Annie (Kristen Wiig) is the maid of honor of her best friend Lillian (Maya Rudolph) but among the others bridesmaids there is the incredibly perfect Helen (Rose Byrne) with whom she develop an incredible rivalry.
Ah, the Uber Chick Flick! You must understand that the ordinary chick flick in the Hollywood argot is simply the romantic comedy and anything that got romance in it while his opposite aimed at men are those with explosions and lewd humor. The obvious problem of this is that of course many men enjoy shedding a tear every now and then while many women enjoy the sound of explosives (who doesn’t?).
The Uber Chick Flick instead is aimed squarely at the gentler sex with little to no place for us. Bridesmaids even got a token male role (a funny Chris O’Dowd) which is the relative equivalent of the token female role of dozens of guy movies.
I always thought that being a bridesmaid (like all other wedding related stuff) must be a nightmare and this movie mines this surprisingly virgin concept for all that is worth. Of course I knew nothing about that stuff beforehand so watching the movie felt at time like watching a documentary on the discovery channel about the mating of lions but like all good movies this wasn’t a problem. The dialogue in particular is brilliant and is probably what attracted the female movie goers in such a huge number. It’s extremely well written, smart and funny with a couple of show stopping moments. It’s also typically feminine, it showed that this movie had to have an all female cast, with guys it simply wouldn’t be the same.
The story is fairly obvious in his unveiling with characters that are all a little bit stereotyped but a fair amount of funny moments makes this girlie movie a movie for everybody.
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