Bridesmaids (2011)

The Official Poster of the Movie

I’ve just watched this movie a few days ago. A little bit late, I know, since it was originally released on May 2011. I wasn’t really eager to watch it until I saw some award shows on cable, such as Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild Awards. “Bridesmaids” is named as one of the successful movies ever made in 2011. Even rotten tomatoes gave good reviews to this movie. One of the actors, Melissa McCarthy, is nominated as Best Supporting Artist in Academy Award, and the movie itself is nominated for Best Original Screenplay. So, a few days ago I decided to watch the movie, and I think it was pretty good.

It’s basically a story about a girl named Annie whose bestfriend, Lillian, is about to get married. Both of them are friends since childhood and Lillian wants Annie to be her maid of honor. It means, in American culture, the maid of honor is the one who arrange all the planning before the wedding, such as the dress for the bridesmaids, the bachelorette party, the shower, and everything else relating to the bride. This gets tricky for Annie since her hands are already full with her own problems. Her cake business went down, her boyfriend walked away from him, and once she fell for a guy, it turned out that he’s not interested in upgrading the relationship into more than just a physical contact. As the storyline goes, her life is just getting worse, with her roommate, and also with one of the fellow bridesmaids, Helen, who also thinks Lillian as her bestfriend, and gave Annie an atmosphere of competition to win Lillian.

I really like watching Annie goes nuts as her life hits rock bottom, and in the middle of being frustrated she got the chance to meet with a really cute cop named Officer Rhodes and had a fling with him. But when he tried to get more serious and persuaded her to get back into baking, she bailed out, feeling that she doesn’t need him to fix her. This movie actually is about a lot of kinds of relationship, even with Annie alone as the main character. It’s about her relationship with her bestfriend and the fear of letting her down in the big day, her relationship with her annoying roommates, her fellow bridesmaids, her own mother, her f*ck buddy, and with an officer that end up to a romance fling.

It’s my favorite genre of movie, romantic comedy, and I always enjoy this kind of movie. As for McCarthy’s acting, I think she’s great, but I’m not sure if it’s Oscars’ material. I don’t think her role is significant enough to get the nomination. I’m not saying it’s bad though, in fact she’s quite hilarious and refreshing. But I still can see the movie having a strong storyline even if they remove her character. Then again, who am I to judge? At the end of the day, I enjoy watching the movie and if you’re a fan of a chick flick or a romance comedy, you should watch it too!