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Director: Anne Fletcher
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From Time Out London
Hollywood’s latest wedding-themed romantic comedy opens with Jane (Katherine Heigl) dashing between multiple ceremonies in one day, changing into different bridesmaid’s outfits in a New York cab (she’s lucky no one opted for a destination wedding). It’s probably no coincidence that this recalls the mad dash at the beginning of ‘Four Weddings…’. Like Hugh Grant’s Charles, Jane seems destined to attend all her friends’ weddings without ever getting hitched herself. A crush on her boss George (Edward Burns) could be the problem – especially as he’s more keen on her sister (Malin Akerman).
And so downtrodden Jane is doomed to play bridesmaid at the wedding of the man she loves. Or thinks she does – the love triangle doesn’t end there. Enter James Marsden as journalist Kevin, who writes a newspaper wedding column and is desperate for a juicy story about, say, a girl who’s been a bridesmaid 27 times. As Kevin befriends Jane and takes advantage of her distress about George, his duplicitousness is less than beguiling, and yet he’s still clearly in the running for the Mr Right contest.
It’s no compelling love story – Jane seems stuck between a rock and a hard place. But the film hops along merrily enough thanks to an engaging turn from Heigl, who’s nailed the unusually-pretty-girl-next-door act while embracing physical and risqué comedy (Cameron Diaz comparisons abound). Judy Greer provides amusing support as the man-eating sibling. But while the humour’s irreverent and likeable, this is no match for Heigl’s last comedy, ‘Knocked Up’. It’s official: a pregnancy is funnier than a wedding these days – on the big screen anyway.
Author: Anna Smith
Time Out London Issue 1962 March 27 - April 2
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- Bethy said...
- Posted on Mar 29 2008 09:32 I thought this film was good, not complicated and girly. How can you write a review about a film that you havnt seen ?? What do you base it on its trailers ??
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- Alex said...
- Posted on Mar 29 2008 07:40 good
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Posted on Mar 28 2008 08:08
I really enjoyed this film, I took my mum as part of her "birthday weekend" and we both thought it was great! It's not complicated, it's not deep but it's fun and girly and I loved it.
And the people who rate films without actually seeing them or who rate them low because they want to tell us they're GOING to go watch them obviously don't quite grasp the concept of a REVIEW. - Report as inappropriate
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- Penny said...
- Posted on Mar 25 2008 19:25 It is a real chick flick but very enjoyable. Typical romantic comedy - it will not win any awards but a very enjoyable hour and half. I loved it and even my boyfriend didn't mind it too, though I think he has a thing for Katherine Heigl!
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- Steve said...
- Posted on Mar 25 2008 16:54 My wife and I really enjoyed the film - it is predictable romantic fluff but its good fun and Heigl is fantastic (very easy on the eye as well). Perfect date movie and great for a night out - great feelgood film.
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Cast & crew
Director: Anne Fletcher
Cast: Katherine Heigl, James Marsden, Edward Burns, Malin Akerman, Judy Greer, Randy Edelman, Peter James full cast
Genre(s): Comedy
Rated: 12A
Duration: 111 mins
UK Release: Mar 27 2008
US Release: Jan 18 2008
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