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Preparing to hit the big three-o in style, Betoota Millennial Gloria Petal (29) popped on the ‘90s rom-com Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994) as it’s basically an instruction manual for people on the edge of 30.
Regarded as one of the best British films ever made, Four Weddings and a Funeral (often simplified as Four Weddings) is about a group of best friends attending the aforementioned events, which at no point involves any gay characters if you watch the film on a Middle Eastern airline like reporter Louis Burke first did.
The decade defining rom-com started the reluctant love affair between Hugh Grant and the world’s mums as well as sparking screenwriter Richard Curtis’ insatiable appetite for writing characters for Hugh Grant.
These days however, the film is best known as an extremely realistic guide to what life will be like when you turn 30 and everyone around you struggles to create a sense of achievement and recognition via an expensive commitment ceremony to their partner.
Also your unhealthy friend dies suddenly.
“It’s such a special time,” stated Gloria’s mother Whitney Petal (57) who herself was on the cusp of 30 when the film was released and often confuses the film’s plot with her own life.
“All your friends are getting married, you’re buying an outfit especially for each. Not the men of course, same suit for all five events, the lucky pricks.”
“The flowers, the church bells. Your hat blowing away as you’re rushing to the church but you’ve got no time to stop and get it! Aaah, those were the days.”
“If it wasn’t for the whole 4:1 funeral ratio it would be a really, really great thing.”
