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| Manufacturer: | 20th Century Fox |
| MFG Part: | 2250659 |
| Customer Rating: | 4.0 / 5.0 |
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Katherine Heigl is delightful as Jane, a self-effacing Gal Friday so addicted to organizing weddings in her off time, that 27 Dresses opens with her character juggling two nuptials on the same night. A perpetual bridesmaid, Jane's hobby is discovered by a matrimony reporter named Kevin (James Marsden), who hides a romantic side behind his wall of cynicism. While Kevin gradually develops feelings for Jane, the latter's superficial sister, Tess (Malin Akerman), pursues George (Edward Burns), Jane's boss and the object of her love. This romantic circle could go on forever, except that Jane is unexpectedly moved by Kevin despite her general irritation with him and without knowing that he's on the verge of sandbagging her with a ridiculing article in his newspaper. The situation is absurd, but the emotions are not. Heigl is very good, rooted in a long tradition of comely comediennes playing characters who fly under the radar of life. She makes Jane's pain palpable and conveys her character's inability to say no without making her look unappealing or weak. Marsden perfectly captures the part of a rumpled, underdressed writer with repressed passions, Akerman is as convincingly shrewish here as she was in The Heartbreak Kid, and Burns is fine as one of those guys so busy saving the world he barely pays attention to the people in his life. The script by Aline Brosh McKenna ( The Devil Wears Prada) is fun if predictable, and Anne Fletcher's direction is vibrant. -- Tom Keogh
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Katherine Heigl (Knocked up TV's Grey's Anatomy) lights up the screen in this charming romantic comedy from the screenwriter of The Devil Wears Prada." Heigl stars as Jane a romantic completely selfless woman who has been a bridesmaid in no less than 27 weddings. Unfortunately her own happy ending seems to be nowhere in sight. Until her younger sister Tess captures the heart of Jane's boss -- on whom Jane has a secret crush inspiring Jane to change her "always-a-bridesmaid" destiny.System Requirements:Running Time: 105 minutesFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: COMEDY/ROMANTIC COMEDY Rating: PG-13 UPC: 024543506591 Manufacturer No: 2250659
| Poor imitation of a romantic comedy | 2010-02-28 | 2 / 5 |
| | The people who wrote, directed and produced this movie would do well to take a crash course in Cukor, Capra, Hawks etc. Lazy, unimaginative writing and directing yield a script full of cliches and characters whose motivations abruptly shift directions with no justification whatsoever. Not at all believable. |
| I'll Just Get Straight to the Point Here | 2010-02-13 | 3 / 5 |
| Yet another romantic comedy with a cutesy premise. We all know what this movie is about. You either want to see it or you don't. I could say how the humor was insightful, and the characters had depth, but would you believe me?
3 stars = The ball is in your court |
| That's Right, We're Reviewing This! | 2010-01-14 | 4 / 5 |
| I'll admit it. Despite being a somewhat cynical, heterosexual male, I do have a soft spot for romantic comedies. I am certainly willing to shoot down the ones that are absolute crap, such as Kate and Leopold, or Maid in Manhattan, but I also have a very hard time turning You've Got Mail off when it comes on my HBO. So armed with a light, since-Roswell crush on Katharine Heigl and a close lesbian friend who serves as a great fake girlfriend, I found myself at a screening of 27 Dresses, the new romantic comedy from writer Aline Brosh McKenna.
The movie has not been very well reviewed, and I went in with very low expectations. With that in mind I did enjoy it. I have not been very impressed with the slate of RomComs that have been dumped on us in the past few years, with such absolute drivel as Must Love Dogs and A Lot Like Love, but I was able to enjoy 27 Dresses despite a couple of script errors, and the blatant even to me anti-feminist notion that the importance of its protagonist as a person seems entirely wrapped up in whether or not she can find herself a husband. An odd contrast from McKenna's previous film, the adaptation of The Devil Wears Prada, which commented on the struggle of women to hold power without isolating themselves from human connection.
