Bridesmaids (2011)
How intrigued are you, based upon seeing the trailer?
Anne: Excited!
Jack: Interested
Impressions based on the trailer
Raunchy and crude bachelorette-party mishaps starring some of our favorite funny women
Comments after seeing the film.
Jack: The film's marketing department took great pains to suggest that this film was a female version of The Hangover - even the title seems to suggest that girls are capable of misbehaving just as much as boys prior to one of them getting hitched. The trailer prominently features the picture's most scatological setpiece, and makes it seem that the group's bachelorette-party trip to Las Vegas will provide most of the hijinks. (It actually doesn’t.) Although the film boasts one of the best supporting casts in recent memory, made up of comic talent from both sides of the Atlantic, it is less a "group on a wacky adventure" comedy than a late-bloomer coming-of-age story focused on Kristen Wiig's Annie. Wiig's exuberant goofballery and scarecrowish beauty has made her one of our favorite comedic character actresses here at Don't Trust the Trailer, and Bridesmaids proves that she's got what it takes to be a bona-fide movie star.
Annie: This is one of the best films that I’ve seen this year. I absolutely loved it! It seemed like there would be a lot of potty humor, and although there is some, and they make up some incredibly funny scenes, it doesn’t take over the film. Most of the best moments are in the clever jabs, awkward social dynamics and comedic delivery. This is also less of a group or team movie with equal parts for all women, but Kristin Wiig is a freakin’ adorable, hilarious and flawed character as the lead. While trying to make it appear that this film is a compliment to The Hangover instead of a chick flick, they omitted advertising the love interest plotline, which is quite significant.. I was pleased to have the love story not ruined for me by the trailer, but a small clip would have been nice. I went to a theater full of mostly women that I could hear laughing uncontrollably at all the right moments and audibly cooing at the screen and snickering to themselves during the relationship bits. For me it was the best movie going experience all year and it exceeded the expectations that I had based on the trailer.
Final Grade for Film:A
Trailer Accuracy: 50%
