Movie:
Bachelorette
My Rating: 4
stars
I actually liked this movie quite a bit. This is another story about bridesmaids
behaving badly (in the same vein as Bridesmaids). And, this film is a comedy as well, but the
humor in this one is a lot darker and grittier than the raunchy jokes in Kristen
Wiig’s film. All the critics that I read
didn’t seem to like the movie much because they said it was too
mean-spirited. But, I didn’t really find
that to be the case at all. I think this
was more a case of a film featuring unsympathetic protagonists. Just because the main characters aren’t
likeable, and engage in destructive behavior doesn’t mean a film is too cruel
to enjoy.
Kirsten Dunst, Isla Fisher, and Lizzy Caplan are the story’s
protagonists. They are beautiful, yet
insecure girls, and they will be serving as bridesmaids in their fat friend’s
wedding. They can’t believe that their
chubby friend (the amazing Rebel Wilson) is getting hitched before they are.
These ladies were already pretty self-destructive to start out with, but this
extra insult to their pride was all they needed to start really acting out. And you know what that means—indiscriminate
sex, booze, cocaine, catty jokes at the bride’s expense. Oh yeah, and trashing her wedding dress the
night before the big day. These are some
really awesome friends. But, the thing
is, they aren’t actually as terrible as the critics made them out to be. These girls don’t actually hate their
friend. They all legitimately like each
other. They’re just so insecure because
they aren’t in good relationships and they’ve never managed to make their own
lives amount to anything. And, all the
jokes in the story aren’t made at Rebel Wilson’s expense. In fact, she’s the only one in the film that
comes out looking good. She’s got her
act together, and she’s got plenty of self-confidence to spare. It’s her pretty friends who are a mess, and
who are the miserable ones.
All this sounds like a movie that is really painful to
watch, but I assure you that it’s not.
Well, it wasn’t for me, anyway. I
was actually able to understand the plight of all these girls. They’re not really villains, and the movie
doesn’t present them as such. They each
have their own unique demons to overcome, but they all make a good amount of
progress by the end of the story (but not so much that it’s unrealistic or
corny). It may even make you feel pretty
good by the end. This movie is
definitely worth a watch if you’re in the mood for a little bit of dark,
trashy, (adult) fun.

















