Bridesmaids

IMDB
First time viewed: Yes
Current Release: Yes
Watched With: Amberly

What a crazy screening. More on that later, first though, how is the movie?

The movie is awesome. Yes. Great Job! (Bahaha It actually has Tim Heidecker in it from Tim and Eric Awesome Show Great Job! but unfortunately in a cast that is comprised of an embarrassment of riches he gets no lines. Still the idea of anyone marrying him is just hilarious in and of itself.)

Chris O'Dowd from the I.T. Crowd! Awwwwww he's just adorable. What a cool choice for a romantic lead. And Jon Hamm plays a great dick. But who cares about them? This ones all about the girls.

Kristen Wiig is front and centre here doing the writing and playing the lead. And even though there are a few of those typical moments you have to endure of a female character ridiculously embarrassing herself (man they have some classics here though) she manages to make you care enough about her to make it matter. You wanna stick with her and see her get her life sorted out.

The great Rose Byrne is on hand playing what would usually just be the bitchy villain but in the writing and acting they have made a much more well rounded character than I'm used to seeing for the antagonist in a chick flick. She even manages to be sympathetic at the end, but the real fun stuff is the rivalry at the beginning. The engagement toast speech war was probably my favourite scene. The way it just keeps going, well after any sane comedy editor would have chopped it off, but always manages to top itself is great.

Maya Rudolph is reliable as the best friend getting married. It's strange, I don't watch Saturday Night Live so I've only seen her in a more dramatic role in Sam Mendes' underseen Away We Go and again here she more of a straight person tot he insane comedic antics happening around her. I just can't imagine her doing Saturday Night live, I'll have to look up some clips on youtube.

Ellie Kemper and Wendi McLendon-Covey aren't given as much to do but they each have a few moments. Melissa McCarthy on the other hand is a stand out. I know her mainly from Gilmore Girls (I watched a season...) and she was fantastic in multiple roles in the The Nines (seriously, check that film out) and she plays a slightly more outrageous character than the others but it's never not funny. I hope to see more of her in the future.

This is just a great time out at the cinema. The crowd loved it. I'll definitely be going again when it finally receives a very belated proper release in Australia.

And now some highlights from a very odd evening that helped shape the mood of the screening:
• falling asleep after 3 hours sleep the night before and waking up 15 minutes before the screening.
• arriving in baggy jumper, beanie and boots to a sea of women all decked out drinking cocktails before the sold out screening
• topless waiters handing out said cocktails
• a pole dancer and DJ in the foyer
• a bouquet toss
• free gift bags containing make-up and tampons
• sitting in the front row and being one of about 3 males in the audience.
• lost car keys!
• epic search for car keys!
• found car keys!

Good times.