Just because you can, doesn't mean you should...
The Story:
Becky (Rebel Wilson) is getting married. Much to the dismay of her best friend Regan (Kirsten Dunst) who thought she would be going down the aisle first. Regan becomes the Maid of Honor and spends the next six months organizing the wedding. The movie mostly takes place at the night before the wedding when all of the bridesmaids are in town, including the girls other two friends, Gena and Katie (Lizzy Caplan and Isla Fisher). The three insult Becky by mistake, destroy her dress, and then spend a wild night of drugs, alcohol and stupidity trying to fix everything in time for the wedding the next morning.
Man, with friends like that...
First, the school of thought was, if the guys can have a raunchy rated R comedy, why can't girls?
Thus, we were blessed to receive Bridesmaids, which was amusing, but not hilariously funny.
Though when put in comparison to this film, it was downright hysterical.
Nope, apparently Leslye Headland who wrote it, directed it, and based it off a play, thought her stuff was funny with a capital F.
Having ladies spew obscenities, walk around getting wasted and having sex with anyone they please isn't funny.
And to be fair, it's not funny when guys do it either.
Unless...
The dialogue is off-the-wall insanely hilarious.
Which it isn't.
Much to the waste of these great actresses, Rebel Wilson who I found hilarious in Pitch Perfect, Kirsten Dunst who was wrong as Mary Jane Watson, but otherwise acquits herself nicely in most anything, and Isla Fisher who was great in Confessions of a Shopaholic.
Here, all that talent was wasted spewing obscenities, snorting coke, or just behaving awful.
Even the always terrific Adam Scott can't rise above the material, though he is about the only bright spot in the movie (other than Rebel Wilson). Go figure that the two characters that have the most heart and sincerity in the entire film are the bride who is barely used and the ex-boyfriend of one of the female leads.
James Marsden is also wasted in his role as the best man.
So much talent... so wrongly executed.
Now available to steam (typo, but I'm leaving it!) instantly on Netflix.
Final Grade: D+
Rewatchability/Purchase Factor: Never in a million years...
The Story:
Becky (Rebel Wilson) is getting married. Much to the dismay of her best friend Regan (Kirsten Dunst) who thought she would be going down the aisle first. Regan becomes the Maid of Honor and spends the next six months organizing the wedding. The movie mostly takes place at the night before the wedding when all of the bridesmaids are in town, including the girls other two friends, Gena and Katie (Lizzy Caplan and Isla Fisher). The three insult Becky by mistake, destroy her dress, and then spend a wild night of drugs, alcohol and stupidity trying to fix everything in time for the wedding the next morning.
Man, with friends like that...
First, the school of thought was, if the guys can have a raunchy rated R comedy, why can't girls?
Thus, we were blessed to receive Bridesmaids, which was amusing, but not hilariously funny.
Though when put in comparison to this film, it was downright hysterical.
Nope, apparently Leslye Headland who wrote it, directed it, and based it off a play, thought her stuff was funny with a capital F.
Having ladies spew obscenities, walk around getting wasted and having sex with anyone they please isn't funny.
And to be fair, it's not funny when guys do it either.
Unless...
The dialogue is off-the-wall insanely hilarious.
Which it isn't.
Much to the waste of these great actresses, Rebel Wilson who I found hilarious in Pitch Perfect, Kirsten Dunst who was wrong as Mary Jane Watson, but otherwise acquits herself nicely in most anything, and Isla Fisher who was great in Confessions of a Shopaholic.
Here, all that talent was wasted spewing obscenities, snorting coke, or just behaving awful.
Even the always terrific Adam Scott can't rise above the material, though he is about the only bright spot in the movie (other than Rebel Wilson). Go figure that the two characters that have the most heart and sincerity in the entire film are the bride who is barely used and the ex-boyfriend of one of the female leads.
James Marsden is also wasted in his role as the best man.
So much talent... so wrongly executed.
Now available to steam (typo, but I'm leaving it!) instantly on Netflix.
Final Grade: D+
Rewatchability/Purchase Factor: Never in a million years...
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