The film follows the fortunes of Charles and his friends as they wonder if they will ever find true love and marry. Charles thinks he's found "Miss Right" in Carrie, an American. This British subtle comedy revolves around Charlie, his friends and the four weddings and one funeral which they attend.
Written by
Rob Hartill
Plot Synopsis:
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In the beginning of the film, we see that Charles (Hugh Grant), a confirmed British bachelor and serial monogamist, lives with his tone-deaf sister Scarlett (Charlotte Coleman) in London. The pair are habitually late to weddings (as we gather from remarks made by others at the wedding they attend late right now, which is the first wedding in the film). At the wedding, Charles meets Carrie, an American (Andie McDowell) and ends up spending the night with her. Also at the wedding, David (David Bower), the deaf younger brother of Charles and Scarlett, is targeted as an object of affection by a guest. We see that Fiona (Kristin Scott-Thomas) and Tom (James Fleet) are brother and sister and very wealthy and Gareth (Simon Callow) and Matthew (John Hannah) are a gay couple. We also briefly meet Bernard and Lydia who are at the wedding. Bernard (David Haig) likes Lydia (Sophie Thompson), but she dismisses him, saying that she is not as desperate as that. As the friends leave the wedding, we see Bernard and Lydia kissing passionately.

Charles ends up spending the night with Carrie and is surprised to see that she is leaving in the morning and returning back to America. The next thing we know, Charles and Scarlett are late again to wedding number 2 in the film, that of Bernard and Lydia. Father Gerald (Rowan Atkinson) officiates the service, his first, and seems to be unable to say the names of the bride and groom right and some other cues for added humor (Rowan needs no introduction of course).

Charles is elated to see Carrie at the wedding, until she introduces him to her fiance, a boorish, Scottish politician who is much older than she. To top things off, Charles is stuck at a table with four of his ex girlfriends. The girl who liked David introduces herself to him in faulty sign language and he is enchanted with her. Despite the fact she is engaged, Carrie sleeps with Charles again that evening after her fiance has gone off to Scotland. We now see that the two really care for one another.

The interim is when Charles receives an invitation to Carrie's wedding to Hamish Banks (Corin Redgrave) in Scotland. He goes to a very expensive store to choose a gift and meets Carrie. They spend a few hours shopping for her wedding dress and having a drink in a pub where Carrie reveals that she has had 33 lovers. After they part, Charles rushes off to tell Carrie that he loves her, but stops short. Instead, he refers to the "words of David Cassidy" which is the song "I Think I Love You." Carrie is affected, but kisses him on the cheek and moves on.

The next wedding is the third in the film and is that of Carrie and Hamish in Scotland. It is here where Scarlett meets a tall Texan named Chester (Randall Paul) who fancies her. Gareth tells everyone to find spouses for themselves. We find out that Fiona has been in love with Charles since she has known him and she reveals this to the stunned Charles and a table mate. Tragedy strikes when Gareth dies suddenly, presumably of a heart attack, at the wedding.

Now is time for the funeral - that of Gareth. Matthew gives the eulogy, which is the poem "Funeral Blues" by WH Auden. Carrie attends the funeral and sees Charles. Charles and Tom end up talking and Tom says that he is not waiting for the lightening bolt to hit, he just wants to meet someone and settle down.

We then see an invitation for the fourth wedding, Charles and xxxx. The audience does not know that he will be marrying Henrietta, his slightly wacky ex-girlfriend who was at weddings 2 and 3. The friends get to the wedding where Tom meets his distant relative while seating the guests and feels "the thunderbolt." Carrie appears at the wedding and tells Charles that she is separated from Hamish and that their timing has been very bad. Charles does not know what to do - he loves Carrie but is now committed to marrying Henrietta (Anna Chancellor).

David, who now is very steady with the young lady who learned sign language is at the wedding along with Scarlet and Chester. When Charles stays in the back of the church and asks Tom to delay the wedding, David wants to know what is going on. He tells Charles that he has three choices - he can go on with the wedding or tell everyone that the wedding is off. He says he can't think of number three.

Charles stands with Henrietta to get married and when the priest asks for objections, David comes up with the third idea. He objects to the wedding. He asks Charles to translate for him and says that the groom loves someone else. When the priest asks if he does love someone else, Charles answers "I do" and gets punched in the eye by the bride. Chaos erupts at the church.

