21 May 2012

Hilarious

Finally, a chick film for the chick film haters! Bridesmaids is the equivilant of a really good, rauchy guy flick, but for the ladies. Everything from the cast to the script, to the gags is utterly over the top-but in an awesome type of way. I can't remember when I've laughed this much, and I don't even like watching comedies, and certainly not anything labeled 'chick flick'. Is it predictable? Sure, but at least it keeps you entertained til the very end. The premise is as simple as it gets-two best friends, one is getting married, and then of course there are the other bridesmaids-ALL with issues of their own. And then you get to witness every event prior to the wedding get completely messed up in some way, from the engagement party, to the bridal shower, to the bachelorette party. And probably one of the funniest scenes- the girls go pick out their dresses.... Really, it's best to just watch it instead of having people talk to much about it. Yes, it's on the raunchy side to it's not really suitable for kids, but for everyone else, it's a go! Plus, this is not just for girls. I really think the men will get into it as well!

JHaveyMovieReviews

20 May 2012

Matrimony: Unbelievably Believable

“Matrimony: Unbelievably Believable” Director Paul Feig and Producer Judd Apatow have successfully created a romantic comedy that breaks through the usual limitations and rules of the genre. Bridesmaids proves that women can be as raunchy as men releasing the ridiculous upon audiences in original fashion backed by heart. Kristen Wiig has finally proven that she is much more than the goof seen on Saturday Night Live jumping to the top of the comedy genre brining the buddy comedy to the feminine arena. Wiig stars as a thirty-something year old women named Annie whose life is headed on a downward spiral. Her roommates are impossible to live with, her job sucks and her love life is nonexistent except for meaningless sexual escapades with a man named Ted (Jon Hamm, The Town). To top it off her best friend Lillian (Maya Rudolph, Away We Go) puts things into perspective when telling Annie she is getting married. On the bright side, Lillian has chosen Annie to be her Maid of Honor giving Annie something worth working for. Annie’s excitement doesn’t last long as she meets Lillian’s diverse bridesmaids choices, Megan (Melissa McCarthy, CBS’s Mike and Molly ), Becca (Ellie Kemper, NBC’s The Office), and Rita (Wendi McLendon-Covey, Reno 911!: Miami) along with Helen (Rose Byrne, Get Him to the Greek) who uses her wealth and power to takeover as Maif of Honor. Annie has hit bottom and with the support of a police officer named Rhodes (Chris O’Dowd, Gulliver’s Travels) and the antics of female relationships, she embarks on a hilarious yet meaningful journey to rediscover herself. Bridesmaids differentiates itself from the rom-com stereotype with the clever cliché-free scriptwriting of Kristen Wiig and Annie Mumolo. No matter how outrageous the jokes become, they are smart, fun and unbelievably believable. Consequently, the film controls the outrage allowing the humor to improve the story and support the almost perfect Apatow cast. For example, Melissa McCarthy acts like a complete idiot racking up the laughs giving male raunch a run for its money. However, the stand out performance and the best performance of an actress this year so far comes from Kristen Wiig’s multidimensional melding of comedy and drama.How do you complain about a movie as unique as Bridesmaids? Well first audiences expecting to see a chick flick have no idea what they are getting themselves into and if they cannot take the raunch it is going to be a painful two hours. Also, while the film is titled Bridesmaids, viewers may expect a story based around more than one woman, when in actuality it is not. Even so, the only real problem with the film is its song and dance happy ending, undermining what could have been a great finale.Comedies bordering the two-hour mark usually have a hard time engrossing the audience as the jokes run thin and the drama ensues, however, Bridesmaids’ comedy becomes smarter and smarter giving each of the bridesmaids a matrimonial purpose in Wiig’s fasttrack to the A-List.

wanderin

19 May 2012

Like the Energizer Bunny...

Like the Energizer Bunny "Bridesmaids (2011)" keeps going, going andgoing" and the viewer keeps waiting and holding on to the precious fewlaughs it produces in the first hour and hoping for more. Here lies thereal problem...what could have been? BM's had the possibility to havebeen a very funny entertaining movie if only the producers had chosenbetter writers with original thoughts and jokes to make this movie whatit could have been...funny and entertaining. Instead a painful 2 hoursthat only elicits minor chuckles at the expense of this viewers timewhich would have been better spent watching grass grow. Seriously, Ireally wanted this movie to make me laugh and I tried to participate,until the very last minute of what I kept hoping for that nevermaterialized...funny entertainment.

