in 1994. Fell in love with her while she handed out my accreditation. Found the courage to ask her out on the spot to see one of the movie premieres. I picked "Four weddings and a funeral" just for the title and the cast. Nobody had any idea then how big this little movie was going to be. We had a ball. I ended up like Fi. She only liked me, I was smitten. Nothing came from it, but I still have fond memories whenever "Four weddings" is on. You can't always get what you want. But you gotta try. Happy Ends come mostly then when you least expect them.
And a year later, his "innocent English lad" persona came crashing down when he was arrested for soliciting a sex worker in LA (while in a relationship with Elizabeth Hurley), reminding everyone that he was, in fact, an actor.
How could you two NOT have seen this movie‽‽‽ This was practically written with you two in mind! Very fun watching along with you two. Forgot how fun it was. And that funeral speech, wow.
You may remember John Hannah as the brother in The Mummy. He seems to have spent most of his career being the comedic sidekick but his Funeral speech shows what a wonderful actor he is in dramatic roles too. Oh also he's Scottish not Irish. Id have gone with Kristen Scott Thomas, personally 😂
He also had a brief but critical role in The Last Of Us, among many others. But he’s Matthew to me as this was the first, and most memorable, character I’d seen him play.
@@sfkeepay Had to look up his role there to see what you meant (thought maybe he was in the Wyoming town near the end of season 1 and I just hadn't noticed him)... one of the experts on the talk show at the beginning of... was it ep 1 or ep 2? either way, great stuff!
Sadly, Charlotte Coleman who played Charles’ housemate Scarlett died of an asthma attack in 2001. She was a well known actress from childhood in the UK. It was a real tragedy.
Never cared much for the main "love story" in this one but there's so many wonderful characters and actors. John Hannah reciting the poem at the funeral always gets me.
Killing Gareth just seemed so cheap. I guess they thought they couldn't call the movie Four Weddings. But it just seemed like it was done only to have that poem read to "tug at the heartstrings and fog the mind" as Kent Brockman said. They killed the best character.
@@DanSmith-j8y No, I said that drama involves killing off the best characters, sometimes. If you like happy-happy joy-joy, though, watch Disney or US stuff.
@@RideAcrossTheRiver No, you didn't say that, but even if you did it doesn't apply to this character's death - which is cheap and unearned. It's sentimental claptrap. Disney "or US stuff" is more your speed it seems.
I took my girlfriend to see this in the theater when it came out in 1994. We married 2 years later and had 5 children together. Sadly it wasn't meant to last, we divorced after 18 years and my heart is still broken a decade later. But I remember seeing this movie and, despite our mutual love of Andie MacDowell, we agreed that her character in this movie was a horrible sack of red flags.
I read the screenplay before the movie was made and I have to say that the opening pages were the funniest opening pages of any script I've read. And then the rest of the movie was just lovely. To paraphrase the words of David Cassidy (while he was still with the Partridge Family): I think I loved it. I could hardly wait to see the movie it would become, and it didn't disappoint.
Love that you got to see this. It has been one of my favorite movies since I saw it in the theaters 30 years ago. Even after 30 years tears start to well up when the start of the Karrie and Hamish wedding. Such a joyous reception with the saddest ending. I keep that poem close to my heart especially after my husband's passing. With this movie you get the whole range of romance and all that goes with it.
At my son's wedding, his best friend had too much to drink too early and he dropped the ring in the parking lot. A buddy of mine just happened to be walking by and saw something sparkle in the sunlight. "What is this, look, I found a really cool ring, its mine" (knowing what it was). So, he teased the best man until he admitted he lost the right. It was such a funny scene!
"What does he do for work?" There's a reason people jokingly call Richard Curtis' London "Curtisland", as it's sanitized, romanticized, poverty-free, where the pavements gleam in summer, the snow falls thickly in winter, most people went to Oxford and nobody does any work.
Hey, totally unfair ! I bet _some_ of them went to Cambridge :). He's just writing what he knows of course but yeah, they tend to read a bit like upper middle-class fantasies. In fairness though, "non jobs" that still somehow pay extremely well are pretty much a staple of rom-coms in general.
Let's see. In _Notting Hill,_ Grant is a bookseller, Hugh Bonneville works in the City, Julia Roberts is an actress, Gina McKee is a lawyer, Richard McCabe runs a restaurant startup, Emma Chambers works in various shop jobs, although Rhys Ifans does seem to be unemployed. In _Love actually,_ everybody has jobs. It's not unreasonable that we don't know what anyone (except Hamish) does in _Four weddings_ because the conceit is that we only see fragments of their lives as they interact in 5 intense social occasions. Why there should be criticism that specific films don't deal in poverty or that they are 'sanitised' is a mystery seeing as that's true of almost all films. Where's the poverty in _Die hard,_ or _The proposal,_ or _When Harry met Sally_ or _You've got mail?_ That's like criticising Ken Loach's films because they *do* deal in dirt and poverty.
As he's making his Best Man's speech at the first wedding, the flash cuts to Kirsten Scott Thomas [ Fiona ] & then Andie MacDowell [ Carrie ], as he admits that he could never contemplate marriage tells so much about events to come in the film.
This movie has been my gold standard for rom-com since I first watched it as a twenty-something (it was in my parents collection of movies as they are big British comedy fans, or were back in the day). It's funny, it's awkward, it's tragic, it's magical, it's got a very poignant message. It's life. Definitely not perfect, but definitely worth sticking around for to enjoy from beginning to end.
OMFG! You’ve made me so freaking happy with this one. It’s best with wine, for sure! I’ve not seen anyone else do this one. Glad you’re watching it with someone, it’s just more fun that way with this one. Maybe it’s just me. Thank you infinity ♾️! May your views and likes always be equal.
@@thanksamill SAME. I honestly feel like Sliding Doors would be a great film to react to because of its split plots. And in both plots his character is just the absolute best. ❤
You & Carly fighting over the blanket gave us all a brief insight into your childhood. 😂 Such a great film and as others have said, the funeral speech is just a gut punch.
Always a good watch, this is one of those movies where you spot something different every single time you watch it. All these actors are so well seasoned now, and I’ve been in so many other projects seeing them all so “green” is always a treat.
It shocked the hell out of me that neither of the two of you hadn't seen this movie before. Not only did this star Hugh Grant and the spectacularly beautiful Andie McDowell, it was written by Richard Curtis. Richard Curtis also wrote Notting Hill, Love Actually, Bridget Jones Diary and About Time,
There were quite a few actors in "Groundhog Day". Better to say she was Bill Murray's co-star in "Groundhog Day". She was the co-worker that Bill Murray kept trying to seduce in "Groundhog Day".
