Wednesday, May 18, 2011

See Bridesmaids.


It's been a while since I've eagerly anticipated the release of a movie. Sure, I wanted to see Scream 4 and Source Code upon seeing the trailer for them, long before their respective release dates(Neither film let me down, by the way) but Bridesmaids is a film I've looked forward to since reading the initial news of what the premise was and the names attached to star in it, like a Tolkien fanboy reading every last miniature detail on the production The Hobbit movie. I guess you could call me an SNL fanboy if we're going there.

Anyways, Monday night, I went to see Bridesmaids in theaters and was surprised by two things:
First, how packed the theater was. There wasnt an empty seat by the time the first opening trailers were beginning, which shows just how powerful word of mouth can be.
And 2, how great the movie actually is. It's much more than just a "female hangover"(it's way better) It was a female-centric comedy that I laughed at more times than any other movie I can remember, (except maybe duece bigalow 2:European Gigalo) and I'm sure any male movie goer would as well. It's just a great movie and no matter what sex you are, you will enjoy it.  It's funny, thoughtful, heart-wrenching, funny, unpredictable, funny, sweet and above all else, fucking hilarious.

It's not the perfect movie though. Like most modern comedies, it does run a bit long and having the tremendously goofy and weird Maya Rudolph play the bride was a bit of a waste, as she is talented enough to outshine most of the cast(as she did many times at SNL)playing the right role. But these are small issues, and I'm fairly critical so go see Bridesmaids and find out for yourself. I highly recommend.

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