18 May 2012

Excellent experience...

This review is from: Bridesmaids (Two-Disc Blu-ray/DVD Combo + Digital Copy in Blu-ray Packaging) (Blu-ray) I ordered my 2 disc blue-ray DVD which also came with a digital copy as well. I was pleased at the speed it arrived, the cost, and the quality.

deanfgt

14 May 2012

Not a good movie

I know this was supposed to be that great comedy that would prove thatwomen are funny but it fell very short of this. The first 20 mins ofthe movie looked promising but then it peaked way too early in the foodpoisoning scene. After the food poison scene (which was funny) itslowly slipped back into the usual heart felt girly comedy that we'veall come to know and hate. I honestly feel that the only reason it wasrated this high is because of women who wanted to Believe it was goingto be a great movie even though it clearly wasn't. I think that ifthese same women watched this movie again alone at home they wouldthink much less of it.

Tdi7457

14 May 2012

Rancid, unfunny, juvenile, time consuming and just plain boring

I knew this movie would blow after seeing that dismal trailer. Andgoing into the theatre proved that. The huge problem: Melissa McCarthy.That unfunny hack just added to the crapiness of this film. Who caresabout the bridesmaids? Didn't they show what would happen with Made ofHonor? The jokes are so old, they were first shown when Fred Savage wasstill a star. Also what ticks me off is how they tried to pass this offas "The Female Hangover". No. This is no where near as funny as TheHangover, it's closer to Fool's Gold. As soon as those end creditsrolled, i was happy. Never was i as close to death by boredom than wheni watched Duplicity. Avoid this flick. Go see Thor again or Priest. Gosee Fast Five. Hell, you see Madea's Big Happy Family Reunion in anytheatres, duck in there. Bridesmaids 1/10

Jackson Booth-Millard

12 May 2012

Bridesmaids

I saw the trailer for this film on TV and in the cinema, I didn't thinkmuch of it, I thought it would be rated terribly, but I was surprisedto see it rated five stars out of five by critics, so I had to know ifit was deserved. Basically single mid-thirties woman Annie (KristenWiig, also writing) who lives in Milwaukee had her bakery businessfail, losing her boyfriend and savings, and is now selling engagementrings at a jewellers. Her Mother (Jill Clayburgh) asks her to comehome, but she sticks with renting a bedroom from English siblings Gil(Matt Lucas) and Brynn (Rebel Wilson), having a sexual relationshipwith self-absorbed Ted (Jon Hamm), and being best friends with Lillian(Grown Ups' Maya Rudolph). Lillian becomes engaged a wealthy Chicagobanker, and she wants Annie to be her maid of honour, and at theengagement party she meets her fellow bridesmaids, cynical cousin Rita(Wendi McLendon-Covey), optimistic friend Becca (Ellie Kemper),overweight raunchy future sister-in-law Megan (Melissa McCarthy) andHelen (Rose Byrne), the beautiful but vain husband to the groom's boss.It is obvious that Annie does immediately like Helen, she is jealous ofher friendship to Lillian and hates that she is so perfect and snooty,and as they get to know each other this irritation grows. All thebridesmaids go to a Brazilian restaurant, and while Lillian is gonethey discuss ideas for the hen party, Paris is suggested by Annie, butHelen talks everyone out of it. Next thing you see is everyone, butHelen who does not eat meat, gaining food poisoning and becoming ill,needing to be sick or use the bathroom desperately, while at the bridalgown studio. Annie does suggest the beach house, but Helen being thebig influence drags them all to Las Vegas, but Annie being afraid offlying causes them all to be thrown off the plane after takingsedatives and alcohol. With this Lillian appoints Helen to make all theplans for the shower and wedding, and the only comfort Annie can get iscontinuing her recent relationship with friendly Irish traffic copOfficer Nathan Rhodes (The IT Crowd's Chris O'Dowd). This though alsogoes to ruins after she is offended by him about opening her bakeryagain, she is told by Gil and Brynn to move out, and she goes to livewith her Mother, but she still turns up for the bridal shower inChicago. Annie finally goes bonkers when she finds out Helen isplanning to have a trip to Paris, which she originally suggested, sherants and raves about her opinions of the up-herself new friend ofLillian's, and she is told not to come to the wedding. With Nathanignoring her, and officially breaking any contact with Ted, Anniespends her time doing nothing much but watching television, but Megancomes to find her and help her stop feeling miserable for herself.After baking an apology cake for Nathan, which he appears not to eat,Helen also comes to find Annie, because Lillian has gone missing, andeventually they get the help of Nathan to help find her. Lillianconsoles in Annie that Helen does indeed take over pretty mucheverything, but Annie helps her come round, the bride and groom do getmarried in an evening with neon lights and fireworks, and an appearanceby Wilson Phillips, Annie and Helen put their differences aside, andNathan comes for Annie saying that he did eat her cake and they makeup. Also starring Franklyn Ajaye as Lillian's Dad, Michael Hitchcock asDon Cholodecki, Jessica St. Clair as Whitney and Terry Crews as BootCamp Instructor. Wiig is really good as the one suffering and enjoyingthrough all the situations, Byrne does really convince that she is anirritating woman who is so nice and can get practically anything,Rudolph makes a nice bride-to-be, McCarthy gets many great momentsbeing the sweary, fat and over the top weirdo, and the other supportingcast members do well also. Wiig has created a very witty script whichis not only very funny in many moments, but it is also quite a touchingstory with the romantic element, and some drama included, they werecalling it the female equivalent of The Hangover, I can sort of seewhat they mean, a great comedy. Very good!

