27 Dresses Movie Review

27 Dresses ReviewSo sometimes you owe your girl one. Sometimes she puts up with an absurd slam-bang, balls out guy flick and grins the whole time without saying a word. So for you guys who this weekend got so see 27 Dresses and not Cloverfield, feel my pain. But what an aesthetic anesthetic hour and a half it is. Katherine Heigl plays Jane, a woman who is always the bridesmaid but never the…ya know. She collects clippings from the paper all about the true love of weddings that she one day dreams of having but cannot come to grips when her little sister (Harold and Kumar’s topless Malin Akerman) steals the love of her life, who also happens to be her boss. Like someone collecting their finger nails she has kept every dress she’s worn to every wedding, like some trophy for 3rd runner up in a pageant. Heigl does a great job showing her frustration and horror with wonderful expression. She goes from awkward to sexy seamlessly.

The movie is good, although very reminiscent of How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days, but that’s not a bad thing. It’s very light and fluffy. Quick and painless for you guys who’d rather be killed by whatever the Cloverfield monster is then see a romantic chick flick. However the movie is not unforgettable, it will give you that fleeting moment of bliss that makes you forget you are married to a Succubus, but then it’s over and your popcorn is gone. It has some terrific moments, especially with Marsden (Still doing well, after being Cyclops, Lois Lane’s BF in Superman Returns, and hilarious in Enchanted) being a charming columnist chasing Jane and Judy Greer always being deliriously delightful as Jane’s scene raping buddy.

The movie never gets to that point of being a classic, but Heigl hot off of, well everything, does well to keep the movie moving with decent comic ability, and a good supporting cast doing some light lifting. So, final summation? It’s decent. Like I said, it’s not going to be revered in the history books a hundred years from now, but consider it a treat of light fun if you’re not looking for monsters or epic period dramas.

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  • I think the movie has a truly very interesting plot, I will be happy to see it.


    -armine
  • bosky
    The movie was dramatical and we have seen the same kind of flicks for years now but i guess i still like the way it was presented.
  • I think that this movie was great. And I have to be honest I like such movie flicks.
  • yeah well I hate to say it was a good movie, I am a guy and I watch so many dark edgy movies that when I do have to see a movie like this it can be an often good thing... its kinda like going from the craziest of rides at six flags and then have something really sweet to eat, it kinda sends it off to bliss but I really think their has to be some more creativity to the story in these movies. The plot was good and sensible but the chemistry between the lead chick and the dude wasn't really there so for them to fall in love in the end wasn't really that over the top and you seen it coming and of course the lead guy always does something wrong to mess it up make the girl leave him, get her all upset make it up to her and live misery ever after in wedded bliss.
    So you should see it for sure when your in the mood for an for about 80 mins of a few laughs and light heartedness then pass it by for weeks to come on HBO.. but I think you should really check out Then She Found Me now playing on pay per view, I remember hearing about it shortly and some may have not heard of it at all and the reason for that being that the film was released independently and stars an not so generously aging Helen Hut but it is a really creative,realistic movie.
  • Really great movie, I enjoyed it !
  • C'esy really a pleasure to read! Thank you
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