It's been a while since I saw people dress up for a movie, it might have even been as far back as the last Star Wars film. A number of women at the viewing I went to, one of the first in our area, were dressed up in bridesmaids outfits and wedding dresses (check out the Facebook page for examples). It's also been a long time since I left a cinema screen and walked out into the car park where people are still full blown laughing - such was the level of overall comedy and sheer number of jokes.
Let me start my saying that Bridesmaids is, in parts, an exceptionally funny movie. Before I saw it someone explained it to me as 'Better than The Hangover 2' which I think it definitely lives up to. It's a female slant on a male movie, much like Bad Teacher it applies some tried-and-tested male scenarios with a female dynamic.
Lillian (Maya Rudolph) picks Annie (Kristen Wiig) to be her maid of honor who has the task of organising the rituals of pre wedding organisation. Annie is a broke, disorganised and inexperienced, not the best qualities in this type of role. Unfortunately for Annie, Lillian has a new friend, Helen (Rose Byrne) who is beautiful, successful, popular and is married to a wealthy businessman.
Annie and Lillian battle it out in the movie and the contrast in values, standards and lifestyles in addition to the constant upstaging leads to some hilarious and at time cringe worthy scenes. Bridesmaids isn’t a move that is afraid to test the boundaries of this type of comedy, it really goes for it in a fully blown, taking a shit in the middle of a busy street kind of way.
Matt Lucas makes a few appearances as Annie’s housemate, but unfortunately his potential isn’t exercised and he adds little to the comedy, which is more a mark of how good it is elsewhere in the film than of Lucas' skill as a comedian.
While Bridesmaids is mostly genuinely funny and original comedy, there is a love interest that makes it tick the inevitable ‘chick-flick’ box involving a local cop played by Chris O'Dowd, who brings a charming and loveable spark to the story and provides some fantastic comedic situations of his own.
My first rating out of 10 puts this at quite a lofty 7/10 mostly for it’s originality based on a modern theme but it goes and extra point for the audience reaction and participation.
Bridesmaids: 7/10
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