12 May 2012

Brides Maids

This review is from: Bridesmaids (DVD) This movie is so trashy and stupid. What a waste of my time and money. The plot of the movie could have been great without all the trashiness. I was disappointed to see Jill Clayburgh play in such a horrible film. I would not recommend this movie to anyone.

12 May 2012

HILARIOUS!

This review is from: Bridesmaids (Two-Disc Blu-ray/DVD Combo + Digital Copy in Blu-ray Packaging) (Blu-ray) I love this movie and I think any girl would! If you're into that type of humor (Superbad, Nick and Nora's Infinite Playlist, 40-Year Old Virgin), then buy this movie. It's not exactly a chick flick but I think girls would definitely appreciate this movie more than guys.

Joseph

12 May 2012

Obscene, disgusting, with no redeeming social valu

Obscene, disgusting, vulgar, with no redeeming social value. Foul language. Juvenile, fecal-matter jokes. Children screaming foul epithets at their mother.

Bobby R

06 May 2012

Worst movie I've seen in awhile

Other than a couple of scenes that were somewhat funny, my husband and I weren't laughing at all. Couldn't wait for it to be over.

06 May 2012

Can't wait for this to come out on DVD!

This movie does not disappoint (unlike SO many other comedies). I have to say, watching this in the theater was one of the funnest girls night out moments I can remember. Guys will probably not like this as much as the ladies do, but there is still no shortage of hilarity for both sexes. I give props to their advertising too, because unlike most comedies where all the funny parts are splashed all over previews, so when you watch the movie it's just not funny anymore; well Bridesmaids kept the funniest parts out of the previews so you enjoy the movie so much more. Honestly, I don't see how anyone can watch this movie and not laugh so hard, it hurts.

06 May 2012

ENJOYED THIS MOVIE VERY MUCH BEINFS I GOT 3 I GIVE THE OTHER TO Daughters like it every much

This review is from: Bridesmaids (Two-Disc Blu-ray/DVD Combo in Blu-ray Packaging) (Blu-ray) MY NICES AND TWO DAUGHTERS, AND MYSELF LAUGHED, CRYED ALL FOUR OF USE. THE GIRLS 35 AND I'M 63, I HOPE ENJOY WHAT WAS SAID.

derlaine

05 May 2012

Really Disappointed

Really disappointed in this movie. I loved Hangover, Superbad, TheOffice, Blades of Glory, etc, but this movie was not that funny.The whole movie is about a loser character being jealous and pettyabout her best friend's wedding. Instead of being happy for her newlife and doing everything she can to make her wedding wonderful, shespends the whole time being jealous that other girls are prettier,richer and throw better parties than her. She only warms up to her"rival" when the rival looks uglier than her. Wow, how shallow can youget? To top it all off, the humor is not outstanding. There are about 2 goodlines in the whole movie, and the slapstick is not outrageous enoughthat it's special.