I'm minorly shocked that Cassie had not seen this one before. This was one of the big romcoms of its day and the movie that absolutely launched Hugh as an A-lister.
@@leslieturner8276 Asthma attacks kill about 1200 people a year in the UK and the majority of those deaths are preventable. Horrible when a young person like this dies, she lost a partner at 20 which caused her issues in the following years. Life is cruel.
@@pinball1970 Really sad. I liked her a lot in this movie, so much potential to be a great comedic star. I especially like the scene where she meets "Rhett" for the first time.
Thanks girls, loved that, hello from England, so glad you enjoyed the genius of Richard Curtis. About time is another of his great films if you've not seen it yet, with a similar tone to this
Did they also go with bugger-doodle-doo? That's actually pretty smart if so, it still kinda works. I've seen it shown on late-night TV in the UK where they completely cut out the f-a-doodle-doo, which was an absolute tragedy to me.
A lot of people dancing around this one all throughout the comments section, and some Americans clearly not having watched enough UK films and TV... let's just say you can google "buggery act 1533" and go the Wikipedia page for more info. Actual history there.
This movie is a true, new classic. It introduced me to Hugh Grant, and no regrets. And that group of friends in the film is goals. All weathering being on the sidelines at these life events, but all so ready to cheer for each other when one of them finds happiness. From there I saw About A Boy, and then Sense and Sensibility tipped it in for me, and Music and Lyrics let me know I made the right choice, in being a major Hugh fan. Glad you guys liked it so much too. 😊
Unable to watch it all tonight but I know they will love this and it’s awesome they are watching together….my wife’s all time favorite film….you two rock….
Bernard is played by David Haig who puts in an incredible performance as Rudyard Kipling in My Boy Jack(2007) which follows a young soldier heading off to fight in WW1. Haig wrote the script for both the movie and the play (1997).
A few years before the movie, one cast member who played 'Scarlett' had a personal loss, Charlotte Coleman's boyfriend Jonathan Laycock was killed in a traffic accident. After his death she went through periods of deep depression. Tragically, she died aged only 33 on 14 November 2001 from a severe bronchial asthma attack.
It's pretty gentle at this point in fact, most people would say it in front of kids, vicars etc. without worrying over much. But yeah, its _literal_ meaning is certainly NSFW :).
@@anonymes2884and Orson Scott Card, homophobe extraordinaire, definitely knew the original meaning when he made the "ants" the enemy in Ender's Game. (Formics -> Ants -> Bugs -> Buggers.)
The second wedding Bernard and Lydia: Lydia is played by Sophie Thompson, the younger sister of Emma Thompson. Because you loved Love Actually, Notting Hill, and Bridget Jones's Diary...it was obvious you would love this. all of these films were written by Richard Curtis. Curtis was recently awarded an Honorary Oscar for his contributions to film...and it was presented by Hugh Grant. My favorite character in this is Gareth played by the great Simon Callow. He has been in a lot of amazing things: Shakespeare In Love (Mr. Tillney), Amadeus (Schikaneder), Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Phantom of the Opera (Monsieur Andre), and the STARZ series Outlander (Duke of Sandringham). He actually originated the role of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in the original National Theater production of Amadeus, and was in consideration for the role in the film at one point, but was instead cast in a supporting role as Schikaneder.
You forgot 'Mr Beeb' from "A Room With a View"...my favorite role from Callow " .... how do you do? Would you like to take a bathe?...that's the most remarkable introduction I've ever heard"
Sophie Thompson was in an adaptation of Emma and also Persuasion - both Jane Austen stories. James Fleet who plays Tom was in Sense and Sensibility as John Dashwood.
@@Grnacrz3 and he’s frickin hilarious on The Vicar of Dibley, a 90s BBC comedy. Sadly he and Dawn French are the only members of that cast still alive.
This is wonderful film. The writer of this film went on to write and direct Love Actually which I watch every Christmas. I hope you ladies have a merry Christmas.
When you saw John Hannah in The Mummy, I wonder if you realised just how good an actor he was! This might be his finest moment, though if you haven't seen Sliding Doors you would probably really appreciate him in that. I was surprised at the start you didn't make the link to some of the other Richard Curtis movies like About Time and Love Actually - I reckon that is why so many of the voters knew it was a movie for you! EDIT: Please let Cassie read up on what 'bugger' means on camera...
@@metimoteo I'd love to know how they'd react to some of the other very British movies, I can think of a number set in Yorkshire with big hearts and some charm, but wonder if they are too idiosyncratic for people from abroad. Full Monty, Adult Life Skills, Calendar Girls are ones I could see the sisters really enjoying, although I don't know how well they would do in terms of views
Carlie, I so feel your pain. I broke my thumb my senior year of high school playing basketball in gym class. I don't even like basketball. Anyway. I was in a similar cast for 6ish weeks and a much smaller splint for weeks after that. This was impounded by the fact that I had a lead role in our High School Musical that premiered just one week after my surgery to pin my thumb together again. The best part was I played a drunk and having a cast/bandages fit my role very well. I'm sure my recovery was much faster than yours will be and I AM VERY SORRY for that. I only had a broken bone and you have torn ligaments. You will come through it and you will be back on the field of battle once again. HAVE FAITH AND WE LOVE YOU!!!! Prayers coming your way!
I knew you guys were gonna love this movie. It's just so good! I worked at Barnes & Noble when this movie came out and we were bombarded with requests for WH Auden's poetry after people watched it. They even put out a special version of the poem in a little pamphlet style book, which I still have.
@@pollyparrot9447 Thanks for prompting me with your comment to google what you meant... the results were awash with AI interference, but from what I can quickly determine, he wrote it as kinda a sarcastic reply to a politician dying? And perhaps about British imperialism? Auden was alive from 1907 to 1973, so he did live through the gradual dismantling of most of the British Empire aka most of the 20th century. So maybe it's kinda a sarcastic love letter to Rule Brittania as well. It also evolved from a poem in a play to a song for a cabaret singer in which it was altered to be a bit more sincere. In any event, it's a great scene in the movie. And besides, reader response literary criticism (from the 1960s, so the author might not have been a fan) holds that while authorial intent exists, how everyone takes a work of art also matters. For instance, the song "Your Love" by the Outfield is clearly about a man cheating, lots of people play it at their weddings because they haven't listened to the lyrics that closely. In short... YMMV.
