Son of the Bride

Starring:Norma Aleandro, HÃ©ctor Alterio, FabiÃ¡n Arenillas, Giorgio Bellora, Eduardo Blanco, MÃ³nica Cabrera, Ricardo DarÃn, Claudia FontÃ¡n, RubÃ©n Green, Walter Mackenzie, David Masajnik, Gimena NÃ³bile, Miguel Padilla (II), Salo Pasik, Atilio Pozzobon, Humberto Serrano, Victoria Troncoso, Natalia Verbeke, MÃ³nica Virgilito
Studio: Sony Pictures
Product Type: DVD

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Feature titles include: The Bride of Frankenstein, Frankenstein, The Ghost of Frankenstein, House of Frankenstein, Son of Frankenstein

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Lovingly executed collection of Frankenstein flicks..........2004-05-22

Beautifully done collection of the classic Universal FRANKENSTEIN films. Of course the first two are the best--still chilling and mesmerizing; the subsequent sequels, however, are best only for inducing nostalgic memories of Saturday matinees gone by... Even, so Universal's done a terrific job of collecting and packaging the franchise.

The bonus features are good, too, although the blatant tie-in with the new VAN HELSING movie is borderline obnoxious and can only be forgiven because of Stephen Somers's on eloquent infatuation with the original films.

Definitely a keeper!

Who could ask for more!!!!.......2004-05-16

I can't believe it. For twenty dollars you get five of the classic Universal Frankenstein films! The original, the Bride sequel, the Son of, the Ghost of, and the House of. This is the Boris Karloff collection, but he does not appear in 'Ghost of Frankenstein', the monster is portrayed by The Wolfman himself, Lon Cheney. Also House of Frankenstein is awesome becouse Boris is the mad scientist that succumbs to the monster. As if you need anything else, Bela Lugosi plays Igor in Son and Ghost. These are the classics that we all searched for for years. Now they are all together in an awesome package.

Great price, great movies, and awesome extras. Hear from Boris' Daughter, film historians, and even Clive.

He loves dead, hates living.......2004-05-16

Frankenstein's Monster is probably one of the most misunderstood monster in horror film's history. Wasn't his choice, the Monster was made to be alive. He speaked for himself, "I love dead, I hate living." The Monster wasn't that bad at all, he's just like the Elephant Man, quite sympathetic.

The DVD contains 2 disc (1 single sided and 1 double sided) with 5 classic horror films: four sequels of Frankenstein, and one another film called House of Frankenstein. It comes with quite lots of special features like original theatrical trailers, documentary feature, commentary audio track, original poster and photo galleries, English closed captioned, and other substitles, etc. Surprisingly, both picture and audio quality are quite good & clear. Obviously, they are newly remastered for better clarity.

It also includes an exclusive behind-the-scenes look at how these original Frankenstein films inspired director Stephen Sommers on his new movie Van Helsing. I don't feel it's an inspiration, I think Stephen Sommers wants to reuse couple classic scenes to show some authenticity of Frankenstein's monster in his new movie. But it seems it's trying to promote his new movie Van Helsing. Besides that, the true & serious fans of Frankenstein should find this DVD as their MUST-HAVE collectible item.

Frank and Bride make it worth it but not for an upgrade.......2004-05-09

I haven't seen these films since I was a kid. Out of nostalgia sake I picked up this Frankenstein set and was quite pleased. I had forgotten how good Frankenstein was and in particular, how great Bride of Frankenstein was. Those two films alone, make this set a good purchase. In my opinion, the other 3 films are garbage and barely worth a viewing. All of the films and most of the supplemental material on this version have been previously released. If you already own Frankenstein and Bride, I can't see this set being worth your upgrade just to get the other 3, barely passable films. But if you do not own those two, this set makes for a good collection.
The Van Helsing movie looks especially bad to me, and seems like a poor attempt to capitalize on the past legacy of these characters. Stick to the originals.

Now I know what it feels like to own Frankenstein!.......2004-05-03

I missed buying Frankenstein (1931) when it was out 4 years ago and have been kicking myself ever since. Its been selling for $30 or more on ebay and then you're sometimes buying a Brazillian edition(!!!).--

I enjoyed finally seeing the original (twice) and then watching it with the commentary turned on.

I then watched Bride the same way. (okay so I'm a DVD nerd).

This set was a bargain. While I think the first 3 Frankenstein films are REAL Classics I prefer Son of Frankenstein just a tad over the other two for personal reasons.
"Son of Frankenstein" has glaring continuty flaws if one has just viewed the first two movies.
Why is the village that is home to The Family Frankenstein now known 25 years later as the village of Frankenstein rather than the village of Gestadt as in the first two? [There was a signpost which established this in the first movie]

The lab was in an old watchtower (very much destroyed) not next door to the castle.
and so on and so on....

But Basil Rathbone's "Wolf" (Wolfgang von Frankenstein--notice the 'von' has been added) and the character of Inspector Krogh are superb.
Karloff's monster is actually better I think now that he is mute again. [Karloff always belived that the monster having speech in "Bride" was a mistake"].
Lugosi's Ygor is a true villain. He also set the benchmark for Mad Scientist Sidekicks that lives today. [Well you don't see a Mad Scientist's sidekick called Frtiz or Karl!]

