"You may kiss the Bridesmaids"

The most recent comedy that I can recall watching is the new hit comedy Bridesmaids which was released in 2011. This movie is based upon the life of Annie Walker(Kristen Wiig) and how her life begins to unravel throughout the course of her best friend Lillian's(Maya Rudolph) engagement and activities prior to he wedding. Annie finds herself in a midlife crisis where it seems that not anything can go right in her life, she literally seems to find herself on a downward spiral. Once Lillian starts getting all of the bridesmaids together and ready for the wedding Annie begins to notice that one fellow bridesmaid, Helen (Rose Bryne) seems to be almost stealing Lillian as a best friend and she starts to become jealous, so jealous that she beings to do really dumb things. These dumb things lead her to her downward spiral. 

This movie was directed by Paul Feig. Paul makes a brief appearance in this movie as well. This is known as a cameo and was created by the "Master of Suspense", Alfred Hitchcock. Paul Feig also directed quite a few episodes of The Office, a few episodes of Weeds, and an episode of Parks and Recreation. The two ladies that are given writing credits for this movie include Kristen Wiig, who also is the protagonist for this film, and Annie Mumolo, who also made an appearance in the film as a nervous woman on the plane.

This film is chalk full of scenes that some may find funny, however I did not find it to be a movie that is extremely comedic. I also found the plot very predictable and unrealistic. Almost all of my friends comment towards this movie as one of their favorites and "the funniest movie that they've ever seen", however when i seen it i was extremely unimpressed. Everyone built it up to be something that it definitely was not. I'm not saying that this is a terrible movie and that I would never want to watch it again, I am saying though that it isn't as funny as it was made up to be. I believe that there are many things that could have been done differently to make it more funny. I would give it a 2.5 out of 5 stars because I would watch it again and be entertained. However, from a comedic perspective  which is what i'm grading on it did not live up to my expectations.