American Pie meets Sex and the City 2

Rating: 7/10 (30 June 2011)

Funny and very very rude, this is one of those movies you almost feel guilty about liking. MURIEL'S WEDDING crossed with SEX ANMD THE CITY 2 and quite a lot of American PIE.
Food poisoning in a bridal shop; Sex and City 2 and American Pie 1 had hilarious incontinence scenes, but BRIDESMAIDS blows (not the best verb) both of them out of the bathroom. Annie and Helen's 'showdown' at the bridal shower was a well-scripted high spot, creating the momentum for the turnaround moment and an irony-rich happy-ever-after ending.
The characters really are not hugely different from Carrie Bradshaw and Co but well-rounded with everyone given good lines and comic moments. All the performances are outstanding except for Matt Lucas's cameo as Annie's house-mate; he's NOT given any good lines. And if the movie does appear to pillage every bridal-themed movie ever made, it recycles the material in a way that makes it seem original even when it plainly is not. Sometimes crude and even gross, BRIDESMAIDS had me laughing out loud from start to finish.