A few things are out of whack in the script; I am willing to overlook the flawed logistics of the opening sequence where Heigl hires a cab to commute her between two simultaneous weddings, as it is an effective way of showing us the lengths she will go to in an effort to give every bride she knows what they need for their weddings. However, one major plot point of the movie is that Marsden, as a writer for the "Commitments" section of a popular newspaper, attends weddings and interviews the bridal parties for his column, yet Heigl, the maid of honor at a wedding he is writing about in the beginning, does not know who he is when they meet. Also, Heigl's character is painted as having basically no social life, being at the beck and call of her boss whom she secretly loves, yet she apparently knows enough people to have been the maid of honor or at least a very involved bridesmaid in 27 weddings so far. Where exactly did she meet all these other women, when it seems her only friend in the world is the perennial best-friend Judy Greer (brilliant, as always, I should add.)
The reason why it does work is the chemistry between Heigl and the male romantic lead James Marsden, who I am rarely a fan of, which is an actual believable romantic connection, unlike the attempted chemistry between original object of Heigl's affection, Edward Burns, and her sister played by the human bobblehead doll Malin Akerman (seriously, what school of acting did she go to that taught her your head must always move whilst talking?) As much as I am a fan of Burns, I really only think he works as a tough Irish cop or taxi driver, and always seems to fall short as someone who is supposed to actually be loveable.
The movie makes use of two way over-done RomCom staples, that being the clothing-montage and the group singing scene, yet somehow they both work and do more than just fill time between banter. I will confess to being something of a sucker for an earned sing-along scene; I will defy any one to try and shake my love of a bus full of 70's musicians singing Tiny Dancer, and indeed I quite enjoyed this movie's rendition of Benny and the Jets. The sing along scene, which takes place in an upstate New York dive-bar, also contains perhaps my favorite extras in any movie ever, so noticeable in how much they are enjoying the singing of Marsden and Heigl that I began to watch them more than the leads.
One thing the movie does that I found myself very impressed by is that in the climax, our protagonist does something that is absolutely wrong of her to do, regardless of how awful her sister is. Typically in a movie such as this, a move in the same part of the script is something done with the best intentions or even more often, as is the case of most Ben Stiller moviesRye Silverman, the result of things happening that make their own efforts fall apart, Heigl's character does something that is nothing short of personal sabotage, and I have to give a bit of applause to McKenna for taking that direction, of making us see our heroine as someone who can actually do something cruel or manipulative and selfish without making us hate her for it. |
| 27 Dresses | 2010-01-05 | 3 / 5 |
| Jane is idealistic, romantic and completely selfless--a perennial bridesmaid whose own happy ending is nowhere in sight. But when younger sister Tess captures the heart of Jane's boss--with whom she is secretly in love--Jane begins to reexamine her "always-a-bridesmaid..." lifestyle. This movie is pleasant by the likeability of its star, Katherine Heigl, and her chemistry with the affable James Marsden.
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| Waiting for Mr. Right... | 2010-01-04 | 4 / 5 |
| 2008's superb "27 Dresses" features Katherine Heigl as Jane, a selfless girl friday secretly in love with her handsome boss (Edward Burns). While waiting for Mr. Right to notice her, she is the perpetual bridesmaid at the weddings of her many friends. Her relaxation is the romantic weekly wedding page commentary by a local newspaper writer.
On a fateful night, Jane assists at two different weddings. In an hilarious sequence, she taxies back and forth between ceremonies, changing dresses in the cab. When Jane is knocked over in the rush for a bridal bouquet, she is rescued by Kevin (James Marsden), a scruffy, cynical writer who escorts her home and who challenges her romantic view of marriage. Kevin accidentally ends up with Jane's day-planner, which leads him to a great idea for a story and back to Jane.
Jane's world begins to crumble when her attractive but selfish younger sister Tess (Malin Akerman) makes a play for her boss. Suddenly, Jane must plan her sister's wedding with the man she meant to marry. With the help of Kevin and of her best friend Marty (a pricelessly cynical Judy Greer), Jane will finally and hilariously take control of her own life.
"27 Dresses" is good frothy fun, built around a solid cast and rounded out with some genuinely touching moments. It is highly recommended as excellent entertainment for fans of a good romantic comedy. |
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