THE Judd Apatow laugh factory turns it on again in this week’s big new release, Bridesmaids, where the girl’s resort to the same kind of behaviour as the lads did in Hangover, so viewers will know exactly what to expect.
Kristen Wiig, from Knocked Up and Adventureland, is very much the central figure here in that not only is she given the kind of role that her talents deserve, but she also co-wrote the script.
Her motto in this 125-minute adult themed affair is that what happens in Vegas starts in the plane. A lot goes on in Bridesmaids, one that really works and ends happily.
Wiig plays Annie, a good-time gal who has seen better days. Her bakery closed recently enough that the sign is still hanging on the empty storefront, and though Ted, her regular buddy, is none other than Jon Hamm, he doesn’t really make her feel good about herself.
So, when Annie’s best friend Lillian (Maya Rudolph) announces her engagement, she has a hard time being as happy for her as she should.
To add to her woes, Lillian’s latest friend, the rich and beautiful Helen (Rose Byrne), wants to bump Annie out of being maid of honour.
For the most part, Bridesmaids focuses on the collective effort of Lillian’s friends to make preparations for the upcoming nuptials and the parties that are supposed to come before.
Also in the group are an overly naïve newlywed (Ellie Kemper) a sexually frustrated mother of three (Wendi McLendon-Covey), and the groom’s not too popular sister, Melissa McCarthy.
The competition between women, the jockeying they do for best-friend supremacy, is fully played out here by director Paul Fieg.
