Betsy's Wedding

Betsy's Wedding

The wedding picture doesn't always tell the real story.

R 1990 · 94 min · ★ 5.7 · Comedy, Romance

Offbeat fashion student Betsy Hopper and her straight-laced investment-banker fiancé Jake Lovell just want an intimate little wedding reception, but Betsy's father Eddie, a Long Island construction contractor, feels so threatened by Jake's rich WASP parents that he blows the ceremony up into a bank-breaking showpiece, sending his wife Lola into a financial panic.

Directed by Alan Alda · Written by Alan Alda

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