OK, so Bridesmaids has been out for pretty much a month now but here finally is the belated Fanatical Film review.
Opening with a hilarious scene between Kristen Wiig and Jon Hamm, Bridesmaids instantly hits you as being a film that certainly does not hold any punches and provides true hilarity throughout. As you would expect from any film involving comedy king Judd Apatow, a barrage of laugh-out-loud moments await from the very get-go and Bridesmaids is no exception.
Annie (Wiig) is a thirty something living in Milwaukee whose life seems to be going nowhere. Her cake shop business has gone under and she now works at a jewellery shop, she rents an apartment with two slacker siblings and her sexual partner is only interesting in the physical side and not a full blown relationship.
When her best friend Lillian announces she is getting married, Annie is thrust into a massive commitment to the wedding, she is named as maid of honour. Attending the engagement party, Annie soon meets the bridesmaids she will joining at the wedding and realises that they all have their own crazy persona's she will have to cope with throughout the entirety of the wedding preparations.
Lillian's husband-to-be's sister is an overweight sex-crazed loud mouth, the husband's boss' wife Helen is a prim and proper lady who wants to take over the maid of honour role and friends Rita and Becca are at two ends of the spectrum, one hates married life and one is a newlywed loving every minute.
Needless to say, Annie's job soon turns out to be a massive weight on her shoulders and with Helen putting forward her ideas for the bachelorette party and other events it soon turns out the women are heading for Vegas. Cue a sublime aeroplane comedic scene and the plan fails, with the women finding themselves missing out on their destination of choice.
Furthermore, things go from bad to worse for Annie, with food poisoning affecting the bridesmaids' fittings and chaos ensuing shortly after at the bridal shower. Moments which will have you wincing and laughing out loud simultaneously.
It is no wonder that Bridesmaids has received such a warm reception from audiences and critics alike, with its kind blend of comedy, romance and warmth lighting up the cinema screen. Comparisons to The Hangover are completely irrational and if anything Bridesmaids manages to successfully usurp this year's outing from the Wolfpack.
Expectations of a women-heavy comedy with excess profanity and toilet humour were somewhat low admittedly but Wiig and co totally bring their A game to the table and deliver a highly entertaining and rib tickling outing proud to be out there amongst the recent high rolling comedy movies. with Wiig performing to a high standard she is a hard person to be outshone but the clear stand-out in the crowd is Melissa McCarthy as Megan. From her first appearance in the movie to her very last she shows us how she can pack a punch in the comedy stakes and it would be brilliant to see her more in such films, comparisons could see her as the female Zach Galifianakis.
Film rating: 4 out of 5 stars
The lowdown: A highly entertaining Apatow-produced comedy which surprises gleefully with its exceptional female cast. It's easy to say this will be one the best comedies seen by audiences for 2011.
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