Bridesmaids

Co-written by and starring Saturday Night Live's Kristen Wiig, Bridesmaids is a redundant, unnecessarily long, adequate comedy.  The leads are pretty bland - the only character with personality being Wiig's and Melissa McCarthy's - and the story is, at heart, a women's Hangover.  It isn't abysmal, but there are many movies you can spend a few dollars on.

Annie (Wiig) is selected as a bridesmaid by her best friend Lillian (Maya Rudolph) as with several other bridesmaids as they go through a crazy life of matrimony.  As Annie is living a terrible life, she has to accept being Lillian's maid of honor.  Longing for love, she experiences these expensive traditions.  Despite everything, Annie shows how far you will go to express one's love for another.

This film feels so familiar to other romantic comedies or comedies in general, it feels like the same thing.  To put it into perspective, it feels like the Hangover's story, but the main characters being several clones of Tracy Lord portrayed by Katharine Hepburn in the Philadelphia Story.  The problem is, all of the supporting cast (besides McCarthy) are so ditzy.  It seems that their only purpose is to add several bridesmaids to stand next to Rudolph at her wedding.

I would not have a problem with the cast if any of them had a personality.  They all tell what feels like the same jokes, and the pacing is just agonizing.  But I forgive McCarthy for being the only one to make me laugh without feeling a bit stupid inside.  Sure, some of her jokes were ridiculously corny and possibly cliché, but there was just something funny about her taking several puppies in what is the most memorable scene.  McCarthy is the only actress who receives sympathy from me.

All in all, this film is just bad.  It is a perfect girls' night movie, but that's what it was marketed for, women who want to see a somewhat funny film on a Friday night.  For anyone else, just avoid this film.  Bridesmaids receives a 1/4.