Disappointing

Rating: 3/10 (12 February 2019)

I was told that Bridesmaids was a refreshing new look, out of the perspective of a woman, of the buddy comedy, such as The Hangover. And in some ways it is, some ways it isn't.
Bridesmaids do certainly put the action in the lap of the women, the number of men in the movie is easily counted for they are few. It will certainly pass the Bechdel test if anyone is interested, although a lot of the women characters is referencing their lives to the men around them (which is a bit that I expected that the movie should try to avoid). The comedy is based much on the social intricacies of the group in a way that similar ("male perspective") movies don't. So that is somethinng new.
Unfortunately, Bridesmaids, in an attempt to be the counterpart to The Hangover, copies a lot of jokes from that type of movies. It is far too much of juvenile toilet humor, and that is in my view the least fun of comedy out there. I had hoped they would go another direction, but unfortunately no.
The only other type of comedy is when the character Annie (Wiig) makes a complete fool out of herself. I don't know who was embarrased the most, me or the character. I know that this is a common theme for jokes and comedy, but it is not to my taste (here actually The Hangover does it better, using wierd situations and characters to build up the comedy). So, there is toilet humor and embarrasment, and unfortunately not much else. Not much of variation and the movie relies too much on just a single track of comedy.
McCarthy was nominated for an Oscar in a supporting role, but can't really see why. The role is very minor and not that funny at all. McCarthy has been better in many other works, Gilmore Girls for example.
No, this movie was not for me. Maybe I am not of the target audience, but I found it became dull and boring as it started to repeat itself.