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Bridesmaids

Posted by Buddy Acker on May 27, 2011 at 1:10 PM

Bridesmaids

Women can be just as crude (and funny) as men

 

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Starring: Kristen Wiig, Rose Byrne, Maya Rudolph, Chris O'Dowd, Melissa McCarthy, Wendi McLendon-Covey, Ellie Kemper, Jill Clayburgh, Rebel Wilson, Matt Lucas, and Jon Hamm

 

Rating: R (Some Strong Sexuality, and Language Throughout)

 

I was excited to see Bridesmaids when I saw that it had Kristen Wiig in it because I am a big fan of Saturday Night Live and, let's be honest, she is the best thing about that show. It wouldn't be the same without her. And Bridesmaids wouldn't be the same movie without her. Sure, it is really funny, especially the airplane scene, but it's Wiig's comedic flair that drives that particular scene as well. She deserves to be in more movies. Rose Byrne as Helen is probably my other favorite performance of the movie but I like Maya Rudolph as Lillian and Melissa McCarthy as Megan as well.

 

My absolute favorite thing about the movie, though, is how SERIOUS it is. This isn't just raunchiness for raunchiness's sake. There's an actual HUMAN element to the film. For example, Megan isn't just a silly overweight woman who is in Bridesmaids to make us laugh; she reveals herself later on in the movie to be quite a good friend to Annie (Wiig). It's the little things that count in a movie like this and there are plenty of memorable scenes that weren't humorous in the least. I could see some people crying because of some of the scenes in Bridesmaids but I wasn't one of them.

 

Crude humor isn't just for the boys anymore. Bridesmaids proves that. There are scenes in this movie that are just as dirty as the dirtiest scene in a movie like The 40-Year-Old-Virgin. Is that a coincidence? Well, Judd Apatow directed that film and he produced Bridesmaids so I doubt it. I have really liked all of Apatow's movies except a select few craptacular ones like Drillbit Taylor, You Don't Mess with the Zohan, Step Brothers, and Year One. Add Bridesmaids to the ones that I somewhat loved. Despite a few jokes that fall flat, Bridesmaids is really a great movie, and one of the funniest I have seen in a while. I mean that.

 

 

Score: 4 1/2 out of 5

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