The film ‘Bridesmaids’ is a comedy that embraces life’s lessons for all. The movie was released into theaters on May 13, 2011. The film is rated “R” by the Motion Picture Association of America for its strong sexuality and adult language. It is a Universal motion picture. The movie is by the producers of the hit films ‘Knocked Up’, ‘Superbad’ and ‘The 40-Year-Old Virgin’. It was filmed in California.
The movie is directed by Paul Feig and written by Kristen Wiig and Annie Mumolo. The primary cast includes many outstanding actresses. Kristen Wiig plays Annie (“maid of honor”). She has had a strikingly successful career as an actress on Saturday Night Live where she appeared for 6 years and was nominated for an Emmy. Maya Rudolph plays Lillian (bride). She has starred in several movies during her career. Rose Byrne is an Australian native that has also received an Emmy nomination. Melissa McCarthy has had a successful acting career, most recently in the TV program Mike and Molly. Wendi McLendon has recently starred in Reno 911. Ellie Kemper is a St. Louis native and is a successful writer and performer.
Owen Gleiberman of Entertainment Weekly comments that the film is “gut-bustingly funny!” and Alynda Wheat of People calls the movie “brazenly hysterical”. The movie grossed over $ 26 million in its opening weekend and in excess of $ 169 million through September 25, 2011. The estimated budget to make the film was $ 32 million.
The heart of the film involves a 30 plus year old woman named Annie (Kristen Wiig) who has had difficult relationship problems with the men in her life. As a result, she has become acutely negative in her job and in her life. Her best friend Lillian (Maya Rudolph) becomes engaged and asks Annie to be the “maid of honor”. From this point, Annie becomes jealous of Lillian’s close relationship with another female bridesmaid. Annie then undertakes creating difficulties for the entire group of Lillian’s bridesmaids. Her life continues to spiral downward as she is stopped by the police for allegedly driving while intoxicated. To make matters worse, she takes the bridesmaids to lunch and everyone gets a bad case of food poisoning. Subsequently while flying to Vegas for the wedding party, she causes a scene on the airliner resulting in all of the bridesmaids being kicked off the airliner. Her friends then turn against her. When she returns home, she is fired from her job for behavior problems, loses her apartment, cannot pay her bills and generally hits rock bottom in her life. Annie blames everyone else for her problems but herself until she finally realizes that she is the cause her own problems and that she must change her attitude and her life for the better.
The acting in the film was excellent. The audience is easily able to follow the plot of the film and identify the moral of the story. The comedy in the movie was fairly good with many scenes that cause the viewer to break out in laughter. The movie although does drag on and get somewhat boring in some scenes.
The Examiner rates this film as a thumbs-up.
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