Father's Little Dividend

Father's Little Dividend (1951) is Vincente Minnelli's comedy sequel to Father of the Bride — watch it online on iFILM with Spencer Tracy, Elizabeth Taylor and Joan Bennett all back in their roles. The Banks family has had barely a year of peace since Stanley survived the wedding.

Now Kay drops a second bombshell: a baby is on the way. Everyone else is delighted. Stanley — the man who aged visibly through the engagement and ceremony — takes the prospect of grandfatherhood harder than anyone expected. The film is lighter and shorter than its predecessor, built almost entirely on Tracy's slow-burn exasperation, which he delivers here with the same perfectly timed reluctance that made the original such a pleasure. Watch Father's Little Dividend online on iFILM.