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27 Dresses
Despite a somewhat original hook for a story and a solid cast, the 2008 romantic comedy 27 Dresses is a labored journey that takes a much longer road to its predictable ending than need be.
Katherine Heigl plays Jane, a woman whose passion is being a professional maid of honor.
She has served this sacred role at 27 different ceremonies and has all of the dresses stuffed in a closet in her apartment. Jane's younger sister, Tess (Malin Ackerman) arrives to visit and finds herself involved in a whirlwind romance with Jane's boss (Edward Burns- whatever happened to him?), for whom Jane has been harboring a secret crush for years. There's also a cynical newspaper reporter (James Marsden) who actually writes about weddings who is fascinated by Jane's secret passion which turns into his own crush.
Screenwriter Aline Bosh McKenna has fashioned the ultimate chick flick here where we are introduced to a group of people who are romantically linked to the wrong people and we're wondering how long it's going to take for these people to wake up and realizes they're with the wrong people. The reporter character was also a real enigma for me...what kind of straight, white male is a wedding columnist?
Despite the mismatched couples, the most interesting relationship in the movie is between Jane and her sister. Tess shows up on her sister's doorstep all sweetness and smiles and actually turns out to be a straight up bitch. To make matters worse, Jane insists on defending this girl for the majority of the running time, but Jane's final revenge on little sis was delicious.
Katherine Heigl has never been one of my favorite actresses, but I actually found her almost likable here and Ackerman completely invested in the inner bitch of her character. Burns is a charmer and I also liked Brian Kerwin as the girls' dad, Judy Greer as Jane's BFF and Melora Hardin as Marsden's editor. It takes a little too long to get where it's going and gets overly cute at times, but it's better than a hot poker in the eye.
Despite a somewhat original hook for a story and a solid cast, the 2008 romantic comedy 27 Dresses is a labored journey that takes a much longer road to its predictable ending than need be.
Katherine Heigl plays Jane, a woman whose passion is being a professional maid of honor.
She has served this sacred role at 27 different ceremonies and has all of the dresses stuffed in a closet in her apartment. Jane's younger sister, Tess (Malin Ackerman) arrives to visit and finds herself involved in a whirlwind romance with Jane's boss (Edward Burns- whatever happened to him?), for whom Jane has been harboring a secret crush for years. There's also a cynical newspaper reporter (James Marsden) who actually writes about weddings who is fascinated by Jane's secret passion which turns into his own crush.
Screenwriter Aline Bosh McKenna has fashioned the ultimate chick flick here where we are introduced to a group of people who are romantically linked to the wrong people and we're wondering how long it's going to take for these people to wake up and realizes they're with the wrong people. The reporter character was also a real enigma for me...what kind of straight, white male is a wedding columnist?
Despite the mismatched couples, the most interesting relationship in the movie is between Jane and her sister. Tess shows up on her sister's doorstep all sweetness and smiles and actually turns out to be a straight up bitch. To make matters worse, Jane insists on defending this girl for the majority of the running time, but Jane's final revenge on little sis was delicious.
Katherine Heigl has never been one of my favorite actresses, but I actually found her almost likable here and Ackerman completely invested in the inner bitch of her character. Burns is a charmer and I also liked Brian Kerwin as the girls' dad, Judy Greer as Jane's BFF and Melora Hardin as Marsden's editor. It takes a little too long to get where it's going and gets overly cute at times, but it's better than a hot poker in the eye.