In the midst of wedding planning, I decided it would be nice to take a break and watch one of my favorite chick flicks, 27 Dresses. Despite having all of the same cheesy romantic comedy moments, there is just something that I love about 27 Dresses.
Jane (Katherine Heigl) is the epitome of the saying, “Always a bridesmaid, never a bride.†She has been in 27 weddings and has the dresses to prove it.
Additionally, Jane is in love with her boss, George (Edward Burns), who of course, is completely oblivious. Things take a turn for the worse when Jane’s younger sister Tess (Malin Akerman) shows up for a visit and falls for George as well. However, Tess manipulates and lies about her life to be the perfect girl for George. Jane heartbrokenly watches all of this go down and is soon forced to plan their wedding.
Amongst all of the chaos and heartbreak in Jane’s life, Kevin (James Marsden), a reporter, stumbles upon Jane and begins falling for her. However, she does not feel the same. It gets even worse when Jane finds out that heartless Kevin writes her favorite wedding column for the newspaper. Coincidentally, Kevin is now assigned to follow Tess and George around for a wedding feature, bringing Kevin closer to Jane who is still envious of Tess.
Stress filled commotion erupts in Jane’s life when she freaks out over some of Tess’s wedding choices and when Kevin plans to run an article about Jane’s lengthy bridesmaid history. Thankfully, this is a chick flick and things get better but I won’t ruin the ending in case some of you have not seen this movie.
I’m not really sure why I enjoy this movie so much. Perhaps it’s the karaoke Bennie and the Jets bar scene and the cuteness of James Marsden. Or the excitement the girls have over planning weddings.
Regardless, 27 Dresses is definitely a chick flick. I don’t think guys would be able to sit through the whole move so plan a girl’s night!
you know, this movie actualy surprised me. i actually did like it a bit….for a chick flick.
I loved this movie!!! I watched it again not that long ago and just think it is so cute!
I like 27 dresses, and by the way, I said LIKE, not ADORE
Yes, I am a girl, but I tend to view chick flicks with caution…deep, considerable caution. Which is why I hate 97% of the chick flicks out there. So, it came as a surprise to me that I liked the most talked-about chick flick of all time.
Maybe I find cynical photographers amusing. Maybe I just have a brain freeze when it comes to 27 Dresses, but I think the real reason that I enjoyed this was the plot.
It did NOT involve the MOST cliche, overrated themes that, for example, “Bride Wars” has (I LOVE Ann Hathaway, but the movie failed, in epic proportions). It was realistic (hey, I’m talking about the CHICK FLICK measuring scale, not the real-life one! Most of them are fairy tale fluff designed to take women away from real life and find Disney’s Prince Eric again!) But this one was different. The guy was INTERESTINGLY cynical (hey, and I’m a girl, so I DO admit he is cute!) and Heigl was, well, believably the beaten up bridesmaid. Love the pair, and I COULD imagine this happening (not SO over-dramatically, but I could imagine a more realistic scenario of this, which impresses me beyond reason. Chick flicks are meant to shut off the brain. This movie only shuts it 75% off!)
The acting was subpar, but BEARABLE (Shoot me before I have to endure “Friends with Benefits”) and its a nice way to pass a BRAINLESSLY FUN, and CUTE weekend afternoon with your guy (if he can tolerate it
) OR more realistically, a throwback Girl’s Night Out with your pals.
So watch it. It’s cute, refreshing for a predictable genre, and overall, it is a fun, entertaining rom-com which er..MAY have made me, the SUPREME cynicist towards rom-com, say “OH MY GOSH, He is SO CUTE!” Maybe. Just once or twice