Great honest performances

Rating: 8/10 (14 August 2011)

Bridesmaids really is what is seems: a funny, loose, entertaining and interesting movie with well developed characters that use a simple story to show the relationship between them and also their personal crisis, all centered by a woman that is living the worst moments of her life few days before her best friend's wedding.
Bridesmaids is being compared to The Hangover (2011) which isn't fair, because this one may seems a chick flick but it's not just for having more important qualities. The Hangover is just a male celebration without any other interest than just make audience laugh and have fun with absurd situations involving male culture and cliché comedy situations effectively used.
Written by Kristen Wiig and Annie Mumolo, the movie is not absurd. The female culture is there for sure when talking about marriage crisis and all that bridesmaids culture, but it's just a background story. The personal dramas, the difficulties to achieve some objectives in life, relationship crisis between love and friends, the feeling that the world is conspiring against your wills... all of this is universal and everyone goes thru it at least one time in life. The movie shows it all in brilliant small doses without being corny for the effective use of comedy moments to relieve what would seems melodramatic, also it's not cheesy because there are amazing performances by an ensemble cast that most of the times use improvised dialogs and moments, making the movie flows naturally and with no pressures or high intents to be funny.
Kristen Wiig shines and gears entire movie, her performance is stunning. Being or not being based on personal experiences, her character fits her perfectly. Rose Byrne also have her important moments and proves one more time that she's getting better with each new work. The other supporting characters are well placed, even some of them being a little underused.
Predictable? Yes, but loved it anyway. It's impossible not be fascinated by so charismatic characters within simple and at the same time amazing funny and heartfelt moments that never requires more than great honest performances.
As another one said: "It's strong proof that one can make a comedy about women without it ever being stupid, sexist, or mean-spirited."