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This magnificent Argentinean film centers on Rafael (Ricardo Darín), a restaurateur whose life is becoming a knot of stress and failing relationships. When his father, Nino (Héctor Alterio), decides that after 44 years of marriage he wants to give his wife, Norma (Norma Aleandro), the church wedding she always wanted, Rafael scoffs; Norma has advanced Alzheimer's and doesn't recognize where she is or who's around her. After Rafael has a heart attack, he realizes he has to change his life--but when he makes changes, he discovers how much of his life he'd been taking for granted, and that he may have cast aside the very things he seeks. Son of the Bride is smartly and richly written, directed with generosity and precision, and full of astonishingly full performances. The story's full of clever touches, but it never lets cleverness overwhelm humanity. Simply a superb movie. --Bret Fetzer

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A touching yet comedic look at self discovery Argentina-style.......2007-02-14

SON OF THE BRIDE is a truly original take on the middle aged crisis of Rafael Belvedere.Though he has made a huge success of himself in the business world by rescuing his parents' declining restaurant,his life has been characterized by seeming failures in his relationships to his parents( a couple who lovingly have lasted 44 years!), to his ex-wife,daughter,childhood chums,his present love interest and most particularly his mother,who is in the final stages of Alzheimer's disease.A heart attack and 15 days in the ICU starts Rafael on a journey to self dicovery about himself and what is most important in life.This is definitely a touching and yet quite comedic process that Rafael endures to reach his epiphany.(THIS IS BY NO MEANS A SYRUPY-EVERYTHING COMES OUT ROSEY HALLMARK FILM!!!!)His biggest hurdle seems to be the way he SEEMS TO THINK that his mother used to think about him-that he was a loser,lazy,unfocused and a failure.It is through watching the drama with his mother's disease that helps him to come to his revelatory moment.
This is a jammed packed script heavy with much dialogue and extremely well-framed and well-developed characters.All 124 minutes are used wisely (even almost too much so!)to tie together all of the chararacters and plots and subplots to a very satisfying conclusion.This film is about MANY things, and yet it is about one thing....learning to accept oneself.
FILMS LIKE THIS ARE EXTREMELY RARE and it is easy to see how it received an Academy Award nod as Best Foreign Film of 2001.EVERYTHING about this film,the acting,the screenplay,the music is totally FIRST RATE.Also, the SUBTITLES ARE IN YELLOW which is tremendous because they stand out.I actually forgot I was reading them because this film is THAT good.
For those interested in companion films with similar themes, I strongly suggest A SONG FOR MARTIN (NORWAY),IRIS (ENGLAND), THE FORGETTING:PBS and AUTUMN SPRING (CZECH REPUBLIC).

All That Love.......2006-10-01

After watching "Son of the Bride" I found myself making comparisons to the movie "All that Jazz" which I had seen again recently. In both movies, we follow a middle-aged divorcee as he struggles in his stressful job, juggling his personal life around a young girl friend and his responsibilities to look after a young adolescent daughter. Chain-smoking as he struggles to maintain his focus, interacting out of necessity with his ex-wife, the stress builds itself up to a heart attack. It is from that point that the movies finish in different directions. While "All that Jazz" becomes a look, with regret, to the past, "Son of the Bride" becomes a look, with hope, to the future.

This movie turns out to be quite the comedy. We get a sense of comedy from the alzheimers-suffering mother who can swear like a sailor even when talking to a young child. However, after about the first two thirds of the movie, I found myself laughing out loud on several occassions. Part of the reason for that is how well the script and direction set up the characters and scenarios so well. As excellent as the humor is, the real smiles we get are for the endearing statement of love that the movies strongly delivers. In perhaps the signature scene of the film, our main character, Rafael, debates a Catholic priest over the "44 years of love" that his parents have achieved. The priest doesn't exactly disagree with the point but can't see beyond the rules and regulations that obscure the truth. There's another scene when Rafael's girl friend talks about what she was looking for in a relationship (and introduces us to Dick Watson) that further underscores the love of Rafael's parents. However, these and other scenes don't tell the story as well as the actors Hector Alterio and Norma Aleandro do themselves. The story culminates in a feel good finish that puts all the stress and chaos behind and gives us a bright future by showing us where true happiness comes from.

Human and .......2006-09-02

How easy is to put aside what give us life, how easy is to fall into "reality". This movie is about the importance of recovering what we've lost in the past for being "somebody". Our whole life can change in five seconds, but it seems that we always deny this fact. When watching this movie you'll remember that we are the products of a not-so-good social machinery. Highly recommended for those who love life.

Life is what you choose to make of it.......2005-12-23

Watching this movie, I couldn't help but cry. It is not hard to identify with Rafael, this guy who is so submerged in his the world of his business, that he doesn't have enough time to give to others around him (his mother/father, his girlfriend, his daughter from a marriage that also failed due to the same thing...) It's sad to realize how many of us fall in this category, where a business meeting can take precedence over those, more important things in one's life, but it happens. And Ricardo Darín (Marco from "Nine Queens") does a magnificent job at playing the part in this movie.

Equally odd are the turns our lives need to take for us to realize how fragile we are and how important it is for us not to fall pray of the machine that hounds us and surrounds us. Rafael had to suffer a stroke to "get it", and even then, he'd still struggle against some deeply rooted habits. His dad and the strength of the love he still had for his mom, after over 44 years of marriage and in spite of her ailment (suffering from Alzheimer's), inspires Rafael to overcome any leftover stupidity in his life and not let the important things be lost without a fight.

"Son of the Bride" is an inspiring story with splendid acting by the entire cast, that reminds you of the important things in life and that life itself is indeed what you choose to make of it.

The stuff that life is really made of..........2005-08-04

A wonderfully touching movie and great acting, too. Don't miss it.

El hijo de la novia (Son of the bride) [PAL/REGION 2 DVD. Import-Spain]

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El hijo de la novia (Son of the bride) [PAL/REGION 2 DVD. Import-Spain]
Director: Juan Jose Campanella
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Sanford and Son { Collector's Edition } "Crossed Swords" "Happy Birthday, Pop", "Here Comes the Bride, There Goes the Bride" "The Copper Caper"

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