When Annie’s best friend Lillian gets engaged, Annie’s slowly crumbling life is brought into sharp relief by the introduction of the rest of Lilian’s bridal party – especially one rich bitch who wants to hog the spotlight.
My Thoughts:
While I didn’t hate her, the main character teeters on the line of “unlikable” throughout the film. There is a point at which self-pity brings nothing but revulsion. And while yes, a flawed main character is good, a pathetic one is not.
Melissa McCarthy was wonderful, there is something about her unfeminine portrayal of the character that I find incredibly endearing.
The age of the cast was something I was happy about. Not because I think that younger girls getting married is an unfortunate standard society is clinging to, but because I found their range to be something you’d be likely to see.
“Roy” from the IT Crowd!
I’m not personally a fan of grotesquerie, so the poop humor in the fittings portion was not funny to me. But unlike a lot of comedies coming out anymore, it only had a total of two moments where I felt completely uncomfortable and didn’t care about the rest of the movie. The never ending bridal shower toast was the other.
While I love Wendi McLendon-Covey, her character Rita, the “Cousin,” is a little too jarring to be actually funny (IMO)
The “rich” friend was too over the top, making her eventual redemption a little overly predictable. Also, while I think Rose Byrne is very pretty, I felt like the resounding opinion that she was phenomenally beautiful was a little too pushy.
