Bridesmaids
BRIDESMAIDSÂ (15)
D: Paul Feig
Universal/Relativity (Judd Apatow, Clayton Townsend &
Barry Mendel)
USA 🇺🇸 2011
125 mins
ComedyÂ
W:Â Annie Mumolo & Kristen Wiig
DP: Robert Yeoman
Ed: William Kerr & Mike Sale
Mus: Michael Andrews
PD: Jefferson Sage
Cos: Leesa Evans
Kristen Wiig (Annie Walker), Maya Rudolph (Lillian
Donovan), Rose Byrne (Helen Harris III), Wendi McLendon-Covey (Rita), Ellie Kemper (Becca), Melissa McCarthy (Megan Price), Chris O'Dowd (Officer Nathan Rhodes)
From the cover of the DVD and the first five minutes I thought
I was going to absolutely detest this film but I actually thought it was rather good and some bits really did make me laugh out loud.
I
was expecting a cross between Sex & The City and The Hangover and I suppose that would be an easy way to describe it, but there's really more to it than that.
I
really liked Kristen Wiig's character and empathised with her a lot. Down on her luck with her best friends wedding looming, she finds her maid of honour position under threat by her best friends
richer, more vainglorious acquaintance and there's a bitchy battle between them as they try to usurp each other.
I
was actually genuinely impressed with how well this movie was written, especially with a cute little romance between Kristen Wiig & Chris O'Dowd. Â I also thought I was going to hate
Melissa McCarthy in this, she's rather like Zach Galifianakis' character in The Hangover, but the truth is she was very good. Â Nevertheless, this is definitely Wiig's movie. She's like a
young Meg Ryan.
A
refreshingly feel good rom-com for both women and men to have a chuckle at.
Unfortunately, the same group of actresses haven't quite made
a film of the same quality since, while the huge success went a little too much to the director's head.
7/10
