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When Jane (Debbie Reynolds) tells her parents that she is getting married to Ralph Halloran (Rod Taylor), her mother, Agnes (Bette Davis), starts planning an elaborate wedding, even though Jane ...
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The tragedy got lost somewhere in Richard Brooks's crushingly blunt direction. Full Review | Jan 1, 2000. Rotten Tomatoes, home of the Tomatometer, is the most trusted measurement of quality...
The Catered Affair: Directed by Richard Brooks. With Bette Davis, Ernest Borgnine, Debbie Reynolds, Barry Fitzgerald. When Jane Hurley tells her parents Tom (a struggling cab driver) and Agnes (a domestic engineer) that she is marrying Ralph Halloran, Agnes starts planning a big wedding, even though Jane and Ralph don't want it and Tom cannot ...
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- Comedy, Drama, Romance
- Richard Brooks
- 1956-06-22
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- Jeffrey Reiner
- TV-MA
- Dominic West
Critics' reviews were largely negative, with the film holding a 17% rating on Rotten Tomatoes. [6] New York Times critic Bosley Crowther compared the film unfavorably to Marty and said the film lacked "compassion or appeal."
The Catered Affair is about a young Irish couple getting married and the effect a big wedding is having on the family finances and structure. Ernest Borgnine switches quite easily from working class Bronx Italian to working class Bronx Irish.
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Brief Synopsis: The wife (Davis) of a Bronx taxi driver (Ernest Borgnine) wants her daughter (Debbie Reynolds) to be married in style, but the catered affair they plan is more than the family can afford.