The next scene is in the home of Charles and Scarlett with all the friends present. Carrie comes to the door and Charles, in the rain and outside, finally starts to let some of his feelings out. He asks her if she will agree "not to marry him" for the rest of their lives. Carrie answers "I do."

The song "Going To The Chapel" is then played as we see Henrietta marry a member of the guard, Scarlett marry Chester, David marry his girlfriend, Tom marry the distant relative, Matthew with a new partner (Duncan Kenworthy), Fiona marrying Prince Charles, and Charles and Carrie with their son, presumably not married.

Inspiration for the film came when writer Richard Curtis was flipping through some old diaries and realized that he had been to 72 weddings in 10 years.
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Hugh Grant had to learn British Sign Language for his scenes with his brother, played by deaf actor David Bower.
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For his audition, Hugh Grant played a tape of when he was best man at his brother's wedding.
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Backstories are given in a deleted scene. Charles, Matthew and Fiona were at university together, and Gareth was a lecturer. Scarlett was found under Charles' kitchen table after a party and has lived there ever since.
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Andie MacDowell waived a fee for appearing in the film, taking percentage points instead. This netted her an eventual $2 million, compared with Hugh Grant's salary of $100,000.
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For several years after its release the film was the highest-grossing British film in cinema history, with worldwide box office in excess of $260 million. (It has since lost that position.)
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Kristin Scott Thomas dubbed her own voice for the French version.
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The first British film to win a Cesar - the French equivalent of the Oscar. It won for Best Foreign Film and Best Original Screenplay.
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Filming lasted only an approximate 35 days.
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Rowan Atkinson's favorite film of his own.
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The budget for the film was so small that the Scottish wedding wasn't filmed in Scotland, and the extras in the wedding scenes had to bring their own suits.
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The character of Carrie was voted one of the most annoying film characters of all time in a British online poll.
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The poem read in the funeral is called "Funeral Blues" by W.H. Auden.
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While making the film, Hugh Grant thought the movie was awful.
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Jeanne Tripplehorn was originally cast in the role of Carrie. However, the sudden death of her mother shortly before shooting was due to begin led her to leave the production and Andie MacDowell was cast instead.
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The first British film since A Fish Called Wanda (1988) to top the US box office charts.
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At one point, Alan Rickman was being considered for the role of Charles. Richard Curtis fought for him, but in the end it was decided he was too old for the part.
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Alan Cumming makes a brief appearance in the funeral scene.
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Marisa Tomei turned down the role of Carrie, explaining, "My grandfather was sick at the time, and I didn't want to leave [New York]. I'm sure it would have been fine with him, but I felt like I didn't want to go anywhere." In a 2007 interview, Tomei also said that she will "always regret" having turned it down.
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The first of (as of 2014) five films written by Richard Curtis and starring or co-starring Hugh Grant; the other four are Notting Hill (1999), Bridget Jones's Diary (2001), Love Actually (2003), and Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (2004). All five collaborations are romantic comedies. Roger Mitchell (director of "Notting Hill") has said, "Hugh does Richard better than anyone else, and Richard writes Hugh better than anyone else," and that Grant is "one of the only actors who can speak Richard's lines perfectly."
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Originally scheduled to be filmed one or two years earlier, but was held back. When it finally got the green light, PolyGram cut the original budget of eight million dollars to six million.
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A Chinese-subtitled version of the film labeled Rowan Atkinson's character as Mr. Bean (1990) (or "Silly Bean" as he's known in China), though the characters are very different from each other.
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Subsequently in Love Actually (2003), also written by Richard Curtis, the song Love Is All Around is again featured quite predominately in the plot with Billie Mack covering the song but with a Christmas theme to make Billie Mack's big comeback.
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Before composing his score, composer Richard Rodney Bennett fell asleep in the middle of his first viewing of the film.
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Michael Sheen was considered for the role of Father Gerald, since the producers were worried about the part being a mere cameo and thus too small a role for Rowan Atkinson.
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Originally there was a scene in which Carrie lifts the veil of the dress she is trying on and sees Charles. It was cut after previews, as this practice is considered unlucky.
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When star Hugh Grant (and then partner Elizabeth Hurley) showed up at the London premiere of this movie, Hurley's seductive Gianni Versace outfit drew most of the media attention away from Grant, much to his obvious chagrin.
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The 'F' word is said 28 times in the film.
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Hugh Grant and Kristin Scott Thomas previously appeared in Bitter Moon (1992) and in both movies Kristin plays a character named Fiona.
