Weddings are bizarre, particularly for girls: the entire bridesmaid factor with its guidelines and rituals and interpersonal dynamics could be an absolute minefield. And because it seems, an ideal supply of cringe comedy and gross-out gags too.
Bridesmaids, top-of-the-line Netflix motion pictures, follows Annie Walker (Wiig), a down-on-her-luck single-ish younger lady whose solely constructive pal is her greatest buddy Lillian. So when Lillian asks her to be her maid of honor, Walker cannot say no. But when she meets the opposite bridesmaids, she’ll quickly want she had.
As Roger Ebert put it: “It positively proves that ladies are the equal of males in vulgarity, sexual frankness, lust, vulnerability, over-drinking and insecurity.” That, after all, is a large a part of its enchantment.
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“Female nervousness deliriously and freakishly off the leash”
Writing within the Charleston City Paper, Felicia Feaster mentioned that the film is “a story of feminine nervousness deliriously and freakishly off the leash, it is as near an ideal multiplex comedy as they arrive”. Time Out agreed: it is “an easy mix of unhealthy style and good humour with an entirely plausible, usually very touching emotional core, all centred round one of many most interesting star-making comedian performances in current reminiscence”.
Film School Rejects loved it too. “Kristen Wiig is humorous, candy and pathetic whereas her life falls aside, the ensemble works nicely, it is a comedy unafraid to get disgusting after which get dramatic, and nearly each scene works.” And CNN mentioned that “Bridesmaids is a stiletto-sharp, raunchy, no-holds-barred yuk-fest that stands as a worthy feminine counterpart to the likes of Wedding Crashers and The Hangover“.
Film4‘s Catherine Bray mentioned that the film is “a assured, confident comedy with nothing to show. Fresh, sometimes foul-mouthed, and humorous”. And the sadly defunct Total Film journal mentioned that “it is uneven, unwieldy and overlong, but when it is yucks you are after you may discover them in abundance in a side-splitting comedy that lifts the veil on each marriage ceremony’s unsung heroines”.
