I never intended to see Bridesmaids.
When I saw the trailers at the cinema I thought to myself that it was a cross
between two films I deeply dislike, Sex
and the City and The Hangover.
How wrong I was. I saw the film at the cinema, in IMAX oddly, and for a second
time on TV yesterday and both times I laughed more than enough times to satisfy
and on the first viewing at least, really enjoyed the story. The film helped to
change the perception of women in comedy and gave several great roles to terrific
comic and straight actresses. Written by its star Kristen Wiig and Annie Mumolo
who herself has a brief but funny cameo, the film is about a group of women
preparing for a wedding. Annie (Wiig) is going through a sort of third life
crisis and feels shunned by her best friend Lillian’s (Maya Rudolph) friendship
with a wealthy and beautiful banker Helen (Rose Byrne). Things go from bad to
worse for Annie as she loses her job and apartment and reaches rock bottom when
her behaviour at a bridal shower loses her her invite to the wedding.
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Monday, 24 December 2012
Monday, 2 July 2012
Friends with Kids
Six New York
thirty-somethings see their lives change over the course of several years as children
come into their lives. Alex and Leslie (Chris O’Dowd and Maya Rudolph) are a
married couple with two children, struggling to keep their heads above water. Ben
and Missy (Jon Hamm and Kristen Wiig) are a sexually charged couple who find
things difficult once a baby arrives while Jason and Julie (Adam Scott and Jennifer
Westfeldt) are best friends who know each other inside out. Fearing that they
are getting old and seeing how difficult managing a marriage and child can be,
they decide to have a child as friends with no emotional attachment. Both are
free to carry on with their separate love lives after the child’s birth and
agree to joint custody of the baby.
There have been comparisons to last years smash hit Bridesmaids but that is purely down to
casting. This is a completely different film. While Wiig, O’Dowd, Rudolph and Hamm all starred in Wiig’s
massively successful comedy, Friends with
Kids reminded me more of a Woody Allen film, only without the wit or
humour.
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