@@gfox9295 Very true. There is a whole genre of inappropriate songs that people play at weddings because they haven't bothered to listen to the lyrics. Auden wrote Funeral Blues for a play he wrote with Christopher Isherwood in 1936 - The Ascent of F6: A Tragedy in Two Acts. I haven't read it, but considering the time and the authors it probably had more to do with the rise of fascism than British imperialism.
Cassie, how have you of all people not seen a movie with the words “Four Weddings…” in the title? 😂 I thought movie weddings were your favorite thing ever
I believe that "Notting Hill" was supposed to be a sequel of sorts to this film. They had the same writer, and I think Andie MacDowell was going to star opposite Hugh again, but somehow it didn't work out, so Julia Robers got the role.
So glad you both watched this at last! This is one of the most successful romantic comedies of all time but has somehow become sort of underrated over the years. It was a HUGE hit, made Hugh Grant a big star and was even nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture. The ensemble especially are pitch perfect especially Andie MacDowell, Kristin Scott Thomas, Simon Callow, John Hannah, Charlotte Coleman and David Bower. The song Love Is All Around by Wet Wet Wet which was in this movie was also an insane chart topping hit.
@@sawyer33 Agreed. Not saying the other movies the reactors watch are bad, just it's the same old stuff like Saving Private Ryan cause they are the popular choices. Would be really nice if they give Four Weddings or The English Patient a chance. A reactor I like is Centane cause she watches mostly the underrated movies that other reactors won't touch.
There's still more out there. Two of my favorite obscure movies, Spring Forward (1999) with Liev Schreiber and Ned Beatty... and Big Night (1996) with Tony Shalhoub and Stanley Tucci and Isabella Rossellini and Minnie Driver... I would love to see her react to those, but I doubt they're even on most of her patreon polls (or any, possibly).
@@navidhudson7065 Funnily enough, one of the oldest reactions by Cassie IS to Saving Private Ryan. But we know what you mean. ;) There's a broad range of movies and Cassie seems to appreciate much of it now, so... hope springs eternal for more "unpopular" movies! Hidden gems, let's call them instead.
2005 a good friend and colleague took his own life. His widow read the WH Auden poem at the funeral. How she had the strength to get through it, I don't know, the rest of us we're completely done after the first few lines. RIP Ken.
David Haig (Bernard) and Rowan Atkinson (Priest) later starred together in a British sitcom called "The Thin Blue Line" about police, and it's hilarious!
One of the things I like to remember is that Carrie (movie Carrie) says to Charles at the end of their encounter before his wedding - in response to him expressing uncertainty about getting through the wedding OK - "Just say 'I do' every time you get asked a question." And when he's in front of the altar, next to Duckface, being asked by the vicar *"Do* you love someone else?" he says "I do." (Someone else pointed that out to me so thank you to them.)
I first saw Four Weddings on a visit to Prague where it played with the original English language track and Czech subtitles. The packed audience were laughing so much at the subtitles that it was hard to hear the actor's dialogue and so I missed most of the jokes. I had to buy the movie on home video to catch up lol!
Thanks for your OP, OP. Got me to google Red Nose Day. A 1988 UK tradition that doesn't seem to have spread across the pond very much. Sounds like there's a Love Actually sequel through Red Nose Day as well as the Four Weddings one. Good stuff!
I love movies where you have great friend chemistry. Four Weddings and a Funeral was one of those extremely rare films that does it so well. Richard Curtis is a great writer.
I don't know how influential it actually was at the time ... but the funeral scene in particular has to be one of the most persuasive pop culture arguments in favor of same-sex marriage, and just sincere general appreciation of same-sex couples.
My brother is gay and he and i were both in our twenties when this came out. It was certainly a stepping stone in the right direction, showing genuine grief of a man who has lost his long-term partner. Also, importantly, the family accepting him speaking at the funeral. And it made the W.H.Auden poem hugely popular.
Well of course it's one of the things that dates the movie because not long afterwards (2004) civil partnerships were made lawful and ten years after that, gay marriage.
30 years later and that funeral speech still just guts me...
Me too 😭
Me as well. I think it's the most poignant funeral speech.
@@derrisreaditbefore The actor does a fantastic read as well. I think the Scottish? accent really contributes and reinforces the words. W. H. Auden "Stop All The Clocks".
God does not want people to practice homosexuality.
I missed so much in this 1st time round. Unreal cast list
"Stop All The Clocks," the W. H. Auden poem that Matthew read at the funeral of his love, Gareth, chokes me up every time. It so perfectly describes the depth of grief.
John delivered that exquisitely. Tears every time.
I wrote down the words of that poem as he recited it and turned it into a cross-stitch plaque for my mom after Daddy died. Their love for each other was unbreakable, even through death. My mom pined for him for 40 more years before she was finally able to join him. 😭😢😞
I talked to a librarian shortly after this film was out in theaters, and she said they got so many people asking for that poem! (This was before Google.)
It's called Funeral Blues.
Fun Fact: This is Rowan Atkinson's favorite movie of his own.
Also, inspiration for this movie came when co-executive producer and writer Richard Curtis was flipping through some old diaries and realized that he had been to seventy-two weddings in ten years.
Bloody hell. 72? I've been to... 7, and that includes my own.
When Carly said "this is our movie" it warmed my heart, i am so glad you both loved it! No one ever reacts to this British classic and your reaction was so great. This was nominated for best picture alongside Shawshank Redemption, Forest Gump and Pulp Fiction. The humour is so quintessentially British and this movie is really treasured here in England so it was great to see a huge reaction channel like yours give it a chance
Too much promotion of LGBTQ+ though.
The other movie that was up for Best Picture that year, Quiz Show, is an underrated classic. I think I've come across maybe one person so far on RUclips that's reacted to that one. The Robert Redford-directed film is a dramatization of the true story around the rigging of the 1950s big money quiz show "Twenty-One".
I liked this so much more than those other nominees...Been waiting forever for my favorite reactors to do this one!
You took the words out of my mouth; it's a mystery to me why there are next to none reactions up till now, so the Popcorns deserve aour appreciation for this!
I'm English and live in England. It sucks. 🤣
Gareth's death gets me everytime. Simon Callow is an amazing actor, and he played his part to perfection. I go from laughing so much to tears in an instant. Love this movie. Great reaction ladies. ❤✌
God does not want people to practice homosexuality.
True.@@StimParavane
@@StimParavane Do you feel you've accomplished something by making this comment? If you're so morally opposed, why are you even here? This movie should offend your moral and spiritual superiority! Frankly, no one cares to hear your opinion and your remark offends me. Take your sermon elsewhere.
