The year is 1985. A man named Robbie Hart works as a wedding singer.

At one wedding, he meets this kind and young waitress, Julia Sullivan. Julia is willing to let Robbie sing at her wedding to a rich businessman, Glenn Gulia. But Glenn has not set a date yet.

When Robbie is at his wedding, he is waiting for his fiancée, Linda. Unfortunately, his sister, Kate, reveals that Linda isn’t coming. Poor Robbie is now heartbroken.

Later, when Robbie meets Linda to ask what happened, she reveals that she was hoping he would become a rockstar. She is unwilling to marry a wedding singer.

Robbie is now depressed thanks to Linda dumping him. His nephews try to help him when he’s babysitting them. He appreciates it.

However, once his friend, Sammy, suggests he returns to his job, he messes up by singing about his own problems. Of course, that annoys the guests.

Then he quits, even for Julia’s wedding. But Julia still wants him to help her plan.

Sometime later, Robbie goes to Julia’s home, where her cousin, Holly, is. Holly develops feelings for him while he gets interested in Julia. He agrees to double date them.

While out, Robbie discovers that Glenn has cheated on lots of women. After that, he and Julia grow closer.

Even though Robbie loves her, Julia is marrying Glenn because he is wealthy. Robbie tries to get a job at a bank to impress her but is rejected from it. This causes things to go downhill with him and Julia.

But can that be fixed?

I was surprised how much this movie made me laugh, and quite hard. I also found it interesting that it was set in 1985 instead of the late 90s, when it came out.

But I admire Julia and Robbie’s romantic relationship. It was very sweet. Seeing Adam Sandler with a full head of thick hair made it hard for me to recognize him.

Drew Barrymore was only in her early 20s when she played Julia. I would assume the character is around that age range, too, although it isn’t said in the film.

Even though they’re minor characters, I thought Robbie’s nephews were funny, smart, and creative. I loved when one of them showed Robbie a picture of him and Linda with evil drawing marks on Linda.

Aside from singing at weddings, I appreciated how Robbie did more than that. He also gave this old lady, Rosie, private singing lessons for her to perform at her and her husband’s 50^th anniversary party.

Which brings me to my next thought: the weddings were all fun to watch. There were also a lot of kids at them, something that rarely happens today unless it’s children in the bride and groom’s close family.

And for a twist, Robbie also sang at a bar mitzvah party. Julia also danced with one of the boys there, because he felt unpopular. I thought that was so nice, despite their age difference.

Regardless of the strengths, though, I’ll admit that some moments felt slow. The movie is only around an hour and a half long, but it sometimes felt lengthier.

Otherwise, I enjoyed The Wedding Singer. Note that it is PG-13 for language, smoking, and intimacy. I recommend that viewers be at least 12 to watch it.

Anyway, I give this film 4 out of 5 stars.