I didn't like the look of Bridesmaids, but I heard Mark Kermode say it's good, and I quite often agree with his reviews... maybe I'll check it out.
Well, I understand why. I went into it with the exact same degree of skepticism since it looked a lot like just any other run-of-the-mill rom-com. But then my girlfriend won two free tickets for it, so we went and I was BLOWN AWAY.
I just love how they stray so far from the "funny women in movies still have to be cute and desirable"-convention and just go whole hog with showing the female characters at their absolute
worst.They actually behave, and have actual character flaws like real people. Huge kudos to Kristen Wiig, both for writing a great script and for the courage to convincingly play a rom-com character where she is genuinely a ####!! sometimes. Can't recommend this film enough, especially if you're tired of the missus dragging you off the see shitee rom-coms :lol:
