Academy Awards, USA 1951
| Nominated Oscar | Best Picture |
| Best Actor in a Leading Role Spencer Tracy | |
| Best Writing, Screenplay Frances Goodrich Albert Hackett |
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Directed by Vincente Minnelli
My rating: 2 stars out of 4
IMDb
(DVD, Warner Bros.)
When his teenage daughter Liz Taylor announces she is engaged, Spencer Tracy and his wife Joan Bennett are tasked with planning the wedding. Tracy becomes more and more disillusioned as his wife and daughter spend indiscriminately. The big day finally arrives and everything goes more or less as planned, including the reception in their small home. There is a brief nightmare sequence where Tracy tries to walk down the church aisle but sinks into the floor. Otherwise, it's all rather predictable and dated, not to mention not very funny.
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