@@gibsongirl2100 That's right! There's one party line opinion that everyone must toe. If you're not going to do that, hit the bricks. Also, Gareth's death was cheap.
As beloved as Notting Hill and Love Actually are, Four Weddings - which predated both - was a complete phenomenon when it arrived, a pop cultural juggernaut. And it immediately shot Hugh Grant, pretty much an unknown at the time, to the stratosphere. For me, it's still Richard Curtis' masterpiece. (Though I agree with you that Carrie's treatment of Charles is dubious at best).
Carrie's treatment of Charles was dubious???????? She cheated on her fiance with Charles... she is a terrible person for that alone. Charles is as well as he knew she was with someone and slept with her anyway. These are completely morally corrupt selfish people.
@@obelisk21 You left out "...at best", but go on.
@@monsieur-ministre My point was that her treatment of Charles was irrelevant since other things both she and Charles did were so much worse. Your only critique of her character was that "Carrie's treatment of Charles is dubious at best".
@@obelisk21 So my comment was directed at Cassie and Carly, and since Carrie's treatment of Charles was what they discussed, that was what I was able to agree with. The subject of infidelity never came up in their discussion, which is why I didn't bring it up either. It wasn’t doing a review of the moral character of the characters. I was simply agreeing with a statement.
Because the thing is not everyone shares your passionate view on the topic of monogamy. Which is fine with me, as long as there’s consent and everyone is treated with respect. (Carrie and Hamish may have had an understanding, we don't know). But one could argue that Carrie wasn’t always respectful of Charles, seemingly leading him on with no intention of following through. It is at the very least inconsiderate no matter how you twist it. One might say "dubious at best". And it certainly wasn’t irrelevant to Charles. Who happened to be the main character in the movie.
Now, the movie had a happy ending after all, so the point is kind of moot. Which is why it never was my main takeaway - which in turn makes this exchange with you all the more bisarre: The sentence that so offended you was an afterthought, made more out of courtesy towards our hosts than anything else. I don’t have a strong opinion on any of it. I just enjoyed the movie. There are worse atrocities committed on a daily basis - in reality.
We could go on with an anthropological, historical and biological discussion about how human beings don't seem to be particularly compatible with monogamy, but I’d rather not and I think that's beside the point, which is this: You clearly and irrationally over-reacted to a harmless comment made about something said in the above video.
@@monsieur-ministre Okay... you are right and I am wrong. After writing 4 paragraphs including an editorial on monogamy and taking a full 24 hours to respond (I can only assume it took you that long to craft such an expositional response) look up the word irony in the dictionary.
"You clearly and irrationally over-reacted to a harmless comment... "
Thought you'd like to know: the deleted scenes from this movie explain the relationships between the friends. Gareth was a lecturer at the university Charles, Matthew, and Fiona attended. Tom is Fiona's brother, they are part of a wealthy aristocratic family. David is Charles' younger brother. Scarlett woke up under a table at Charles' flat the morning after a party, and moved in because he needed a roommate.
Bear in mind I am remembering this from watching it something like twenty five years ago, so please forgive any inaccuracies.
Too funny 😆 Scarlett was always around the group so I just believed Scarlett was Charles' sister. Thanks for clarifying! Don't think I ever saw the deleted scenes.
@@valleya6114 same here. I watched that movie when it came out in theatres and even had the soundtrack on CD, but up to this day I was convinced Scarlett was his sister
I always wondered how this group of people came to be friends.
TY, this explains SO much. I also thought Scarlett was Charles' sister.
We don't need to know that stuff, which is why it was cut, but you should have figured out that Fiona is Tom's sister and that Scarlett isn't Charles' sister. I mean, he introduces his brother as his brother, he never refers to Scarlett as his sister.
This actually achieved the rare feat of being nominated for Best Picture Oscar against some really tough competition. It was nominated alongside FORREST GUMP, SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION, PULP FICTION, and QUIZ SHOW (FORREST GUMP won).
The film was nominated for Picture and Original Screenplay and nothing else.
Quiz Show is a movie very few channels react to
I wonder how close John Hannah came to a best supporting nomination
That was quite the year at the Oscars. I was in HS and I was passionately a fan of Pulp Fiction. For the first time in my life, I watched most of the live Oscars broadcast (it didn't hurt that David Letterman, my fave late night talk show host at the time--as Conan was still fairly new to the game--was hosting that night). And I couldn't believe that Pulp Fiction lost to Forrest Gump, which to me was just a standard drama with the gimmick of the editing Tom Hanks into old historical footage... I have seen Forrest Gump fully since then but still think Pulp Fiction is the better film. For me, at least.
However, the real kicker is that I hadn't seen Shawshank Redemption yet. I have since seen it more times than I've seen Pulp Fiction and Forrest Gump put together. And in the late 90s or early 00s, I would be reminded by a friend that it was in that year's nominees as well and go "oh." (as in, ofc teenage me was worried about Pulp Fiction vs. Forrest Gump but Shawshank really should have won anyway)
I saw Four Weddings later as well and enjoyed it. The only one of the five I've never seen is Quiz Show. I was open to it at the time but so many movies in the theaters and so little time. It never came up naturally on cable over the years and I didn't seek it out either. I'll probably get around to it at some point, tho.
@ I’ve seen QUIZ SHOW as part of history class in high school, and I found it remarkably well acted and directed. Sheds a light on a real-life quiz show scandal in the 1950s and is a very good commentary on celebrity and how TV has affected it. Stars John Turtorro, Ralph Fiennes, and Paul Scofield and directed by Robert Redford.
Didn't *Forrest Gump* get it? Talk about a nothing movie.
I've shared the W.H. Auden poem with several people in their grief. And it helped me when my parents died.
I'm an only child and my parents have both passed away, too. This poem really speaks to me. Take care...
Yeah, me too. I must have seen this movie 100 time and it still makes me cry so hard.
I’ve been waiting two years for you to watch this movie! One of the funniest, most warm-hearted, moving, poignant, and deeply human films I’ve seen. So glad you finally saw it…I was sure you’d love it as much as I did. YAY!
I met this beautiful girl a the Munich Festival in 1994. Fell in love with her while she handed out my accreditation. Found the courage to ask her out on the spot to see one of the movie premieres. I picked "Four weddings and a funeral" just for the title and the cast. Nobody had any idea then how big this little movie was going to be. We had a ball.
I ended up like Fi. She only liked me, I was smitten. Nothing came from it, but I still have fond memories whenever "Four weddings" is on.
You can't always get what you want. But you gotta try.
Happy Ends come mostly then when you least expect them.
she was in Groundhog Day
Yes, I'm surprised Cassie didn't recognize her.
