Bridesmaids

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I just saw this with some of my bridesmaids. Hilarious. I loved Melissa McCarthy. She was easily the funniest part in it. I think I also just developed a crush on the guy who played the cop.

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Just saw it and loved it. We actually tried to see it last night -- showed up for the 7:30 show, but that and all subsequent seatings were sold out! I was pretty impressed as this theatre is on the outskirts of downtown and doesn't usually get super busy. We hit the 3:55 show today and the theatre was packed again. I'm thrilled it's doing so well.

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May 21, 2011 21:57:40 GMT -4 @littleediebeale said:

Melissa McCarthy made the movie for me, too, as did Rebel Wilson (the British sister) and her tequila worm tattoo.

The movie could have been shortened by something like 20 minutes though. At times it just seemed like it would never end.

I agree, there were some scenes that were cut weird and it just seemed to end after a really long pause.

Also the roommates were Australian I think.

I thought it was just OK, I laughed a lot during Wedding Crashers and Forgetting Sarah Marshall (both seen in theatres) and this wasn't as funny in comparison. There were too many "Wiig"y moments. She had amazing legs though. I wish they used Maya Rudolph for more comedy.

And I spent the entire movie wondering when she was going to make cream puffs but she never did.

My favorite scene was the air marshal gun scene where he could hardly keep a straight face. I'm glad they included that instead of making him look serious the whole time.

ETA: Also it was kind of depressing, Annie's whole life situation. I've totally felt down about things like that before

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Rebel Wilson is Australian but Matt Lucas is English. I think the sister (Brynn?) said something about American sausage stuffed in her English muffin...but it was rather gleefully traumatic either way.

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Saw this today and really loved it. However, I didn't find it as funny as most people seem to. It had very few laugh-out-loud moments for me. That's not to say I didn't enjoy it or that it didn't draw me in, but I think I went the whole first 15 minutes or so without laughing once. And I found quite a few scenes really sad and/or uncomfortable to watch (ex: The scene were Annie loses it and just starts trashing the wedding shower actually made me gasp, and not in an "Oh my God, that's so funny" way — more like a "Oh my God, that is awful" way because I felt so badly about the way Annie was losing control of her life). I thought it was really well written and had more heart than, say, The Hangover. Not as funny, but great in other ways. I keep reading about how people were laughing til they cried, etc., and I'm wondering if I'm the only person who had this reaction to it.

Kristen Wiig was great; Melissa McCarthy was my favorite thing about the movie. Loved the cute Irish cop.

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For me, I thought that scene, as well as Ted zooming onto the breakdown site in his Porsche, and when Annie faked the nightmare so she could have a hug were an interesting balance to the funnier and upbeat moments. I thought this movie is a lot like Muriel's Wedding or perhaps Party Girl, with some funny moments but also some extremely dark ones. It seems to not be a regular "comedy" structure but I don't have the vocabulary to articulate the difference. Even in a rom-com that addresses the loss of a livelihood, like You've Got Mail, the loss of the bakery was gutting compared to the single-dewy-tear of precious sadness that was the loss of the bookstore, although I haven't seen it in a while.

I watched the shower scene in open-mouthed horror until the stepdaughter's line (and the party favors). I felt awful for Annie, but also a sense of vindication--she wasn't entirely crazy, she was being gaslighted, sort of. And also the portrayal of friendships was rather deep, I thought.

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May 23, 2011 9:37:29 GMT -4 chonies said:

I watched the shower scene in open-mouthed horror until the stepdaughter's line (and the party favors). I felt awful for Annie, but also a sense of vindication--she wasn't entirely crazy, she was being gaslighted, sort of. And also the portrayal of friendships was rather deep, I thought.

That's how I felt about that scene too. Helen initially put down Annie's French theme idea, and then stole it when Lillian decided to let her plan it. She was obviously trying to drive a wedge between Annie and Lillian because, by her own admission, she didn't have any female friends and was desperate to have Lillian be her BFF because she was nice to her. And Helen doesn't like to share obviously. There were a lot of layers to this movie which I think makes it more complex than just a chick flick/gross out humor movie or however they're trying to sell it.

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I'm going to try to see this again this weekend, with actual girlfriends this time.

roisin, since we seem to be kind of on the same page about Helen, do you think she actually meant to knock Annie out on those pills? I got the idea that there was something malicious and hostile because when someone asked her what the pills were, Helen shrugged and widened her eyes in stagey innocence.. Maybe it was obvious to everyone else, though.

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May 24, 2011 11:16:41 GMT -4 chonies said:

I'm going to try to see this again this weekend, with actual girlfriends this time.

roisin, since we seem to be kind of on the same page about Helen, do you think she actually meant to knock Annie out on those pills? I got the idea that there was something malicious and hostile because when someone asked her what the pills were, Helen shrugged and widened her eyes in stagey innocence.. Maybe it was obvious to everyone else, though.

I think she might've intended for Annie to make a fool of herself. I don't know what pills she might've given her but they clearly weren't valium. I also wonder if she really did offer to pay for Annie to sit in first class or if she lied about that. Helen clearly had issues.

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Saw it this weekend with two girlfriends and it was kind of sweet because each of us could relate to something going on on that screen and would kinda wink and nudge each other knowingly.

I laughed so hard I cried at the Fitting/ Food Poisoning scene and I'm sure I missed some of the dialogue because I could barely breathe.

Afterwards, when I just described the scene to my mom on the phone SHE started howling with laughter- and I don't even think my description did it justice.

Really loved it. Not sure if it would be one I'll buy and treasure forever (I'm really more of a Horror Fan, and those are the movies I want to see over and over) But I appreciated this for being such a solid female oriented flick without having to be Steel Magnolias or resort to the usual stereotypes. Everyone in the bridal shower was pretty complex and multi-dimentional. And the main character was so flawed and yet still relatable- while her nemesis was more than the usual bitch from Hell out to get the main girl for no reason. Not saying she didn't have a bitch element to her, but her motives to give the bride the best shower/ wedding ever seemed sincere.

There were a lot of layers to this movie which I think makes it more complex than just a chick flick/gross out humor movie or however they're trying to sell it.

I agree, and that's why even if this isn't a movie I watch over and over again, I'll always think of it fondly.