The bridesmaids each bring something to the film, the stand-out being Megan ( Melissa Mcarthy) who manages to play a stereotypical, overweight, crude and disgusting sibling-in-law character in a fresh and enjoyable way. But that’s a good sign – it shows that the audience is engaged, and outrageous situations are somehow believable and even relatable. The humour of the script relies on witty dialogue coupled with moments of supreme awkwardness, sometimes pushed to the point where you nearly cringe all the way to… cringe town and… cringe. It feels like all the actors in the film – particularly Wiig and Rudolf – bounce off each other well and have known each other for years. Byrne is equally successful in portraying the completely unlikable and frustratingly bitchy character of Helen. Wiig, who co-wrote the screenplay, is brilliantly funny in the lead role, and is up to the difficult task of being mentally unstable, over-dramatic, yet likeable. I hate to sound like a feminist – because trust me, I’m not – but it’s really great to see a genuinely funny film with a predominantly female cast (never mind, I just read that sentence back it made me sound more like a chauvinist – which trust me, I am).
Speaking of cops, Annie’s love interest – a cop – is commendably played by the hilarious Chris O’Dowd, who you may know as Roy from IT Crowd. Things go pretty terribly for poor Annie, to the point where the film borders on depressing. Annie clashes particularly hard with a new rival for Lillian’s BFFerry, super rich and super bitchy Helen ( Rose Byrne). As maid of honour, she needs to organise the wedding and generally hang out with the rest of Lillian’s – wait for it – Bridesmaids.
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Sometimes that dick belongs to Don Draper – I mean Ted, played by John Draper – I mean Don Hamm, who’s a chauvinist pig who treats her like a portable cum dumpster.Īnnie’s only comfort comes from her super BFF, Lillian ( Maya Rudolf), until Lillian becomes engaged, which (and I’m sure all you thirty-something women out there will sympathise) makes Annie go super crazy in the lead up to the wedding. Had I but seen the writing “From the producer of Knocked Up, Superbad and The 40 Year Old Virgin” printed on the top in big bold writing, or that the film stars Kristen Wiig and Rose Byrne, I might have been more prepared for what turned out to a be a disappointingly hilarious, quirky, and emotionally satisfying film.īridesmaids, the latest film from Judd Apatow and crew follows the misadventures of Annie ( Kristin Wiig), a lonely thirty something who’s life basically sucks dick. These posters, however, were seen mostly on/from moving vehicles, and usually at some distance away.