She was in Groundhog Day
@@RollerbazAndCoasterDad I see what you did there
@@ariochiv I was actually confused until I saw your comment. Then I got it. 😂
And Hudson Hawk😂. Doubt Cassie has seen that one 🦃
This is the movie that made Hugh Grant into a star.
And a year later, his "innocent English lad" persona came crashing down when he was arrested for soliciting a sex worker in LA (while in a relationship with Elizabeth Hurley), reminding everyone that he was, in fact, an actor.
@@gigi-ij1hk lol. yup.
@@gigi-ij1hk And all of a sudden, that was the only happy ending fans cared about...
He might say he was always a star, and this is what made the world realize it.😉
❤Hugh Grant and his tousled hair. Hugh Grant in Sense And Sensibility is amazing🥰🥰🥰
Yes, I was going to recommend S&S, if they haven't seen it already.
@@susanscott8653 💯 They would love it!
Alan Rickman and Kate Winslet and Emma Thompson rounding out the cast.
The W.H. Auden poem always hits hard!
How could you two NOT have seen this movie‽‽‽ This was practically written with you two in mind!
Very fun watching along with you two. Forgot how fun it was. And that funeral speech, wow.
Tbh, it's probably because it was rated R. I think I grew up in a similar family to theirs, and R rated movies were a huge no-no.
@@LockeDemosthenes2 Good point. And they were kids with a strict mom from the sounds of it. No R-rated movies at home or in theaters, presumably.
@@gfox9295 yeah, I'm pretty sure they're Mormon like my family is. R rated movies are completely not allowed in most Mormon families.
You may remember John Hannah as the brother in The Mummy. He seems to have spent most of his career being the comedic sidekick but his Funeral speech shows what a wonderful actor he is in dramatic roles too. Oh also he's Scottish not Irish.
Id have gone with Kristen Scott Thomas, personally 😂
He also had a brief but critical role in The Last Of Us, among many others. But he’s Matthew to me as this was the first, and most memorable, character I’d seen him play.
If you haven't seen it, he plays a romantic lead in Sliding Doors (1998) with Gwyneth Paltrow.
Compare and contrast this with his roles as Batiatus in Spartacus and DI Jack Cloth in A Touch of Cloth! 😂
@@sfkeepay Had to look up his role there to see what you meant (thought maybe he was in the Wyoming town near the end of season 1 and I just hadn't noticed him)... one of the experts on the talk show at the beginning of... was it ep 1 or ep 2? either way, great stuff!
I remember him as Rebus.
The Holiday is another movie I know both you girls will love.
they have already seen it off channel
I absolutely love that Carly bragged (rightly) that she made the catch that tore her thumb ligaments 😂
I have a suspicion that Carly is kinda low-key bad-a*s :).
Have they already seen 'Some Kind Of Wonderful'? This classic 80s romcom is definitely right up their alley!
Don't think they've seen it yet but yes i 100% agree. They would love that movie
Had a crush on Watts for absolute years.
This is the one John Hughes movie I've never seen.
“Music and Lyrics” is another good Hugh Grant movie you two should watch. Love your reactions!!!
Apparently, one of Tarantino's favourites as well.
Grant's performance as a faded pop star was hilarious!
Hey, that woman in the opening credits was Kristen Scott Thomas. She's been in a fair few films herself.
The English Patient is another great film of hers.
She's recently in SLOW HORSES and remains stunningly beautiful.
Don't forget The Horse Wisperer with Robert Redford and a young Scarlett Johansson.
Sadly, Charlotte Coleman who played Charles’ housemate Scarlett died of an asthma attack in 2001. She was a well known actress from childhood in the UK. It was a real tragedy.
I used to have a crush on Marmalade when I was at school.
I only realised last year she was the young girl in Worzel Gummidge which I used to watch as a kid.
Never cared much for the main "love story" in this one but there's so many wonderful characters and actors. John Hannah reciting the poem at the funeral always gets me.
Killing Gareth just seemed so cheap. I guess they thought they couldn't call the movie Four Weddings. But it just seemed like it was done only to have that poem read to "tug at the heartstrings and fog the mind" as Kent Brockman said. They killed the best character.
@@DanSmith-j8y That's called drama. It's more real, too, than today's Disney-everything.
@@RideAcrossTheRiver Thanks, but you've said nothing.
@@DanSmith-j8y No, I said that drama involves killing off the best characters, sometimes. If you like happy-happy joy-joy, though, watch Disney or US stuff.
@@RideAcrossTheRiver No, you didn't say that, but even if you did it doesn't apply to this character's death - which is cheap and unearned. It's sentimental claptrap. Disney "or US stuff" is more your speed it seems.
This is a perfect romcom. Not to silly or sappy, but genuinely sweet and hilarious
I took my girlfriend to see this in the theater when it came out in 1994. We married 2 years later and had 5 children together. Sadly it wasn't meant to last, we divorced after 18 years and my heart is still broken a decade later. But I remember seeing this movie and, despite our mutual love of Andie MacDowell, we agreed that her character in this movie was a horrible sack of red flags.
That's why Hugh promised not to marry her....
Sounds like you'd know about red flags.
I read the screenplay before the movie was made and I have to say that the opening pages were the funniest opening pages of any script I've read. And then the rest of the movie was just lovely. To paraphrase the words of David Cassidy (while he was still with the Partridge Family): I think I loved it. I could hardly wait to see the movie it would become, and it didn't disappoint.
Love that you got to see this. It has been one of my favorite movies since I saw it in the theaters 30 years ago. Even after 30 years tears start to well up when the start of the Karrie and Hamish wedding. Such a joyous reception with the saddest ending. I keep that poem close to my heart especially after my husband's passing.
With this movie you get the whole range of romance and all that goes with it.
He got the teasing 304, what a happy ending 😂
You have been watching Taylor The Fiend & Better Bachelor..😂
At my son's wedding, his best friend had too much to drink too early and he dropped the ring in the parking lot. A buddy of mine just happened to be walking by and saw something sparkle in the sunlight. "What is this, look, I found a really cool ring, its mine" (knowing what it was). So, he teased the best man until he admitted he lost the right. It was such a funny scene!
"What does he do for work?"
There's a reason people jokingly call Richard Curtis' London "Curtisland", as it's sanitized, romanticized, poverty-free, where the pavements gleam in summer, the snow falls thickly in winter, most people went to Oxford and nobody does any work.
Hey, totally unfair ! I bet _some_ of them went to Cambridge :). He's just writing what he knows of course but yeah, they tend to read a bit like upper middle-class fantasies.
