A cute Comedy movie that could have been a little a better

Rating: 7/10 (17 May 2011)

Let me start by saying that I adore Rose Byrne, I just think she has grown into a really talented actress, and in Bridesmaid here, she played her role to perfection. I loved her in the Horror movie Insidious released just few months ago, and always been a fan in Damages.
Bridesmaids tells the story of Annie, a single middle aged woman struggling with her own life when her best friend Lillian gets engaged and assigns Annie as her maid of honor. Worried about losing her best friend and pressured by leading the bridesmaid, things start to spiral out of control. And to make things worse, she has to compete with Lillian's new friend, the rich and always competitive Helen ( played by none other than Rose Byrne ) who seems to be trying to steal Lillian's friendship.
The movie has plenty of laugh out loud moments, very hilarious, funny and at times disgusting scenes. It came out as a real fresh Comedy that I enjoyed most parts of. The characters were lovable, funny and interesting to follow, and the actresses playing them were very good. The problem I found with Bridesmaid was in the editing, it seems it was done in a rush and so appeared choppy and inappropriate. For example, in an early scene when Annie was making a speech, she was holding a wine glass, and in that same scene, the glass is quickly shifted from the right hand to the left hand then back to the right hand. And there were many other editing problems I noticed that I won't go through here, but it was obvious. Also I thought some scenes were a bit ridiculous and too long. The whole movie running time was a bit too long for me as they could have easily cut some unnecessary scenes.
In summary, a pretty decent and fresh Comedy with laugh out loud moments and funny characters that falls just short from being great with some ridiculous scenes, it drags a bit and was a bit too long in my opinion.