After seeing the very funny movie Bridesmaids featuring Kristen Wiig, star from the hit comedy show
Saturday Night Live, I knew this film would have an interesting yet big impact
on the entertainment industry. Kristen’s
character Annie, as well as her co-stars Melissa McCarthy (Megan), Maya Rudolph
(Lillian), and Rose Byrne (Helen) together create such an ensemble in which each
characters’ uniquely developed personalities contributed to the recipe of
comedy perfection. With comedy expert
and producer Judd Apatow and director Paul Feig also on the team, this film lead
to break several barriers in terms of social norms specifically in terms of
societies perception of women. It
relieves the always perfect, put-together image we are so used to seeing on the
big screen and portrays the very vulnerable, more unguarded reality through
frequent profanity and scenes relating to unusually spoken about or seen bodily
functions if you will. Nonetheless, this
movie has become the foundation for women in comedy for future productions and
even current movies such as The Heat.
Also
directed by Paul Feig, The Heat,
takes us to a whole new level of comedy.
I can honestly say I have never seen a movie more funny than this
one. The jokes and sarcasm are endless
and the chemistry between Sandra Bullock and Melissa McCarthy is
brilliant. Id recommend everyone to
check it out because I guarantee you will laugh at one point or another. The characters, of which they play, are quite unfiltered and keep surprising you with clever remarks from opening scene to finishing
credits.
Bridesmaids is a
wedding comedy from 2011. The main character, a thirty-something named Annie’s (Kristen
Wiig) life is falling apart. Despite her love for baking, her retail cake shop failed
miserably, leaving her finances in bad shape. She now works a dead-end job as a
jewelry store clerk, which she loathes. She is also forced to share an
apartment with two bizarre roommates, who don't respect her personal space. On
top of that, she is in a dysfunctional “friends with benefits” relationship
with misogynistic Ted, who treats her solely as a last-resort sex partner. The only positive aspect of her life at the
moment is when she finds out that her best friend Lillian of 16 years is
getting married. Annie is initially happy for her, however, soon things take a
turn for the worst when Annie starts to become overtaken with jealousy. As
Annie observes Lillian’s wedding party, she feels inferior. The other bridesmaids are all wealthy and
married, both things that Annie is not, and she envies this. One of the
bridesmaids in particular, Helen (Rose Byrne), really gets under Annie’s skin,
and competition for Lillian’s affection and attention ensues.
As
Annie seems to be losing the competition for being crowned Lillian’s maid of
honor at every turn, another positive change enters her life in the form of
police officer Nathan Rhodes. She becomes infatuated with him initially,
however eventually gives up on the relationship due to the other failures in
her life. As Annie continues to try to one-up Helen, she keeps pushing herself
further and further away form Lillian. She suffers a mental breakdown, and
struggles to turn her life back around, since she has left a train of ruins. However
in the end, she is able to make it up to Lillian, as well as Rhodes, and the
wedding party is brought closer together as they finally learn to co-exist
peacefully.