In fairness though, "non jobs" that still somehow pay extremely well are pretty much a staple of rom-coms in general.
😂
@@anonymes2884 not to mention all the fashion/gossip journalists who want to report real news! That would make for a good spoof come to think of it...
Carly's "the one who... actually works" line in this reaction may kinda relate.
Let's see. In _Notting Hill,_ Grant is a bookseller, Hugh Bonneville works in the City, Julia Roberts is an actress, Gina McKee is a lawyer, Richard McCabe runs a restaurant startup, Emma Chambers works in various shop jobs, although Rhys Ifans does seem to be unemployed. In _Love actually,_ everybody has jobs. It's not unreasonable that we don't know what anyone (except Hamish) does in _Four weddings_ because the conceit is that we only see fragments of their lives as they interact in 5 intense social occasions. Why there should be criticism that specific films don't deal in poverty or that they are 'sanitised' is a mystery seeing as that's true of almost all films. Where's the poverty in _Die hard,_ or _The proposal,_ or _When Harry met Sally_ or _You've got mail?_ That's like criticising Ken Loach's films because they *do* deal in dirt and poverty.
As he's making his Best Man's speech at the first wedding, the flash cuts to Kirsten Scott Thomas [ Fiona ] & then Andie MacDowell [ Carrie ], as he admits that he could never contemplate marriage tells so much about events to come in the film.
Richard Curtis gave us Notting Hill, Four Weddings & Love Actually within a decade. That's just showing off.
He also gave us the most heartwarming use of time travel ever in the Doctor Who episode "Vincent and the Doctor".
Love Actually was awful.
Other two I grant you.
@@DEEJAYWAL Oh yeah. I was gonna guess that was a David Tennant ep but... just looked it up and it was Matt Smith apparently. I only saw part of it.
@@DEEJAYWAL He also gave us the time travel move _About time._
@@SBandy _Love actually_ was great.
This movie has been my gold standard for rom-com since I first watched it as a twenty-something (it was in my parents collection of movies as they are big British comedy fans, or were back in the day). It's funny, it's awkward, it's tragic, it's magical, it's got a very poignant message.
It's life. Definitely not perfect, but definitely worth sticking around for to enjoy from beginning to end.
I knew this would be a fun watch with you gals today. Thanks for coming through.
OMFG! You’ve made me so freaking happy with this one. It’s best with wine, for sure! I’ve not seen anyone else do this one. Glad you’re watching it with someone, it’s just more fun that way with this one. Maybe it’s just me. Thank you infinity ♾️! May your views and likes always be equal.
Shout out to W H Auden.... also you may like 'Sliding doors'.
I love that movie. ❤
Great movie with John H
one of my favorite poems .
Been in love with John Hannah since I first saw Sliding Doors❤❤❤
@@thanksamill SAME. I honestly feel like Sliding Doors would be a great film to react to because of its split plots. And in both plots his character is just the absolute best. ❤
You & Carly fighting over the blanket gave us all a brief insight into your childhood. 😂
Such a great film and as others have said, the funeral speech is just a gut punch.
What a lovely surprise. And I have the time to enjoy it.
Both are gonna love this one.
I can't believe that this movie came out thirty years ago 😭😭 lol
It's been years and years since I've seen this one. Always one of my favorites though! Excellent reaction from the both of you!
Yeah, I don’t think I’ve seen this one in 25+ years. I remember being very charmed by it in ‘94.
Always a good watch, this is one of those movies where you spot something different every single time you watch it. All these actors are so well seasoned now, and I’ve been in so many other projects seeing them all so “green” is always a treat.
It shocked the hell out of me that neither of the two of you hadn't seen this movie before. Not only did this star Hugh Grant and the spectacularly beautiful Andie McDowell, it was written by Richard Curtis. Richard Curtis also wrote Notting Hill, Love Actually, Bridget Jones Diary and About Time,
As others have said, R-rated movie + Cassie+Carly were kids not allowed to see them, presumably.
@gfox9295 Except both have watched Bridget Jones Diary and Love Actually supposedly many times. They also have R ratings.
@@nikolatesla5553 Maybe those are ones they watched in adulthood, and they just hadn't gotten around to 4 Weddings, then? Dunno, you've got me there.
Andie MacDowell was in Groundhog Day - that’s where you remembered her from.
There were quite a few actors in "Groundhog Day".
Better to say she was Bill Murray's co-star in "Groundhog Day". She was the co-worker that Bill Murray kept trying to seduce in "Groundhog Day".
She was in Michael with John Travolta too.
I thought I'd seen her before.
I thought I'd seen her before.
Yes I remember seeing her before.
I'm minorly shocked that Cassie had not seen this one before. This was one of the big romcoms of its day and the movie that absolutely launched Hugh as an A-lister.
"Scarlett" Charlotte Coleman died unfortunately, asthma attack in 2001. She was 33.
I was so shocked when I heard. Far too young and such a talent.
@@leslieturner8276 Asthma attacks kill about 1200 people a year in the UK and the majority of those deaths are preventable.
Horrible when a young person like this dies, she lost a partner at 20 which caused her issues in the following years.
Life is cruel.
The woman that played his younger sister in Notting Hill also died a few years ago.
@@jeffrogers2180Emma Chambers
@@pinball1970 Really sad. I liked her a lot in this movie, so much potential to be a great comedic star. I especially like the scene where she meets "Rhett" for the first time.
Thanks girls, loved that, hello from England, so glad you enjoyed the genius of Richard Curtis. About time is another of his great films if you've not seen it yet, with a similar tone to this
Genuinely surprised you gals have never seen this. As far as other Hugh Grant films go, I recommend Music and Lyrics.
And his mugshot for being caught in a car with a hooker.
I watched this movie on a transatlantic flight and they overdubbed the F bomb with "Bugger!"
Either the censors didn't understand what bugger means or they accept it has morphed in general usage to something more acceptable......
Did they also go with bugger-doodle-doo? That's actually pretty smart if so, it still kinda works. I've seen it shown on late-night TV in the UK where they completely cut out the f-a-doodle-doo, which was an absolute tragedy to me.
They did that on American TV edited version as well.
"Bugger!" is pretty much the same thing as the "F" word, in terms of how rude it is.
A lot of people dancing around this one all throughout the comments section, and some Americans clearly not having watched enough UK films and TV... let's just say you can google "buggery act 1533" and go the Wikipedia page for more info. Actual history there.
