Post by mummifiedstalin on May 30, 2011 0:49:46 GMT -5
I wasn't really expecting to like this, for two main reasons: 1) I'm a guy, and this is a movie about female relationships during wedding preparations. That usually equals pain. 2) It's an Apatow production, and I'm kinda meh on that.
But it was awesome. Hilarious, gross, reasonably real characters in outlandish situations that still pointed to real friendship issues.
I'm not going to say that there's surprising depth beneath a movie where you get laughs from a woman having uncontrollable diarrhea in the middle of a city street while wearing a wedding dress. But it did much more than just string along a sad plot between gags.
And the gags. I'll say this: I've never seen a "girl movie" that I ended up quoting to my wife like I quote Predator or Aliens or Friday with my male friends. But this one has lines to love:
"The sex is constant. Just once, I'd like to watch the Daily Show without being penetrated."
"I live with three teenage boys. There's semen everywhere. I *broke* a blanket in half the other day. Think about that."
"I'm glad he's single because I'm going to climb that like a tree."
"Look how my flaps open!"
"Hey, I didn't know that was your diary. At first, I thought it was just a very sad, handwritten book."
And so much more. But, for me, Melissa McCarthy just steals the thing. She plays a very butch (but not gay) sister-in-law who wants to throw a "Female Fight Club" bachelorette party, who seduces an air marshal, and who ends up seeming like the only sane person in the entire movie. (Favorite bit: *brups* "I want to apologize. I'm not even confident of which end that came out of.")
Some clips that pretty much tell you the level of entertainment you're getting. Maybe I just like it because poop jokes are funnier when girls make them:
But it was awesome. Hilarious, gross, reasonably real characters in outlandish situations that still pointed to real friendship issues.
I'm not going to say that there's surprising depth beneath a movie where you get laughs from a woman having uncontrollable diarrhea in the middle of a city street while wearing a wedding dress. But it did much more than just string along a sad plot between gags.
And the gags. I'll say this: I've never seen a "girl movie" that I ended up quoting to my wife like I quote Predator or Aliens or Friday with my male friends. But this one has lines to love:
"The sex is constant. Just once, I'd like to watch the Daily Show without being penetrated."
"I live with three teenage boys. There's semen everywhere. I *broke* a blanket in half the other day. Think about that."
"I'm glad he's single because I'm going to climb that like a tree."
"Look how my flaps open!"
"Hey, I didn't know that was your diary. At first, I thought it was just a very sad, handwritten book."
And so much more. But, for me, Melissa McCarthy just steals the thing. She plays a very butch (but not gay) sister-in-law who wants to throw a "Female Fight Club" bachelorette party, who seduces an air marshal, and who ends up seeming like the only sane person in the entire movie. (Favorite bit: *brups* "I want to apologize. I'm not even confident of which end that came out of.")
Some clips that pretty much tell you the level of entertainment you're getting. Maybe I just like it because poop jokes are funnier when girls make them: