Dvd
27 Dresses
Jane (Knocked Up’s Katherine Heigl) is idealistic, romantic and completely selfless - a bridesmaid 27 times, but whose own happy ending seems nowhere in sight. When her younger sister Tess (Heartbreak Kid’s Malin Akerman) captures the heart of Jane’s boss - with whom she is secretly in love - Jane begins to reexamine her ‘always-a-bridesmaid’ lifestyle.
Starring Katherine Heigl, James Marsden, Malin Akerman, Edward Burns, Melora Hardin, Judy Greer
Directed by Anne Fletcher ('Step Up')
Written by Aline Brosh McKenna
1hr 40mins | Rated (PG) | Coarse Language | Origin: USA
- Watch Trailer
- Flicks Review
-
3
- The People's Reviews
-
0000000000003.00
- Press Reviews
- Official Site
Flicks review
-
Katherine Heigel has managed to achieve that much sought after but rarely attained goal – the successful move from small screen to big. The rocky road to the silver screen is littered with the debris of fallen TV angels – Aniston, Schwimmer and Perry to name but a few. Perhaps only George Clooney has managed to do it successfully in more recent years – but Heigel has cracked it too, with her second consecutive, watchable and amusing comedy. (Knocked Up was OK – this is more polished and contains a greater number of quality gags).
Heigel has great comic timing and the film is a perfect vehicle for that – it is actually not a bad romp in a super girly movie kind of way. She pulls off Jane, the perennial and loyal bridesmaid very convincingly, but also manages to be assertive and sassy along the way. Perhaps one of the best gags in the film is in response to her Aunt’s comment that it must be hard for her to watch her younger sister get married before her. She replies dead pan – “Yes, but then I remember that I still get to have hot hate sex with random strangers and I feel so much better!” Handsome lead James Marsden plays Kevin, the wedding photographer with mixed professional and personal motives. He is an easy combination of icy and charming – his big blue eyes and picture perfect smile are tempered nicely by the doom he unwittingly orchestrates.
In a scene to rival Cameron Diaz singing karaoke in My Best Friends Wedding, Jane and Kevin dance on the bar to Benny and the Jets in a blaze of shooter fueled frivolity, whipping up the “middle-of-nowhere” locals into a real frenzy. Its one of those scenes you can’t help but laugh at and adds to the feel good factor of the film.
Sure the film has some moments that don’t quite ring true – Heigel’s public unveiling of younger sister Tess is perhaps a little over the top, and the scene where she tries on all 27 of her bridesmaid dresses for Kevin is coated in fromage, but is probably done so on purpose. The director, Anne Fletcher, and the screenwriter, Aline Brosh McKenna, who did such a smart job adapting The Devil Wears Prada, may not have made a film of quite the same calibre as the Anna Wintour tale, but then it seems obvious that 27 Dresses is not trying to be anything other than a romantic chick flick comedy. It would seem to have achieved this goal; froth – check, montages - check, happy ending - check.
The Peoples voice
-
Awesome 100%
5
LoVe It, LoVe It, LoVe It!!!!!!!!
By Jam
-
Fun x 27
4
It's predictable, cheesy in parts, formulaic almost...but it's so much fun to watch that you can't help but sit there and smile like a love-struck teenager all the way through this delightfully fluffy movie.
Katherine Heigl's comic timing is flawless and up against a charming and equally charismatic James Marsden it's bullet-proof Gold.
Yes, you'll know what's going to happen, yes it's like every other good film in the genre...but you're going to see a Rom-Com knowing what to expect...and this certainly didn't disappoint. I have seen it quite a few times now and it is still funny eveyr time!!By Undercover Filmmaker
-
You owe me big time
1
My rugby hating girlfriend has been watching the Super 14 so in the spirit of compromise I went along with her to catch this film, I liked Katherine Heigl in Knocked up so thought "take it on the chin Jerry, be positive and enjoy it for what it is"... turns out what it is, is RUBBISH! Even my girlfriend thought so, too much cringe for one movie, James Marsden, hopelessly miscast, Just Awful.. It gives Chick Flicks a bad name... The only good thing about this movie... The Moto GP is on tonight and the league starts next week!
By Jerry Lynch
-
Lighthearted and Romantic
3
27 Dresses is a lighthearted, fun romp into weddings, unrequited love and happy endings. Katherine Heigel is certainly coming out of her TV-land shell and makes a good job of playing Jane, a girl who genuinely LOVES weddings. I know that it was predictable, but isn' t that the beauty of films like this - I mean really, you don't go to a confirmed chick-flick to be shocked at the surprise twist at the end do you?
By Jen Roma
-
Just OK
2
Typical chick flick no surprisers
By Tania
-
Entertaining girly movie
3
I like Katherine Heigl and I like James Marsden so I found this an entertaining albeit predictable movie, but c'mon, it's a chick flick so it's supposed to be that way.
By Frances T
Press Reviews
-
Entertainment Weekly [USA]
27 Dresses is a movie geared to a pitch of high matrimonial-princess fever...
Click to read the full review -
Hollywood Reporter
While Heigl is terrific, this uninspired romantic comedy is considerably less so...
Click to read the full review -
NZ Herald [Francesca Rudkin]
3 3 out of 5 stars
This film is predictable and follows a standard romantic comedy formula but it doesn't really matter; it's a Valentine's Day release after all. 27 Dresses is cute, and occasionally funny and quirky, but lacks a clear and cohesive script which is surprising, as it's the work of The Devil Wears Prada screenwriter Aline Brosh McKenna. Worse still, no matter how charming the characters, the lack of on-screen chemistry means it's a real stretch to believe there is any true love here. Fortunately there are 27 wonderful bridesmaid creations to keep you entertained.
Click to read the full review -
Premiere Magazine [USA]
2 2 out of 5 stars
A chick-flick on a sugar high, so giggly-bouncy and nostalgic for the fantasy-girlhood of its audience that the DVD, which should follow relatively quickly, should come packaged in big pink bows and include a coupon for a free pony ride...
Click to read the full review -
The Christchurch Press [James Croot]
Promiscuous best friend? Present. Cute kid? Check. Fashion montage? You betcha. Some Farrelly Brothers- style salty language and a sing-a-long and dance number can't pad out what is an ill-fitting and painfully thin plot.
Click to read the full review -
TV3 [Kate Roder]
1 1 out of 5 stars
1/2 I promise you I am in fact very partial to a good chick flick. I am even prepared to fess up right here, right now, to adoring The Notebook, weeping like a child during Ghost and owning my own copy of Steel Magnolias. I am also a highly-trained an experienced bridesmaid with a unnaturally large number of weddings tucked under my belt. So imagine my disappointment when 27 Dresses squandered so thoughtlessly a great opportunity to deliver a top-notch rom com for the feminie masses.
Click to read the full review -
Variety [USA]
Frothy, funny and formulaic, 27 Dresses is a pleasantly predictable romantic comedy that sees Katherine Heigl following “Knocked Up” with smooth moves at the wheel of her first starring vehicle...
Click to read the full review
Search For a DVD
I beg your pardon?
- Flicks.co.nz is serving the great nation of NZ with all things cinematic. Question about a movie or cinema? Thoughts on the site? Quips, gripes, advice for our own personal self-development?
- Get in touch with us by email at ED@ FLICKS.CO.NZ,on TWITTER oron FACEBOOK.