This movie is a true, new classic. It introduced me to Hugh Grant, and no regrets. And that group of friends in the film is goals. All weathering being on the sidelines at these life events, but all so ready to cheer for each other when one of them finds happiness. From there I saw About A Boy, and then Sense and Sensibility tipped it in for me, and Music and Lyrics let me know I made the right choice, in being a major Hugh fan. Glad you guys liked it so much too. 😊
Unable to watch it all tonight but I know they will love this and it’s awesome they are watching together….my wife’s all time favorite film….you two rock….
Bernard is played by David Haig who puts in an incredible performance as Rudyard Kipling in My Boy Jack(2007) which follows a young soldier heading off to fight in WW1. Haig wrote the script for both the movie and the play (1997).
Hugh Grant movie you need to see .. The Englishman who went up a hill but came down a Mountain. Long title but a great movie that is a true story.
That's a good one too.
Cassie (and Carly too if she was there for it) would love that movie, I think :D
I just wrote the same thing
Also just wrote the same thing
Nine Months is a fun one, too.
A few years before the movie, one cast member who played 'Scarlett' had a personal loss, Charlotte Coleman's boyfriend Jonathan Laycock was killed in a traffic accident. After his death she went through periods of deep depression. Tragically, she died aged only 33 on 14 November 2001 from a severe bronchial asthma attack.
I did not know that. I mean I knew she had died, but not how and I didn't know the background. Very sad.
@@susanscott8653She was found near her asthma inhaler. They think that she has dropped it and was trying to get it to stop the asthma attack.
@@susanscott8653 The backstory and how she passed is truly sad. She said he was the love of her life and she never got over losing him.
"bugger" has several connotations in the UK, most of them NSFW.
It's pretty gentle at this point in fact, most people would say it in front of kids, vicars etc. without worrying over much. But yeah, its _literal_ meaning is certainly NSFW :).
@@anonymes2884and Orson Scott Card, homophobe extraordinaire, definitely knew the original meaning when he made the "ants" the enemy in Ender's Game. (Formics -> Ants -> Bugs -> Buggers.)
Gareth and W.H. Auden are splendid buggers though. 😉
What the hell is nsfw?!
@@bushbabybotha9943not suitable for work.
I'm so glad you're watching this. It's marvelous. Enjoy!
The second wedding Bernard and Lydia: Lydia is played by Sophie Thompson, the younger sister of Emma Thompson.
Because you loved Love Actually, Notting Hill, and Bridget Jones's Diary...it was obvious you would love this. all of these films were written by Richard Curtis. Curtis was recently awarded an Honorary Oscar for his contributions to film...and it was presented by Hugh Grant.
My favorite character in this is Gareth played by the great Simon Callow. He has been in a lot of amazing things: Shakespeare In Love (Mr. Tillney), Amadeus (Schikaneder), Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Phantom of the Opera (Monsieur Andre), and the STARZ series Outlander (Duke of Sandringham). He actually originated the role of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in the original National Theater production of Amadeus, and was in consideration for the role in the film at one point, but was instead cast in a supporting role as Schikaneder.
You forgot 'Mr Beeb' from "A Room With a View"...my favorite role from Callow
" .... how do you do? Would you like to take a bathe?...that's the most remarkable introduction I've ever heard"
Sophie Thompson was in an adaptation of Emma and also Persuasion - both Jane Austen stories. James Fleet who plays Tom was in Sense and Sensibility as John Dashwood.
@@Grnacrz3 With Hugh Grant also in Sense & Sensibility. And Sophie Thompson and Kristin Scott Thomas are also both in Gosford Park...
@@Grnacrz3 and he’s frickin hilarious on The Vicar of Dibley, a 90s BBC comedy. Sadly he and Dawn French are the only members of that cast still alive.
This is wonderful film. The writer of this film went on to write and direct Love Actually which I watch every Christmas. I hope you ladies have a merry Christmas.
"Four Weddings and a Funeral?" as Al Bundy would say, "Isn't that five of the same things?"
A lot of what makes this a terrific film is the script by Richard Curtis. A real gem.
Of course you guys would love this one, so good to experience it again with you too.
I love the interaction between you two! You both are so real, down-to-eath. You say what i am thinking while watching so I totally relate.
When you saw John Hannah in The Mummy, I wonder if you realised just how good an actor he was! This might be his finest moment, though if you haven't seen Sliding Doors you would probably really appreciate him in that.
I was surprised at the start you didn't make the link to some of the other Richard Curtis movies like About Time and Love Actually - I reckon that is why so many of the voters knew it was a movie for you!
EDIT: Please let Cassie read up on what 'bugger' means on camera...
He is absolutely fantastic in Spartacus as well, think that's my favourite role of his. Not so sure these two would enjoy that, though ;)
Sliding Doors is right up their alley. Great suggestion!
@@metimoteo I'd love to know how they'd react to some of the other very British movies, I can think of a number set in Yorkshire with big hearts and some charm, but wonder if they are too idiosyncratic for people from abroad. Full Monty, Adult Life Skills, Calendar Girls are ones I could see the sisters really enjoying, although I don't know how well they would do in terms of views
Knowing you 2's taste in film...how can you not have seen this ?!?🤔🎩
They filmed that final scene in the rain near my childhood house, I saw them all set up when I was going to school 😊
I was in Notting Hill when _Notting Hill_ was in theatres!
Carlie, I so feel your pain. I broke my thumb my senior year of high school playing basketball in gym class. I don't even like basketball. Anyway. I was in a similar cast for 6ish weeks and a much smaller splint for weeks after that. This was impounded by the fact that I had a lead role in our High School Musical that premiered just one week after my surgery to pin my thumb together again. The best part was I played a drunk and having a cast/bandages fit my role very well. I'm sure my recovery was much faster than yours will be and I AM VERY SORRY for that. I only had a broken bone and you have torn ligaments. You will come through it and you will be back on the field of battle once again. HAVE FAITH AND WE LOVE YOU!!!! Prayers coming your way!
RIP Gareth you were a treasure!
52 year old guy here, and this movie makes me cry still. So touching and human.
One of the most emotional movies ever! I love FW&AF
This was an amazing reaction. ❤ DH and I loved watching you react. And I love the David Cassidy reaction because I loved the show and his music.
I knew you guys were gonna love this movie. It's just so good! I worked at Barnes & Noble when this movie came out and we were bombarded with requests for WH Auden's poetry after people watched it. They even put out a special version of the poem in a little pamphlet style book, which I still have.
Rather funny, considering that Auden wrote it as a satirical piece.
