bridesmaids: a review

you know the great thing about being a blogger? i can deem myself competent enough to do things like review hysterical films, without really having the credentials to do so. booyah. so, since it's fresh in my mind, i have to talk to you about bridesmaids - the funniest, most gut-wrenching movie i have ever seen. this is the vulgar comedy women like me have waited an eternity to see. though i like to think i have a cunning wit and sharp sense of humor (and super humble) i typically am not the "laugh aloud" type in theaters; i find people like that slightly annoying. but watching six foul-mouthed comediennes put a man-flick like the hangover to SHAME by being infinitely more witty, clever and push way more social boundaries had me rolling the entire time. besides, kristin wiig has had me in her back pocket ever since moonlighting as a bitchy assistant in knocked up and it doesn't hurt that she's my most fave SNL regular (you know, the retarded sister with baby hands in the lawrence welk skits with a five-head and snaggleteeth?)

here's the premise in case you haven't seen the movie yet. kristin wiig leads the cast as annie walker, the out-of-luck former baker that's now doing time at a shitty jewelers and living with two foul british siblings and eventually with her celebrity-caricature-drawing mother. when annie's lifelong best friend lillian (played by maya rudolph) gets engaged, she sets out to prove she can kill it as an MOH and heads up an all-star cast of fellow bridesmaids in the usual pre-wedding antics - bach party, dress shopping, luncheons, showers, etc.when confronted with lillian's new, filthy rich BFF helen, annie lives like she's got something to prove. although broke as a joke, she bumbles and bluffs her way through MOH-dom but doesn't come out unscathed, managing to ruin pretty much everything associated with the her maidly duties. the hilarity that ensues is side splitting. you can forget whatever your favorite movie was before, because bridesmaids will undoubtedly replace it. sidenote: while i ADORE all the ladies in this film, melissa mccarthy (formerly known as suki on gilmore girls) completely steals the show as the groom's butchy sister with enough killer one-liners to fill a book.

i could recount each of my favorite scenes to you but then i'd be spending my precious time detailing the entire 2 hour film and keeping $9 in your pocket and i wouldn't want to do something like that in these tough economic times. i did especially love the dress shopping fiasco, when annie takes the gang to a brazilian hole-in-the-wall for lunch and ends up giving the entire bridal party the sweats and shits in a bridal boutique. but my most favorite scene is the plane ride heading to a bachelorette weekend in vegas. it was just one show-stopping quote after another. i'll leave you with a few juicy ones below. if you had a fave, share!

if you have a pulse, you MUST go see it while it's still in theaters. grab your girls (or guys) and get ready for 120 minutes of laughing until the tears come. it's double duty - you exercise your liver and get your monthly cry in!



drunk annie: it's called CIVIL RIGHTS. this is the 90's.

megan: i'm glad he's single, cause i'm gonna climb him like a tree.

rita: what are we doing for the bachelorette party?
megan: female fight club. i say we grease up and - SURPRISE! beat the crap out of her.

helen: it's not good to have a meal before a fitting.
megan: not for me. i naturally just don't bloat.

rita: (talking about her 3 boys) they are cute, but when they reach that age...DISGUSTING. they smell, they are sticky, they say things that are horrible. everything is covered in semen. i literally broke a blanket in half the other day.

annie's mom: i'm sure she meets him in the evening, beaver first.