mistarkus

04 May 2012

Finally Females

The soulfully, relatable comedy is nicely blended with over the topcrass, crude humor. The amusingly unique movie plays out from thefemale standpoint and mentality and that differs from movies of thiskind that are typically based upon the male psyche. It is up there withthe best of the irreverent, nasty comedies of this genre such as theHangover, Knocked up and Superbad. By creating a cynical theme, due to the melancholy, jealousy andnihilism that the friend believably feels from the occurrence of herbff getting married, a crass/slapstick comedy evolves into a dark andsophisticated one. When a Bff gets married resulting in the inevitable"growing apart" while at the same time the friend not getting marriedfeels as though she is going nowhere a soulfully bluesy mood resonates.The acting amongst the main characters, especially their connectionwith each other was well done. The assortment of side characters and bridesmaids were well developed.We really cared about these supporting characters since their ownhistories, and idiosyncratic personality traits created complexeccentrically believable personas. Especially amusing were the heavyset bridesmaid and the policeman. Finally the typical plague that frequently decimates movies of thegenre, the overlong sappy "tie things neatly together" moments, did notgo on too long. Instead what was wisely focused on was crude, slapstickhumor, developed side characters and real connections between friends.

03 May 2012

Best Movie EVER!!!

This review is from: Bridesmaids Unrated (Amazon Instant Video) This is the best movie I have seen in years!!! I can't wait for the sequel. I have seen this movie like 10 times - find something new to laugh at every time I watch it. :-) Thank you ladies for making such a great movie!!!

Nancy

02 May 2012

Total Waste of Time

We kept waiting for this movie to get better, and it DIDN'T. Thought it would be funnier and maybe MAYBE laughed out loud once. Very predictable to what was going to happen next and I usually love this type of movie it was just not what I was expecting and my friend with me fell asleep.

MasterChiefrei

01 May 2012

If you enjoyed this there's obviously something wrong

Alright, I am a woman and based on the ads I was excited to see thismovie. Not only did it look like a decent cast but normally you don'tsee a mostly female based movie bent on being funny. After finallygetting to see it on DVD I'm practically thanking God I didn't waste mymoney to see it in the theater. My comedy ranges quite a bit fromJackass, Idiocracy, Hot Fuzz, The Bird Cage, and so on. I don't reallyhave a specific genre of comedy that I'm limited to. Granted I don'tlaugh at everything but I still keep an open mind and surely didn'tthink this movie would be so bad. To be honest I wasn't able to watchthe whole movie and neither could my mom and step dad. Thirty minutesinto it I said, "We'll give it another ten minutes and if it doesn'ttake a better turn we're taking it out." My step dad replied, "End itnow!" Needless to say this movie didn't own up to the ads nor was itfunny. I didn't connect with any of the characters and couldn't feelsorry for Annie since she made everything uncomfortable. A lot ofscenes dragged on and any attempts at being sentimental or sweet cameoff cheap and shallow. Once I saw Tim Heidecker as the bride's futurehusband I knew something was up. The only reason I'd see this movieagain is if the Rifftrax crew got up the courage to actually watch it.I can only hope this isn't where our future comedy movies are headedbut if so I'm sticking to what we've got and going to hope for thebest. I can't say I'm surprised some people actually thought this moviewas funny since there are the less than intelligent people who enjoyTim and Eric. Bad writing. Bad acting. Toilet movie. And I'm beingnice.

pjamok-692-397387

26 April 2012

Worst Movie Ever

Absurd pathetic women, fart, poop, drunk humor that isn't even funny.It is obvious that there is much improv going on as the characters donot connect at all and some of the conversations between charactersdon't make much sense or tie to the rest of the film. The gags such asthe engagement party toast go on and on and on and completely lose theviewer. In real life, people would get arrested and lose their jobs ifthey did some of this stuff (especially the cop). The gags end up beingannoying rather than funny.I haven't walked out of a movie in decades, but I walked out of thisone. Some of the actors are good, but this movies is an abomination anda total waste of money. That's an hour and half and $7.50 I'll neverget back. Awful, awful, awful.

26 April 2012

Excellent experience...

This review is from: Bridesmaids (Two-Disc Blu-ray/DVD Combo in Blu-ray Packaging) (Blu-ray) I ordered my 2 disc blue-ray DVD which also came with a digital copy as well. I was pleased at the speed it arrived, the cost, and the quality.