Bridesmaids Review

Rating: 9/10 (17 November 2013)

Annie (Kristen Wiig) and Lillian (Maya Rudolph) have been best friends since their childhood, and now with Lillian getting married Annie is chosen to be her Maid of Honor. Annie is now forced to help her best friend through the happiest time of her life, when secretly Annie wants to find someone to love. Lillian then adds a whole heap of characters in her bridesmaids group including her fiancé's bosses, wife Helen (Rose Byrne), and her soon to be sister-in-law Megan (Melissa McCarthy).
I absolutely love Kristen Wiig, she is smart, funny, and also one of the few remaining SNL cast members that I enjoy. Wiig and Annie Mumolo, who makes a great cameo in the film, teamed up together to write their first comedic feature and blew me away with the amazing writing. Its a refreshing change to see real women with real problems struggling to control their lives, then seeing some ditzy blonde going to the mall. Kristen Wiig can also act, her dramatic timing is just as good as her comedic timing. I can't wait to see what her next film will be. Im hoping a nice indie dramedy.
Rose Byrne has become one of my new favorite women in films this passed decade. She was amazing in "Wicker Park", "Sunshine", "The Dead Girl", and just recently "Insidious". She started her comedy improve kick with "Get Him To The Greek", and having blown everyone out of the water, Judd Apatow decided to put her in Bridesmaids.
Now the person who single-handedly stole the whole movie was Melissa McCarthy. I remember seeing her small cameo in "Go", and thought she was funny. Then John August put her in his small film "The Nines", co-starring with Ryan Reynolds. And now she has been able to jump to a major supporting role in a big comedy and nails every line that comes out of her mouth. A particular part of hers that had me on the floor laughing, involved her character's experience on a cruise ship.
The only thing wrong with the film is that it is about twenty minutes to long. But other than that, Bridesmaids is a fantastic comedy. I give Bridesmaids an 8.5 out of 10