Bridesmaids

Bridesmaids

Rating 7 out of 10

I thought this movie looked pretty funny from the first preview I saw.  Clearly they were thinking of a female Hangover when they started this film.  After watching the movie it's nothing like Hangover and in my opinion FAR better than Hangover II.

In this movie Annie's (Kristen Wiig) best friend since childhood gets engaged.  She is all excited about planning the wedding with her when her future husbands boss's rich wife Helen (Rose Byrne) starts butting in and taking over the wedding.  Sparks fly. She makes little money and can't compete with Helen's bank account or connections.

The bad part first.  It seems anytime a Saturday Night Live vet gets in a movie it comes across like an extended SNL skit.  Wiig co-wrote this movie.  There are some funny parts but unfortunately some parts that drag along forced.

The good part is the funny parts are very funny.  Kristen Wiig carries the movie and is funny.  A bright spot in the movie is the future sister inlaw Megan played by Melissa McCarthy.  She is very funny on the tv show Mike and Molly.  If you are not watching Mike and Molly you should be.  She goes right to the edge of going too far and thankfully pulls back.

This movie is not for kids.  There is alot of crude talk (I didn't think women talked like that?) and several F-bombs that seemed to be thrown in there to put an edge to it.  Go see this movie folks.  I'd say go to the later show with more people in the theater.  Funny movies are just funnier with alot of other laughing people with you.