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Friday, June 21, 2013

(Rental Review) Bachelorette (2012)

When is a comedy not a comedy? When it's Bachelorette. How is it that a group of such insanely talented people can get together, make a "comedy", and it have absolutely nothing to say? It sounds impossible, but it's not. Apparently all you need is Leslye Headland. The writer and director of this movie. It is one of the worst cases of awesome actors COMPLETELY missing the mark at almost every turn. Good job, Leslye. Good job.

Storyline: On the night of one of their old high school friend's wedding three irresponsible and capricious bridesmaids reunite for one last bachelorette bacchanal in the Big Apple. They unintentionally create a mess of their best friend Becky's wedding dress, before she marries her sweetheart Dale. They attempt to repair the situation by spending the evening before and morning of the wedding desperate to get the dress to Becky on time before the wedding starts, whilst discovering themselves and what they truly want from their lives along the way. Written by IMDB.com

Worth it? NOOOOOOOOOOO. Look, any time you can put Lizzy Caplan, Isla Fisher, and Adam Scott in the same movie and I still don't like it...you have failed. There are very few moments when these characters are even likable, let alone people that can be related to. The jokes, often, miss the target. There are some that land pretty square on the nose and actually are funny, but overall the film is a fail. Spoiled little self important people with not chemistry inside of their little group of friends. But where all of these things made me HATE most of the characters in this movie, this is the first time in a long time that I have liked Kirsten Dunst. Maybe it is just because of the character she is playing, but I thought it was a nice change from what I usually see her play.

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