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Gareth is jokingly convincing an American wedding guest that he knows Oscar Wilde, who died in 1900.
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Many of the extras were recruited by Amber Rudd, who is described in the credits as "Aristocracy Co-ordinator" - among the background actors in attendance were Lords Burlington and Woolton.
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Melanie Griffith and Brooke Shields both turned down the role of Carrie.
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Most of Jeremy Kemp's role was deleted.
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Last cinema film of Rosalie Crutchley.
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The Mini used in the film was the same MINI (or same registration) as the identical one in the Mr. Bean episode 'Back to School Mr. Bean' but in a different paint scheme
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Rupert Graves was considered for the role of Charles.
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In the Making Of documentary, Hugh Grant claims he was paid just £15k to make the film.
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David Haig and Anna Chancellor, playing the characters Bernard and Henrietta, later appeared together as man and wife (Major and Mrs. Horton) in 2008's Agatha Christie's Marple: Murder Is Easy (2008).
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The only Best Picture Oscar nominee that year not to be nominated in any of the acting categories.
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Phoebe Cates was offered the role of Carrie. She suggested Tim Roth for Charles.
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Rowan Atkinson and Kristin Scott Thomas later appeared as husband and wife in Keeping Mum (2005) with Maggie Smith.
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Included among the "1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die", edited by Steven Schneider.
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The Troggs' version of "Love Is All Around" appears during the first wedding reception, filmed in Hertfordshire. The song figures heavily in Richard Curtis' subsequent film Love Actually.
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In the opening scene, the 'F' word is used 13 times and is said by Charles and Scarlett.
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Rowan Atkinson and David Haig would team up a year later to do the Britcom, The Thin Blue Line (1995).
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Sarah Jessica Parker auditioned for the role of Carrie. She later famously played another Carrie in Sex and the City (1998).
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Over 70 actors auditioned before they found Hugh Grant.
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Alternative titles for the film were: True Love and Near Misses, Loitering in Sacred Places, Rolling in the Aisles, and Skulking Around.
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Nicola Walker (Frightful Folk Duo - Wedding One) & James Fleet (Tom - Wedding One) also worked together on Unforgotten (2015) as DCI Cassie Stuart & Chris Lowe respectively.
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Griff Rhys Jones was considered for the role of Charles, before Hugh Grant was cast.
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Based on the screen shots of wedding invitations and fonts showing time progression, the timeline is as follows: May - Wedding #1 (Angus & Laura) August - Wedding #2 (Bernard & Lydia) October - Wedding #3 (Carrie & Hamish) October - Gareth's funeral August - Wedding #4 (Charlie & Henrietta)
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Lorus alarm clocks like the one Charles has don't ring but beep.
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The alarm clock rings at 9:15 but its face shows it is set to 9:45.
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When Charles in the last rain scene asks Carrie a series of convoluted questions, his lips do not match his words.
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In the final scene, Charles instantaneously goes from dry to totally soaked in the rain.
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During the second wedding when Charles finds himself trapped in the room with the bride and groom, he is crossing the room, the lights are turned on you the door to his right is open. The next scene shows him reaching toward it and it is closed.
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The buttons on Charles's shirt when he and Carrie are running to meet David on the outdoor plaza.
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The catalogue that Charles holds while shopping for Carrie's wedding.
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At the first wedding Fiona, Gareth, Matthew and Scarlet are seen walking toward the house for the reception along a gravel driveway. Fiona complains that she never knows what to say in the line up. In the next shot, as Gareth responds to her, they are suddenly walking across a lawn rather than a driveway, and Scarlet is several steps behind the others.
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At the second wedding, Charles and Scarlet are depicted as sprinting to the church from their house. They live in Highbury and the church in the EC2 area of London - a distance of almost three miles which - whilst not impossible - is improbable.
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At the second wedding, Angus and Laura, the couple married in the first wedding, are nowhere to be seen and their absence is not explained. Given that the bride at the second wedding (Lydia) was a bridesmaid at their wedding, it would be reasonable to expect to see them in attendance.
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The image of Prince Charles is reversed. His medals are shown on his right side, however medals are always worn on the left.
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After Gareth's funeral, Tom and Charles are looking out at the ocean and crashing waves can be heard. However, if you look closely at the water, it never moves.
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In the final wedding, Henrietta comes down the aisle to "The Wedding March" rather than "Here Comes The Bride". The Wedding March should be played only at the end of the ceremony.
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