One Red Nose and a Wedding (2019 TV Short) User Reviews

Not Bad for a Quick Wedding

[kmcelhaney005 · 7/10 · 28 March 2019]

We catch up to most of the "Four Weddings and a Funeral" characters in this nostalgic short. The wedding of Charles & Carrie's daughter to the daughter of Fiona may be done for politically correct reasons, but it's still great to see the old cast, even David (David Bower) who has not been on-screen in a while.

The jokes are mostly culled from the movie, so they are mostly hit or miss. Still, it was delightful to see Tom (James Fleet) get to do one of Charles' best bits from the film.

I didn't expect a laugh riot, so this short given it's limited production time is pretty much what I expected. Even if the Richard Curtis and Mike Newell return to their respective roles of writer and director.

One bit of disappointment is that Simon Callow does not make an appearance. Sure, Garreth died in the original film, but this type of short should've allowed for the actor to return even in another role. Oh well. It's still enjoyable, if not quite hilarious fun.

Pointless, but undeniably sweet

[r96sk · 7/10 · 26 January 2021]

Pointless, but undeniably sweet.

It's cool to see the majority of the faces from the 1994 original return for this 'One Red Nose Day and a Wedding' short, especially Hugh Grant and Rowan Atkinson. Lily James, meanwhile, makes for a nice addition. There are a few decent callbacks in there, also.

A quick and entertaining look into the future of the FW&AF gang

[theromcomcatalog · 7/10 · 6 January 2022]

Written by Richard Curtis and with a runtime of only twelve minutes, we're invited to the wedding of Miranda (Lily James), who is the daughter of Charles (Hugh Grant) and Carrie (Andie McDowell), to Faith (Alicia Vikander), daughter of Charles's best friend and one time admirer, Fiona (Kristin Scott Thomas). Written and filmed for Comic Relief's Red Nose Day, which took place on March 15th of this year, we get a quick glimpse into where the characters from Four Weddings and a Funeral are today. (Beware of potential spoilers below I guess?)

Charles and Carrie have never wed, but they've been together since that kiss in the rain (there is also a different take on Carrie's famous "Is it raining? I hadn't noticed." line). Fiona doesn't mention who Faith's father is, so I'm going to go ahead and assume it's Prince Charles since they apparently were married at the end of FWAAF.

Matthew (John Hannah) is married and Lydia (Sophie Thompson) and Bernard (David Haig) are still adorable and have a handful of children. There are a few other brief cameos from the surviving cast (RIP Charlotte Coleman). I was not an overly huge fan of Four Weddings and a Funeral, but this was a cute, progressive "sequel" to the film. Lily James and Alicia Vikander are both beautiful brides and Rowan Atkinson delivers the only laughs as the bumbling priest who has clearly not presided over many LGBTQ weddings. I sort of wish this had been made into a feature-length film, maybe in the vein of Father of the Bride. Hugh Grant is aging gracefully and I miss seeing him in romantic comedies.

One Red Nose and a Wedding is worth a quick watch and be sure to donate to the Comic Relief fund!

Red Nose Day follows up on another very famous film

[Horst_In_Translation · 6/10 · 1 April 2019]

"One Red Nose Day and a Wedding" is the official sequel to "Four Weddings and a Funeral". This was made for Red Nose Day 2019 and I think 2 years ago the yfollowed up on "Love Actually" and this year on the occasion of its 25th anniversary, it's time for a fifth wedding. They got Oscar nominee Richard Curtis, the original writer, back for that and, on a side-note he also wrote LA. And Mike newell directs again too. This one runs for under 15 minutes and you can split it into two parts basically. The first is the wedding and the second is a speech by Hugh Grant('s character) and of course they got many key players back from Four Weddings. Fittingly into the days of political correctness, they initiated a same-sex wedding here and the two women atg the altar are played by Lily James and Oscar winner Alicia Vikander, both certainly very stunning. The priest in charge is Rowan Atkinson, yep. Sadly this is not as funny overall as when he was in the audience of a funeral, another RND production from a while ago I think. But his clumsiness with two women in front of him was still enjoyable. And him being called a clown before the ceremony even begins was hilarious too. I must say I (still) haven't seen 4WaaF, but even if this short here was fine, I also did not get too curious to watch it immediately. Maybe I'll get the chance at some point on the big screen. I like Grant more and more I must say the older he gets despite not really being a huge fan in his younger years. In his recent film next to meryl Streep, he was marvellous and I hope he finally gets an Oscar nomination at some point now being close to 60. How time flies. Overall, this was a good little movie. Also some great song selections here, not only because of the wonderful Sam Smith's inclusion. Go check it out. If you have seen and loved the original, this one here is basically a must-see I suppose.

Well Done!!!

[jfhester67 · 10/10 · 29 April 2022]

It was wonderful to see nearly the entire cast of Four Weddings and a Funeral back together again. The only thing that would have made this perfect was finding a way to work in Simon Callow.

Love is all around..... again

[Prismark10 · 4/10 · 18 March 2019]

25 years after the release of Four Weddings and a Funeral. Here is the underwhelming mini sequel for Comic Relief.

Charles (Hugh Grant) is getting ready for his daughter Miranda's (Lily James) wedding to best friend and daughter of Fiona (Kristin Scott Thomas), Faith (Alicia Vikander.)

Father Gerald (Rowan Atkinson) is inarticulately presiding his first same sex wedding. A lot of the characters from the first film make appearances with an acknowledgement to two characters that passed on. Even a very bad singer returns from the first movie, this time with Sam Smith.

This should had been a nostalgic frothy fun short. The characters are older and greyer, Carrie (Andie MacDowell) revisits her infamous line of not noticing it was raining with a twist. It was less of surprise that it would be a same sex wedding. However the whole thing was 'look we got most of the cast back together again for Comic Relief.' It had nostalgia but I did not feel the love.

What? No funeral?!

[studioAT · 4/10 · 22 December 2019]

After Richard Curtis created a mini sequel of 'Love Actually' a couple of years ago it was only a matter of time before he repeated the trick with one of his other films.

So, here we go, a mini 'Four Weddings' sequel, that again, isn't that bad.

I liked all involved, I thought they gave good performances, and to see Hugh Grant acting out Richard Curtis' words is always a joy.

I look forward to the inevitable 'Notting Hill' mini sequel that's sure to follow in two years time.

Dreadful.

[Aroura64 · 3/10 · 17 March 2019]

I was never a fan of the film Four weddings and a funeral, to me it is an overated film. But after watching the 2019 comic relief sketch, I have gained a little appreciation fo the original. I won't spoil the plot, for those who have not seen the sketch, but be prepared to cringe and squirm in your chair at the politcally correct twist. Apart from anything else, the sketch was just not funny. The only positive aspect of the production came later on in the sketch, when they made references to Charlotte Coleman's character Scarlet. Never try to recapture the past, it rarely works out. This sketch is living proof of that.