Family Video Diaries: Daughter of the Bride

Recently, I found a VHS copy I had recorded in 1997 from HBO of this forgotten gem. Before I re-watched it, I didn't really remember much about it, or why I had recorded it. Seeing it again, I have to say it holds up as a solid docu, and is worthy of the award nominations it received. It covers a lot of emotional ground in just 30 minutes. It's personal, powerful and ultimately funny and enjoyable to watch.

BRIEFLY, it is about Pearl Randall, a 66-year-old widow, who announces that she is planning to remarry, but her three grown children express conflicting emotions. Daughter Terri captures on tape the family's attempts to come to grips with Pearl's new romance.