27 Dresses (2007)

Yahoo! Synopsis

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.

Jeff’s Review

Sirens and alarms went off about this movie. The reviews were bad and the televisions spots looked weak. Do I really want to waste my time, with a bad chick flick? I didn’t think so, but I have a wife who loves wedding so I cowboyed up and we watched the DVD screener.

I actually enjoyed myself more then I expected. The film is the classic wedding cliche come to reality. When is the bridesmaid going to get married? When will be her special day? Jane (Katherine Heigal) can’t say no, she’s been the bridesmaid 27 different times! She’s the go-to-girl, the virtual, if not default wedding planner every time. This most recent time however is for her sister, who happens to be marrying the man of Jane’s dream. Just imagine all the wacky experience this situations can produce!

I want to feature two scenes in the film, the best and the worst. These two moments stand out clearly above the rest. I will start with the worst first: Jane has to give a slideshow for a dinner for the bride and groom. She is frustrated with her sister, whom she believes is not being truthful to her soon to be husband. Jane decides to put embarrassing photos that exposes the truth to everyone watching. The scenes just failms mistrably – it’s unbelievable, it’s poorly acted by Heigal and comes off as extremely awkward.

The best scene was made so by Katherine Heigal and James Marsden. They are at a bar and end up drinking more then their share of alcohol with leads to them singing an amazing keryoke version of Benny and the Jetts. I gave the movie an extra star solely based on this scene. It’s fun, energetic and exciting! And thanks to the power of youtube, you can enjoy it here:

Cast

• Katherine_Heigal as Jane
• James Marsden as Kevin
• Malin Akerman as Tess
• Edward Burns as George
• Melora Hardin as Maureen

Katherine Heigal is adorable. I don’t think I would have liked the movie if they had used a different actress. The cast does an acceptable job around her, and they serve their purpose. Not high praise, but praise nonetheless.

Ratings And Suggestions

The movie is rated PG-13 for language, some innuendo and sexuality. It’s a good hour and a forty-five minutes, so it kind of peddles on like other comedies in this genre are known to do. No worry, it doesn’t feel draggy, so it shouldn’t matter. Please don’t misunderstand me, this is a chick comedy, but I think guys will appreciate the film (Heigal after all, is easy on the eyes). Like I said in my review, the movie would have normally got two stars, but the bar scene let’s me bump it up a notch. Yahoo! visitors gave the film an average B score, in contrast to the professional reviewers C. I agree with them and thus give the film three out of four stars. It’s worth watching with your significant other.