Bridesmaids Movie Review
Bridesmaids is a terrifically funny, smart, and emotional ensemble comedy. Some may say it’s the female version of The Hangover, while others may think it’s quite similar to Bride Wars. This movie pulls off the amazingly uncanny trick of being both brutal and gentle at the same time. I highly recommend this movie to all audiences over the age of 17. The unexpected truth of being a bridesmaid is revealed, but in the end, Kristen Wigg (Annie) persuades you that there is a greater light at the end of the tunnel. Despite the chaos, lifelong friendships end up being what truly matters.
The interesting bits about bridesmaids are the many concepts revealed, such as: status, envy, and career disappointment. The main focus is the growing relationship the women have with each other. What’s dramatized in these characters is not the traditional single women qualities and the many struggles of holding down a relationship, but instead, the envy and the competition women have with one another in order to always stay a few steps ahead.
Wigg plays 30-something year old Annie, who wakes up one day and realizes she’s on the edge of becoming a complete failure. Her bakery has gone out of business. Every day she passed her boarded up bakery, Cake Baby, on her way to her crappy job at a jewelry store. She can’t help herself but warn people buying engagement rings that love is not forever. There’s an intense scene in which Annie gets into an argument with a teenage girl who was intending on buying a necklace with the words “friends forever.” Annie is single…unless you consider her having a “sex partner” a relationship. So I guess the only real thing in her life is her absolute best friend Lillian (Maya Rudolph) who tells Annie she’s getting married and wants her to be her main of honor.
Being her maid of honor, Lillian thought it would be a good idea for Annie and all of her bridesmaids to spend more time together before her big day. Annie immediately takes a dislike to Helen
The interesting bits about bridesmaids are the many concepts revealed, such as: status, envy, and career disappointment. The main focus is the growing relationship the women have with each other. What’s dramatized in these characters is not the traditional single women qualities and the many struggles of holding down a relationship, but instead, the envy and the competition women have with one another in order to always stay a few steps ahead.
Wigg plays 30-something year old Annie, who wakes up one day and realizes she’s on the edge of becoming a complete failure. Her bakery has gone out of business. Every day she passed her boarded up bakery, Cake Baby, on her way to her crappy job at a jewelry store. She can’t help herself but warn people buying engagement rings that love is not forever. There’s an intense scene in which Annie gets into an argument with a teenage girl who was intending on buying a necklace with the words “friends forever.” Annie is single…unless you consider her having a “sex partner” a relationship. So I guess the only real thing in her life is her absolute best friend Lillian (Maya Rudolph) who tells Annie she’s getting married and wants her to be her main of honor.
Being her maid of honor, Lillian thought it would be a good idea for Annie and all of her bridesmaids to spend more time together before her big day. Annie immediately takes a dislike to Helen