The Harts Are Back: The Wedding Singer 2 (2025) is a charming, laugh-out-loud, and surprisingly emotional sequel that brings Robbie Hart (Adam Sandler) and Julia Sullivan-Hart (Drew Barrymore) back to the big screen for a new chapter of love, music, and marital mayhem—this time with wedding bells ringing for someone else.
Set in the early 2000s, the story picks up nearly two decades after Robbie and Julia’s own whirlwind romance. Now happily married and living in suburban New Jersey with two kids and a garage-turned-recording studio, Robbie is a part-time wedding singer, part-time music teacher, and full-time nostalgic. Julia works as an event planner, balancing PTA meetings with client meltdowns. Though still very much in love, they’ve settled into routine—and maybe just a little bit of a creative rut.
That changes when Holly (Christine Taylor), Julia’s cousin, announces a surprise engagement to a charming but much younger British tech entrepreneur. She begs Robbie and Julia to help plan a destination wedding in Las Vegas, where Robbie is asked to perform—and where chaos, jealousy, and bad fashion choices await.
Things go sideways fast. The wedding is being co-planned by an over-the-top influencer (played by a scene-stealing new cast member), and the groom’s family turns out to be a corporate nightmare obsessed with turning the wedding into a branding opportunity. Meanwhile, Robbie gets pulled into a nostalgia-fueled musical showcase with a band of retired ‘80s performers (cue plenty of hilarious cameos), threatening his confidence and marriage when a record label suddenly shows interest.
The heart of the film lies in Robbie and Julia confronting what happens after the fairy tale—dealing with doubt, aging, unmet creative dreams, and the temptation to chase the past. Through it all, they rediscover what made them fall in love in the first place—not the big moments, but the quiet, ridiculous, and sincere ones in between.
With a killer early 2000s soundtrack, outrageous wedding shenanigans, and a tearjerker of a finale involving a surprise song written for Julia (and yes, a plane may be involved again), The Harts Are Back: The Wedding Singer 2 is a nostalgic, feel-good love letter to growing old with the person you grew up loving.
It’s not just a romantic comedy—it’s a reminder that happily ever after doesn’t end at “I do”… it just gets louder, weirder, and more fun when you’re dancing through it together.
