Thursday night, Ryan and I decided after reading the great reviews to go see Bridesmaids. It had a pretty lackluster trailer, but it turned out to be pretty great. I think the comparisons to it being a female version of The Hangover make a ton of sense, but this was so much more human.
Kristen Wiig’s character, Annie (yay) is in her 30s and single, and is Maya Rudolph’s (Lillian’s) maid of honor. It’s a great commentary of how it feels to be friends with someone who is wildly successful when you are wildly not. There gets to be a point in the movie where I was really mad at Lillian, and Annie still calls her to discuss something happening in her life. Lillian doesn’t answer, and Annie leaves a message. In my movie-watcher fervor, I wanted Annie to yell at Lillian and tell her what a shitty person she had become, but then I realized she didn’t do that because no one would do that. Annie was hurt, but she still loved Lillian. It’s so much more complex than just telling someone off.
I loved how it spoke to having so many different friends from different groups, and admitting that they would be walking disasters together. Inside me, beats the heart of a total D&D style nerd. I don’t talk about it much, but I play a very popular MMORPG. BUT, I also wash my hair! I wear makeup! I get pedicures! And see the sunlight! And have IRL friends who wouldn’t understand what I meant when I said “IRL friends.” If I put any of these groups together, they’d be totally lost. They might even hate each other. Because you can totally love someone and totally hate their other friends. It also speaks to having childhood friends and noticing how you both change. Sometimes childhood friends grow into people you can no longer stand. Sometimes time just exposes your differences. And sometimes it’s real and long lasting.
Finally, it’s not a fucking chick flick. It’s not a Kate Hudson/Julia Roberts/Cameron Diaz rom com. It’s fucking funny. My chick flick hating husband loved the shit out of it. The characters were feminine and believable as humans, but were funny. It was really refreshing. Please let Kristen Wiig do this forever and ever!
Also, there are puppies. Tiny yellow lab puppies.
And I’m now obsessed with this Britney Spears song from like 2003 that’s on the soundtrack. It was never a single, so this video is YouTube poop, but bears a listen.
Go see this movie! GO SEE IT!
I’m pretty sure I will like this b/c I think we have similar movie tastes, however what do you think of the critism that the plus size bridemiad is a walking sexist fat joke?
By: The Good Wife on May 26, 2011
at 9:55 pm
I was worried about the commentary on the plus-sized bridesmaid. But, she’s actually no more of a stereotype than many of the others. They all kind of have their flaws. And she actually has interesting revelations for Kristen Wiig’s character. It’s not as horrible as I thought it would be.
By: annie on June 2, 2011
at 2:31 pm