Bachelorette Reviews

Pity its third act twist into melodrama, because before that Bachelorette wasn’t a half-bad female-centric twist on a group of friends reuniting and behaving awfully for one wild night. Actually, Bachelorette never truly finds that sweet spot between moments of raunchy humor and emotional depth. It works better when it puts aside the quiet character moments and focuses instead on being a debauched riot.

Beginning with the revelation that their “fat friend” is getting married before any of them, the main trio reunite as said friend’s maid-of-honor and bridesmaids. Each of them seem to have calcified into their high school era personas – a type-A ice queen, a cynical and introspective drug addict, and a party-girl eternally looking for the next good time. And each of these characters are played beautifully, possibly because they’ve been cast to type by a group of strong actresses.

Kirsten Dunst finds a welcome balance between internally seething with rage at not reaching this milestone before the rest of her friends, and finding the laughs in the situation. Lizzy Caplan possibly plays her character with too much vulnerability and honesty, we root for her to get her head straightened out, yet find her equally frustrating over still being this wildly incompetent in maneuvering through life. Best in show is easily Isla Fisher as the manic, slapstick prone walking disaster zone.

Bachelorette utilizes them very well, but leaves talented comic actors like Rebel Wilson, Adam Scott, Hayes MacArthur, and James Marsden with very little to do. Andrew Rannells makes the most out of his minimal screen time, but wouldn’t this film have only improved with it had used this talented cast more effectively? I think so.

After the massive success of 'The Hangover', the studios wanted to continue on this vibe and released 'Bridesmaids', basically a female variation which was also successful. So, they thought they should continue since the public was pretty enthusiastic and made therefore this flick. Unfortunately, it turned out to be a flop. To start with, even though I did like both 'The Hangover' and 'Bridesmaids', I didn't think that they were that great and this flick definitely displayed the limitation of the genre. Indeed, during the first half, they painstakingly took the time to show how shallow, selfish and obnoxious those girls are. Therefore, it was rather difficult to root for them and the whole business about the wedding dress was seriously tedious. Still, all those actresses were actually pretty good and they spent the whole second half trying to recover the damage with various amount of success (Isla Fisher's character was still seriously pathetic even at the end, such a waste for a girl who hasn't done anything really interesting lately even though she seems actually quite talented). To conclude, I think my rating might be a little too generous here, but somehow I think it was still fairly entertaining but don't expect anything really amazing before watching it.

"Bachelorette" is the worst kind of comedy- tacky, shallow, mean-spirited, and unfunny. The venomously unlikable cast of characters will grate on you after the first five minutes... by the 80 minute mark, they're Hell. These gal pals will remind you of everything you don't like in human beings, hardly the tone to set for a romantic comedy.

Regan (Kirsten Dunst,) Gena (Lizzy Caplan,) and Katie (Ilsa Fisher)- ditzy, cruel, and devoid of charm- prepare for their friend Becky (Rebel Wilson)'s wedding. Infuriated that the 'fat girl,' who they always had a demeaning attitude toward, got engaged before them, the clueless three find themselves in big (and well-deserved) trouble when they rip Becky's wedding dress while playing a cruel joke.

"Bachelorette" piles joke after unfunny joke about drug addiction, abortion, mental disabilities, cancer, obesity, and Autism onto a weak script. Not only are these jokes not funny (I never let out more than a weak chuckle throughout this Godforsaken film,) they're also tasteless and offensive. I might sound like a prude, but believe me, I'm no more humorless than this film is.

This film's saving grace (besides sole non-mean girl Becky)- Joe (Kyle Bornheimer,) a drug-addicted but kind software designer and friend of the groom, who has an unexplained (and unexplainable) crush on dingy head-case Katie. I would regard a romance with Katie as akin to a shotgun pressed Joe's head, but hey, maybe love will win out.

The inexplicable second second half of the film treats serious and grim issues (one character's abortion, and another's suicide attempt) like Friday night at the comedy club, except without the alleged humor. The sitcom-ish handling of the whole thing turns sour almost immediately. There's a difference between dark comedy and just beating the dead horse with things that are not funny.

Something being controversial does not necessarily make it humorous, as this filmmaker has yet to learn. Also, making a character damaged does not automatically make her likable... sometimes you just end up with a damaged bitch, as "Bachelorette"'s gal's prove. Hateful humor a good film does not always maketh. Goodbye.

I might be out of touch but I only vaguely remember hearing about this movie. I've never seen another Rebel Wilson movie but I thought that this one was kind of a waste of her comedic genius. She was the least funny of all the characters.

Rebel plays Becky, one of four girls who went to school together, the others played by Lizzy Caplan, Kirsten Dunst and Isla Fisher. First let me say that while I love the other two, I really haven't liked anything Kirsten has done since I was a teen and obsessed with crazy/beautiful. I have to say she looked amazing in this, really grown up and without the stringy/dirty hair. I digress...

Becky tells Regan (Dunst) that she's getting married. Secretly Regan is pissed because the fat friend is the first to get married in the group. Regan is very Type-A and has her wedding planned out even though she's more about her career than her man.

She tells Gena (Caplan) and Katie (Fisher) and they all go for the wedding weekend. Lizzy and Isla are hilarious as basically oversize children who love to party and have never grown up. They're intent on throwing Becky a bachelorette weekend even though she has outgrown that lifestyle. When Gena brings cocaine, Katie, in her excitement yells out "you brought cocaine" in the middle of the hotel lobby. That was hilarious.

Anyway, you see through out the hijinks (including ruining the wedding dress when Katie and Regan both climb in it to prove that Becky is ginormous) Regan learns to relax a little and Gena and Katie learn to grow up. They don't come out perfect but they realize a lot about themselves when they see Becky all grown up.

Beware that this movie is not for the close minded as they do a lot of drugs/drinking and talk about hookups and abortions a lot. I liked this because it was relatable even though I do not do these things many people my age do. The guys were pretty funny too.