Yvonne Wilder Movies

In the conclusion of a two-part story, everybody has gathered together for Jesse's wedding--everybody, that is, except Jesse (John Stamos). Having decided to take one last fling before tying the knot with Becky (Lisa Loughlin), Jesse had gone skydiving, and as a result is now stuck in a rural jail. Upon learning of her future husband's fate, Becky rushes off to bail him out--and now we face the prospect of a wedding ceremony minus both bride and groom. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

San Francisco is blanketed in a heavy fog, stranding the members of the Tanner household with Jesse's parents Irene (Yvonne Wilder) and Nick (Jon Aprea), and DJ's friend Kimmy (Andrea Barber). Even before the fog rolls in, tensions are at the snapping point in the house, thanks to an uncharacteristic display of temper from Jesse (John Stamos) when he catches DJ (Candace Cameron) and Kimmy fooling around with his recording equipment. And when Jesse attempts to make up for his angry outburst, things just go from bad to worse. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

To find out why DJ (Candace Cameron) is failing Spanish, Danny (Bob Saget) pays a visit to his daughter's teacher, "Senorita" Linda Mosley (Lydia Cornell). What starts as a simple parent-teacher conference ends with an unexpected burst of passion as the smitten Senorita Mosley plants a kiss on Danny--an event that the whole school is soon buzzing about, to DJ's utter mortification. Meanwhile, Joey (David Coulier) and Jesse (John Stamos) groom Michelle (played by the Olsen twins) to star as a talking marshmallow in a TV commercial. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Having flown to Denver for a Yuletide family reunion, the Tanners are stranded in an airport waiting room by bad weather. This proves to be an unpleasant experience for most of the family members, and a particularly traumatic one for Stephanie (Jodie Sweetin). After all, it's only a few hours before Christmas, and Stephanie is terrified that Santa Claus won't be able to find her. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

For the first (and thus far the only) time in his career, Chevy Chase plays a genuinely sympathetic character in Neil Simon's Seems Like Old Times. This time around, Chase is a divorced novelist who is abducted by crooks and set up as the fall guy in a bank robbery. Arrested, Chase manages to escape and to make his way to the home of ex-wife Goldie Hawn, now a highly respected liberal defense attorney. Chase's unexpected arrival coincides with an important dinner party on behalf of Goldie's current husband, district attorney Charles Grodin. At first making every effort to give Chase the boot, Hawn, ever the champion of the underdog finally decides to help him out of his dilemma--much to the discomfort of her politically ambitious husband. Wisely, Grodin does not play his character as an unpleasant stuffed shirt; he is as likeable as Chase and Hawn, giving the farcical plot convolutions a tinge of reality. We care about the people involved, thus the laughs spring as much from characterization as they do from the situation. If only Seems Like Old Times didn't have that lame-brained final close up..... ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Portrait of a Rebel: The Remarkable Mrs. Sanger was written by Blanche Hanalis, a specialist in turning out quality teleplays with a feminist slant. Bonnie Franklin stars as pioneering birth-control advocate Margaret Sanger, who in the early part of the 20th century conducted a 25-year battle to have her views legitimized by the puritanical, male-dominated medical establishment. The film covers the years 1912 through 1917, starting with Sanger's work as a New York City public health nurse. Appalled by the deaths brought about by self-induced abortions, Sanger campaigns to enlighten uneducated "lower-class" women in the proper methods of birth control, eventually opening her own clinic. Her efforts are rewarded with public scorn, attacks from various censorship advocates (her informational pamphlets are deemed "pornographic") and frequent jail terms. In order to spice up an already fascinating story, the film places undue emphasis on the brief romance between Ms. Sanger and British sexual-liberation guru Havelock Ellis (Richard Johnson). Portrait of A Rebel might make a piquant double feature with the 1995 cable-TV Margaret Sanger biopic, which starred Dana Delany. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Older brother Chubby (Paul Sorvino) is a combative, booze-swilling, rough-edged construction worker, following in the footsteps of his brother Tommy (Tony Lo Bianco). Macho in the extreme, these fellows have no time for the sensitive moral quandaries which are at the heart of the two younger brothers' lives. Stony (Richard Gere), has worked with his father in the construction business, but longs to work with children. Albert (Michael Hershewe), the youngest, is a sensitive lad, the butt of his father and oldest brother's rough manner, and is constantly being harassed by his stressed-out mother (Lelia Goldoni). After a few attempts to communicate with his insensitive older brother and his parents, Stony must decide for himself if the rejection he will experience from his family on leaving the construction business is worth it; and if it is, what can be done to protect his younger brother from the rest of the family? ~ Clarke Fountain, All Movie Guide

Silent Movie is just that: a totally nonverbal comedy, save for one single line. Director Mel Brooks stars as a once-famous comedy director, who with his faithful assistants Dom DeLuise and Marty Feldman return to Hollywood with plans for a comeback. Brooks wants to return to the good old days by producing a silent movie (he explains this via subtitle). Producer Sid Caesar is agreeable, provided Brooks can line up top stars. In a series of vignettes better seen than described, Brooks persuades Burt Reynolds, Liza Minelli, Paul Newman, James Caan and Anne Bancroft (Brooks' real-life wife) to star in his project. The only holdout is mime Marcel Marceau, who after a few moments of walking against the wind shouts the film's solitary line: "No!" Meanwhile, the crooked executives of the Engulf and Devour conglomerate want to take over Caesar's studio and are worried that Brooks' film might be so huge a hit that Caesar won't be interested in selling. To prevent this, the conglomerate dispatches sexy Bernadette Peters to lure Brooks into drink and ruination. The film's climax is lifted from the 1943 Olsen and Johnson film Crazy House). Featured in brief comic cameos are Harry Ritz as the man with half a suit, Charlie Callas as the blind man, Dom DeLuise's wife, Carol Arthur, as the incredibly pregnant woman, Fritz Feld as the headwaiter (whose trademarked "Pop" is conveyed on a subtitle) and Henny Youngman as the diner with a fly in his soup. Co-writers Ron Clark, Rudy DeLuca and Barry Levinson also show up on screen as three of the Engulf & Devour minions. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

En route to Sacramento where Shirley (Shirley Jones) is to receive the Mother of the Year award, the Partridges encounter all manner of irksome delays and inconveniences, culminating with Shirley receiving a speeding ticket in a jerkwater town. Determined to fight the ticket in court, Shirley cross wits with corrupt, money-hungry Judge McElwreath (played by former Petticoat Junctionstar Edgar Buchanan). The duplicitous judge is finally foiled when it dawns on him that most of the voters in town are mothers...just like Shirley! Song: "As Long As There's You". ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Lonely vampire Count Yorga and his bloodthirsty cohorts begin living in a ramshackle mansion located near an orphanage. This slightly fang-in-cheek horror film chronicles what happens when the Count falls in love with a toothsome young woman and tries to make her his bride. Fortunately for her, her boy friend has other ideas. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide