Monday, August 8, 2011

Bridesmaids (2011)

Picked as her best friend's maid of honor, lovelorn and broke Annie looks to bluff her way through the expensive and bizarre rituals with an oddball group of bridesmaids. 
 
   And so my beloved Kristen Wiig has her own movie. And what a movie. It has been described as "The Hangover" for girls and I totally believe it. It's crass and quirky and painful and random. Kristen plays up the personality she's known for, hapless, insecure, anxiety-ridden, and makes the audience want so badly for things to go well for her, because we see a bit of ourselves in her. I was so glad to see Maya Rudolph again, I've missed her since she left SNL and she did not disappoint either. The rest of the cast of women is equally brilliant as they work to steal scene after scene from each other. This is a really fun movie, but not for the faint of heart. 

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