@@pollyparrot9447 Thanks for prompting me with your comment to google what you meant... the results were awash with AI interference, but from what I can quickly determine, he wrote it as kinda a sarcastic reply to a politician dying? And perhaps about British imperialism? Auden was alive from 1907 to 1973, so he did live through the gradual dismantling of most of the British Empire aka most of the 20th century. So maybe it's kinda a sarcastic love letter to Rule Brittania as well. It also evolved from a poem in a play to a song for a cabaret singer in which it was altered to be a bit more sincere.
In any event, it's a great scene in the movie. And besides, reader response literary criticism (from the 1960s, so the author might not have been a fan) holds that while authorial intent exists, how everyone takes a work of art also matters. For instance, the song "Your Love" by the Outfield is clearly about a man cheating, lots of people play it at their weddings because they haven't listened to the lyrics that closely. In short... YMMV.
@@gfox9295 Very true. There is a whole genre of inappropriate songs that people play at weddings because they haven't bothered to listen to the lyrics. Auden wrote Funeral Blues for a play he wrote with Christopher Isherwood in 1936 - The Ascent of F6: A Tragedy in Two Acts. I haven't read it, but considering the time and the authors it probably had more to do with the rise of fascism than British imperialism.
I was so excited to see you watching this together. That funeral speech is so useful to help me access my grief. God bless you both 🙏
Cassie, how have you of all people not seen a movie with the words “Four Weddings…” in the title? 😂 I thought movie weddings were your favorite thing ever
Remember watching this at cinema with my family, great film.
I believe that "Notting Hill" was supposed to be a sequel of sorts to this film. They had the same writer, and I think Andie MacDowell was going to star opposite Hugh again, but somehow it didn't work out, so Julia Robers got the role.
I remember liking the film fine first time I saw it way back. I enjoyed watching you girls loving it so much more just now ^^ Thank you ^^
So glad you both watched this at last! This is one of the most successful romantic comedies of all time but has somehow become sort of underrated over the years. It was a HUGE hit, made Hugh Grant a big star and was even nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture. The ensemble especially are pitch perfect especially Andie MacDowell, Kristin Scott Thomas, Simon Callow, John Hannah, Charlotte Coleman and David Bower. The song Love Is All Around by Wet Wet Wet which was in this movie was also an insane chart topping hit.
I love a film like this with an ensemble cast
Love Actually and An Ideal Husband go very well with this movie.
It was amazing to watch the effect that movie had on its exact target audience. Nobody telling them what 'bugger' means is hilarious...
A movie custom made for these two.🎉
Married people adore this movie-it’s like a nostalgic highlight reel of the good old days before reality set in.
Cassie is the only reactor that on a consistent basis isn’t just watching the same boring movies every other reactor seems to do.
@@sawyer33 Agreed. Not saying the other movies the reactors watch are bad, just it's the same old stuff like Saving Private Ryan cause they are the popular choices. Would be really nice if they give Four Weddings or The English Patient a chance. A reactor I like is Centane cause she watches mostly the underrated movies that other reactors won't touch.
There's still more out there. Two of my favorite obscure movies, Spring Forward (1999) with Liev Schreiber and Ned Beatty... and Big Night (1996) with Tony Shalhoub and Stanley Tucci and Isabella Rossellini and Minnie Driver... I would love to see her react to those, but I doubt they're even on most of her patreon polls (or any, possibly).
@@navidhudson7065 Funnily enough, one of the oldest reactions by Cassie IS to Saving Private Ryan. But we know what you mean. ;)
There's a broad range of movies and Cassie seems to appreciate much of it now, so... hope springs eternal for more "unpopular" movies! Hidden gems, let's call them instead.
Oh no poor Carly! So sorry for the hand! Healing vibes sending your way!
2005 a good friend and colleague took his own life. His widow read the WH Auden poem at the funeral. How she had the strength to get through it, I don't know, the rest of us we're completely done after the first few lines. RIP Ken.
David Haig (Bernard) and Rowan Atkinson (Priest) later starred together in a British sitcom called "The Thin Blue Line" about police, and it's hilarious!
At last, you found FOUR WEDDINGS AND A FUNERAL. Good for you.
Toms Best man speech is a cinematic masterpiece
About a Boy is my favorite Hugh Grant movie, and you would love it if you haven’t seen it.
I watched it recently and yes it’s great
One of the things I like to remember is that Carrie (movie Carrie) says to Charles at the end of their encounter before his wedding - in response to him expressing uncertainty about getting through the wedding OK - "Just say 'I do' every time you get asked a question."
And when he's in front of the altar, next to Duckface, being asked by the vicar *"Do* you love someone else?" he says "I do."
(Someone else pointed that out to me so thank you to them.)
I noticed Jean Luc Picard's brother was at Bernard and Lydia's wedding.
One overlooked British comedy worth watching is Keeping Mum. It has Rowan Atkinson as a vicar with Maggie Smith as his housekeeper.
This and Notting hill are the 2 best rom coms ever.
I first saw Four Weddings on a visit to Prague where it played with the original English language track and Czech subtitles. The packed audience were laughing so much at the subtitles that it was hard to hear the actor's dialogue and so I missed most of the jokes. I had to buy the movie on home video to catch up lol!
About a Boy
Grants best film….
Just found an interview by Vanity Fair with Grant and Hoult as it is 21 years since the film was made - watch?v=3a6x6C0kNrM
@@neilbiggs1353 it’s a fun watch imo…
The book, that is.
The ladies in their element. Priceless.
There's a short sequel written for Red Nose Day years later - One Red Nose And A Wedding. Several of the same cast, and the same writer.
Thanks for your OP, OP. Got me to google Red Nose Day. A 1988 UK tradition that doesn't seem to have spread across the pond very much.
Sounds like there's a Love Actually sequel through Red Nose Day as well as the Four Weddings one. Good stuff!
I love movies where you have great friend chemistry. Four Weddings and a Funeral was one of those extremely rare films that does it so well. Richard Curtis is a great writer.
I don't know how influential it actually was at the time ... but the funeral scene in particular has to be one of the most persuasive pop culture arguments in favor of same-sex marriage, and just sincere general appreciation of same-sex couples.
My brother is gay and he and i were both in our twenties when this came out. It was certainly a stepping stone in the right direction, showing genuine grief of a man who has lost his long-term partner. Also, importantly, the family accepting him speaking at the funeral. And it made the W.H.Auden poem hugely popular.
Just normal and natural. No emphasis on it. They were together and that's that.
Well of course it's one of the things that dates the movie because not long afterwards (2004) civil partnerships were made lawful and ten years after that, gay marriage.
Hugh Grant did amazing movies! Nine months was my favourite growing up. One of the most recents is Music and Lyrics, also fun!