Two Cent Tuesday: Bridesmaids

I know this movie has been in theatres for a while now but I finally got around to seeing it.  Glad I did not only is it one of the funniest movies in a while but it is one of the few movies to take place in Milwaukee. 

While the movie is usually described as The Hangover with women I think it is more similar to Judd Apatow's The 40 Year Old Virgin which shouldn't be too much of a surprise since Judd Apatow produced this one.   The reason I think it is more similar to The 40 Year Old Virgin is that now only does it have the crude humor at its core it is a love story and a story of friendship. In the end you end up caring for the characters. 

Obviously from the title the movie is about a group of bridesmaids.  Lillian is getting married and has her best friend Annie as her maid of honor and 4 other girls as her bridesmaids.  Annie is going through a difficult time in her life and has a job she hates and no boyfriend of her own. So when Lilly says she is engaged it makes Annie feel like her life just isn't going anywhere.  But she is Lilly's best friend so she agrees to be the Maid of Honor and tries to do everything she is supposed to do.  But of course anytime you get a bunch of people together personalities clash and crazy things happen.  Annie feels that Whitney is trying to move in on her best friend and take over as Maid of Honor.  It turns into a battle of the two women trying to one up each other and since Whitney has a lot of money and always outspends Annie.  Meanwhile Annie loses her job, gets kicked out of her apartment, and ruins the first promising relationship she has had in a while all in hilarious fashion.  While you might be able to predict the end of the movie you will never expect some of the stuff that they do on screen.

Besides Kristen Wiig from Saturday Night Live who co-wrote the movie and is absolutely hilarious they breakout star of the movie is Mellisa McCarthy.  She plays the most outrageous character in the movie and absolutely cracks me up.  When they are discussing a bridal shower theme and she suggests a "Fight Club" theme where they all just start beating up  Lilly is one of the funniest parts of the movie. 

I read recently that this is the highest grossing R rated female comedy of all time.  What an odd category. It seems sad that we cant just say that it is a funny movie and it is making a lot of money. We have to say it is a female comedy.  Not sure why we need there to be male comedies and female comedies.  I guess I think funny is funny it doesn't need to be qualified with what gender.  I think what surprises most people is that two females wrote the movie and I guess females aren't supposed to have this kind of humor. My Rating -A