Gross out humor crossed with a chick comedy

Rating: 8/10 (28 May 2014)

Annie Walker (Kristen Wiig) is in a rut and broke. She's having sex with douche who doesn't even like her to stay for the night. She lost her dream baking store business. She only got her sales job because her mother is her boss's AA sponsor. That's when her best friend Lillian (Maya Rudolph) asks her to be the maid of honor to her wedding to Dougie. Lillian's new fancy friend Helen (Rose Byrne) is Dougie's boss's wife and she is pushing to be the better friend. Megan (Melissa McCarthy) is Dougie's sister. Becca (Ellie Kemper) is Lillian's sweet work friend. Rita (Wendi McLendon-Covey) is Lillian's cousin. It's an all out battle between Annie and Helen for Lillian's favorite. Annie finds sweet cop Rhodes (Chris O'Dowd) but she has a tough time accepting a good thing.
There are so many great female comedians in this one. Kristen Wiig and Maya Rudolph are funny together. They have a great funny exchange early on. Melissa McCarthy is going wild and crazy. Rose Byrne is a good mean girl of the bunch. Director Paul Feig has stitched together the gross out modern humor to the female chick flick comedy. And it works. Kristen Wiig and Annie Mumolo have put a lot of charm and heart in this story. I do wonder if they could have done something with Vegas. That could have been interesting with Annie under arrest.