Bridesmaids (2011)

Rating: 5/10 (3 January 2020)

Directed by Paul Feig. Kristen Wiig, Maya Rudolph, Rose Byrne, Melissa McCarthy, Chris O'Dowd, Wendi McLendon-Covey, Ellie Kemper, Jon Hamm, Jill Clayburgh, Rebel Wilson, Matt Lucas. (R)
With her personal and professional lives in disarray, Wiig is about the last person anyone would want to coordinate their wedding plans and festivities, but that's precisely what best bud Rudolph does after getting engaged and naming her the maid of honor. Hindering Wiig's efforts even further is seemingly-perfect Byrne, a "Type A personality" if there ever was one (and a spotlight hog, to boot). Director Feig works with producer Judd Apatow (from a script by Wiig and Annie Mumolo) to create a female-driven comedy in the vein of the crass "boy's club" comedies all the rage during the prior decade, but they only manage sporadic success. Contains a handful of solid laughs and a lot of dry stretches, overlong and too often aimless, with the darker undercurrents all but forgotten by the all-too-tidy wrap-up segments. Tim Heidecker is completely wasted in a bit part as the groom-to-be; final film for Clayburgh as Wiig's mom, who passed away before the movie's release.
48/100