Morgan Bell
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REVIEW: 27 Dresses
March 19th 2008 09:57
Directed: Anne Fletcher (Step Up)
Written: Aline Brosh McKenna (The Devil Wears Prada, Laws Of Attraction)
Starring: Katherine Heigl (Knocked Up, TVs Greys Anatomy), James Marsden (Enchanted, Hairspray, X-Men), Edward Burns (The Holiday, Life Or Something Like It)
Always the bridesmaid, never the bride! Poor Katherine Heigl has 27 hideous bridesmaid dresses in her closet and will probably have many many more if she doesn't start putting herself first. This story is extremely predictable and has all been done before in "How To Lose A Guy In 10 Days", "Failure To Launch", "Shes All That", "10 Things I Hate About You" or "Two Weeks Notice" where the reporter/hotty-with-an-alteri or-motive (Marsden) has to spend time with a seemingly hopeless person of the opposite sex (Heigl) and due to spending some quality time with them and interacting with their family and understanding their situation AND possibly having a few drinks and dancing/singing together (possibly to Benny & The Jets) they learn to love the hopeless person for their personality and all their faults and realize they simply cant live without them! Hey its not rocket science, and its not exactly realistic, but it's a well worn formula and in the case of 27 Dresses it is incredibly cute. Heigls character has had a longtime crush on her boss (Burns) but when her self-involved model sister sweeps into town she instantly snavels him for her very own . . . then to add insult to injury the sister asks Heigl to be her bridesmaid and organize the whole wedding . . . oh that bitch! I think Katherine Heigl is the new Meg Ryan radiating wholesome niceness, and ive never seen James Marsden looking so good, he smolders away throughout the whole film with charm and a cheeky grin while she somehow doesn't notice how ridiculously good-looking he is . . . its actually a lot of fun waiting for the inevitable to unfold . . . and the movie-montage of Heigl trying on the actual 27 dresses from her closet is a highlight.
Written: Aline Brosh McKenna (The Devil Wears Prada, Laws Of Attraction)
Starring: Katherine Heigl (Knocked Up, TVs Greys Anatomy), James Marsden (Enchanted, Hairspray, X-Men), Edward Burns (The Holiday, Life Or Something Like It)
Always the bridesmaid, never the bride! Poor Katherine Heigl has 27 hideous bridesmaid dresses in her closet and will probably have many many more if she doesn't start putting herself first. This story is extremely predictable and has all been done before in "How To Lose A Guy In 10 Days", "Failure To Launch", "Shes All That", "10 Things I Hate About You" or "Two Weeks Notice" where the reporter/hotty-with-an-alteri or-motive (Marsden) has to spend time with a seemingly hopeless person of the opposite sex (Heigl) and due to spending some quality time with them and interacting with their family and understanding their situation AND possibly having a few drinks and dancing/singing together (possibly to Benny & The Jets) they learn to love the hopeless person for their personality and all their faults and realize they simply cant live without them! Hey its not rocket science, and its not exactly realistic, but it's a well worn formula and in the case of 27 Dresses it is incredibly cute. Heigls character has had a longtime crush on her boss (Burns) but when her self-involved model sister sweeps into town she instantly snavels him for her very own . . . then to add insult to injury the sister asks Heigl to be her bridesmaid and organize the whole wedding . . . oh that bitch! I think Katherine Heigl is the new Meg Ryan radiating wholesome niceness, and ive never seen James Marsden looking so good, he smolders away throughout the whole film with charm and a cheeky grin while she somehow doesn't notice how ridiculously good-looking he is . . . its actually a lot of fun waiting for the inevitable to unfold . . . and the movie-montage of Heigl trying on the actual 27 dresses from her closet is a highlight.
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Comment by Mountain Fog
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QUOTE ME NO QUOTES!
"Why Brett, I just love a stroll in my nice new dress with pretty pink flowers all over it, we can go watchin' all them colour folk pickin' cotton, with you at my side I'll never be afraid!" gasped and huffed and wheezed Scarlette.
"Frankly my dear, I don't give a damn...whether you wear that dress or not..in fact..." Brett commands,..
well...a dress movie...hmmm...I used to work in theatre and film, lots of dresses,we referred to them as "cossies", dunno if I'll watch this one, but ya never know!
cheers
fog
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but thanks for stopping by and letting me know what you think Louie, im writing a review for "Knocked Up" shortly, and i dont think Heigl is the worst thing about that one lol
thanks for the comments Mountain Fog and Cibbuano, i think wedding movies can be good if they are presented with a sense of irony, top of the genre in my opinion is "Muriels Wedding", "Monster In Law", "The Bachelor", and "My Big Fat Greek Wedding"
im pretty cynical of romantic comedies and the way they represent women but i didnt find this one offensive, to the contrary it was quite charming, i think it had positive messages about women not being doormats
to put my recommendation in perspective, compared to other romantic comedies i would give it 4 out of 5, compared to the best movies of all time of all genres i would give it 2.5 out of 5 . . . so you could enjoy it on a date or if a friend hired it on dvd but you probably wouldnt purchase a copy for your collection
it lacks the story compexity and gender examination of Victor Victoria, but what it lacks in wit it makes up for in its "nice" factor
i wonder if people not willing to watch a film like "27 Dresses" would be equally unlikely to watch any film from the romantic comedy genre?
what do you think?