The whole staff (save the one girl we don't like) previewed it for ourselves on Wednesday and we all loved it. It's hard to say it's anything short of hysterical, albeit long for a comedy. You won't come out disappointed, but because comedy is subjective, I can't promise you'll be wowed.
But the general populace and I are in agreeance: it's the best comedy in the past year and a half.
That may say far more about the current state of comedic film, than for the quality of Bridesmaids. It also says something about how soul-crushingly terrible most 'chick flicks' are.
Bridesmaids is a good flick (2 1/2 to 3 stars) that has hits and misses, but just never feels as funny as it clearly aspired to be (a female 40-Year Old Virgin). Kristen Wiig, who is a born side man, gets to be a bit much as the central character with the low level commenting thing that is her trademark. The film is getting higher notices (mainly by those with high levels of estrogen) than normal based on the simple novelty of combining raunch comedy and rom-coms from the female perspective.
As a comparison, I laughed far more at Scott Pilgrim, Machete, Kick-Ass, Youth in Revolt, Piranha 3D, and on a similar level to Easy A, Tangled, Get Him to the Greek and The Other Guys.
BTW -
Hesher is a masterclass on the improper use of tone. It's
Little Miss Sunshine, with a Metallica fan in the role of the ten year old, but nowhere near as good. Also,
Everything Must Go needed a new third act.
Cave of Forgotten Dreams (3D) is the best thing in theaters right now - simply fascinating.
Rio and
Fast Five are the same film.
The Beaver is a very serious and occasionally funny film, but Mel is terrific, while the flim only reaches 'good'. Christoph Waltz's solid performance in
Water for Elephants is the only thing worth mentioning, but just makes you want to watch
Inglourious Basterds again.
Thor was a standard comic flick that pretty much wasted Natalie Portman's time.
