Touted as the female version of The Hangover, Bridesmaids takes the cake because it’s less about Hollywood stereotypes and more about real people
This anti-romcom revolves around Annie (Kristen Wiig), a thirty-something mess. She works in a jewelry store because her cake business tanked along with the recession. She struggles to make rent on an apartment she shares with two creepy British siblings. Her love life consists of a booty call setup with a total jerk, to which she consents for lack of a better deal.
Good thing Annie has her wonderful best friend Lillian (Maya Rudolph). When newly-engaged Lillian names her maid of honor, however, Annie has no choice but to accept. As she shakes and shimmies her way through the motions of a wedding, Annie watches her life go further unhinged.
What makes Bridesmaids so fun is that it marries male screwball humor with sharp feminine wit. It blends comically nutty physical comedy, brilliant improv, and bathroom-grade vulgarity with genuinely relatable storylines and a splendid ensemble of characters that commit.
No dumbed down chick flick, Bridesmaids is a study in adult self-discovery with lots of hilarity, honesty, and high heels. See it over a big bowl of nachos with your girlfriends. Tell them to bring their men, too; though it may be about women, this comedy has balls.
