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27 Dresses (Widescreen Edition)
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| Editorial Reviews: | | |  | | Katherine Heigl (Knocked up TV's Grey's Anatomy) lights up the screen in this charming romantic comedy from the screenwriter of The Devil Wears Prada." Heigl stars as Jane a romantic completely selfless woman who has been a bridesmaid in no less than 27 weddings. Unfortunately her own happy ending seems to be nowhere in sight. Until her younger sister Tess captures the heart of Jane's boss -- on whom Jane has a secret crush inspiring Jane to change her "always-a-bridesmaid" destiny.System Requirements:Running Time: 105 minutesFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: COMEDY/ROMANTIC COMEDY Rating: PG-13 UPC: 024543506591 Manufacturer No: 2250659 | | | Katherine Heigl is delightful as Jane, a self-effacing Gal Friday so addicted to organizing weddings in her off time, that 27 Dresses opens with her character juggling two nuptials on the same night. A perpetual bridesmaid, Jane?s hobby is discovered by a matrimony reporter named Kevin (James Marsden), who hides a romantic side behind his wall of cynicism. While Kevin gradually develops feelings for Jane, the latter?s superficial sister, Tess (Malin Akerman), pursues George (Edward Burns), Jane?s boss and the object of her love. This romantic circle could go on forever, except that Jane is unexpectedly moved by Kevin despite her general irritation with him and without knowing that he?s on the verge of sandbagging her with a ridiculing article in his newspaper. The situation is absurd, but the emotions are not. Heigl is very good, rooted in a long tradition of comely comediennes playing characters who fly under the radar of life. She makes Jane?s pain palpable and conveys her character?s inability to say no without making her look unappealing or weak. Marsden perfectly captures the part of a rumpled, underdressed writer with repressed passions, Akerman is as convincingly shrewish here as she was in The Heartbreak Kid, and Burns is fine as one of those guys so busy saving the world he barely pays attention to the people in his life. The script by Aline Brosh McKenna (The Devil Wears Prada) is fun if predictable, and Anne Fletcher?s direction is vibrant. --Tom Keogh
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| | these is a great movie becz it gives you comedy and romance so if love date movies and romance movies you will love these movie I would highly recommend for everyone to watch
| | | I don't normally watch this kind of thing, so I'm not even sure how to review this. It was totally predictable, of course, but it wasn't horrible.
Katherine Heigl is the best thing in it--a bit of a modern Thelma Todd. She _does_ seem like a doormat, though, whatever reviewer Mr. Keogh thought, but she's cute and she's more interesting than were the heroines of the handful of other chick flicks I've actually seen (all, like, three of them). The rest of the characters are pretty flat, though.
I did sort of like that all four of them get their own bit of comeuppance at the end: Jane for being a pushover; Tess for being selfish; Kevin for being a pessimist; and George for being oblivious.
| | | I bought this copy for myself because I loved it in the theaters. Just a feel good, sweet movie that makes you smile and believe the good girl does win.
| | Terrific Katherine Heigl in Uninspired Romantic Comedy | |
| | Katherine Heigl is terrific as Jane, who has served as bridesmaid as many as 27 times. Sometimes she has to change her clothes in a cab because she has to attend more than one wedding in one day. Perhaps you know this kind of person, who just cannot say "no" even when she knows she should; who keeps these 27 dresses she wore in her closet; and, well, who is in love with her boss handsome George (Edward Burns), dreaming of the day when she would be the bride. But of course this will not be.
That is because her younger sister Tess arrives and falls in love with George and he is also attracted to Tess to the chagrin of Jane. Moreover, Kevin (equally terrific James Marsden) a cynical news reporter reluctantly covering the weddings wants to write a story about her. And like many heroines in romantic comedies, Jane dislikes Kevin at first, but soon changes her mind. This is a formula established in the days of "When Harry Met Sally..."
The plot of "27 Dresses" follows the beaten path of romantic comedies, but that is not actually a bad thing. What is regrettable is that director Anne Fletcher ("Step up") misses chances to make this film much more engaging than it is now. The film is occasionally funny and charming mostly thanks to two talented actors Heigl and Marsden, but supporting characters remain unmemorable, or worse, annoying.
To me, what Tess does to Jane in the earlier part of the story looks too thoughtless and even obnoxious to be really funny. Hers is not the charming or delightful kind of thoughtlessness that would make you smile. Still worse, we (and Jane) are supposed to forgive Tess as Tess is, we are suddenly told as the film wraps up, not a bad person after all. Well, I know predictability is part of some (if not all) romantic comedy genre, but even so, you just cannot manipulate the way audiences feel about the characters in this crude fashion.
Moreover, Edward Burns and Judy Greer are required to do little in the thin story while Burn's characters should be more attractive to make him Jane's crush and Greer's character's lines should be more witty and biting to make her Jane's friend. Luckily the considerable charms from Katherine Heigl and James Marsden somehow keep this film afloat, but still I couldn't help thinking that their inspired performances are wasted in "27 Dresses."
| | | This was for my daughter. It is a very cute movie. We really enjoyed it.
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