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Today, weddings are expensive obsessions. One afternoon’s flip through the cable stations—to shows like Platinum Weddings and Bridezilla–reveals our fascination with these lavish performances. Thus 27 Dresses arrives at a perfect time but with a surprising message. Television suggests we tend to get married for the wedding; 27 Dresses reminds us that we have a wedding in order to get married.
Katherine Heigl plays Jane, a woman more obsessed with weddings than the average American girl. The obsession developed as a salve against the loss of her mother. She becomes an amateur wedding planner/bridesmaid by night, while by day she is an executive assistant in love with her boss. Drama follows when Jane’s sister comes for a visit and steals every one of Jane’s wedding dreams, from the boss to the dress. Comedy and romance arrive with Kevin (James Marsden). He invades her busy universe as a wedding columnist who finds weddings ridiculous and thinks her obsession will inspire an article that will advance him towards more serious journalism.
The appeal of 27 Dresses rests in the forced association between Jane and Kevin, their conflict and friendship. The dialogue has the wit of classic comedies from the 30s and 40s; the montage where she walks him through the 27 weddings for which she has bridesmaid dresses makes the movie. There are sexual references and a sex scene more implied than seen (which earns the PG-13 rating), but neither Jane nor Kevin advocate the casual sex their friends look for at weddings. For them, weddings are commitment not entertainment.
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Am going to go see this today.
Probably alone. My best girlfriends are out of town or entertaining guests.
Hubby refuses to go.
I guess I don’t blame him.
Guess I’m not your typical male… I’d go see this with my wife if she wanted to. I’m a sucker for a romance. As long as it holds the right values that is. I’d probably not go see “Wedding Crashers” for instance. The whole premise turned me off.
That sounds pretty charming. Will have to put it on the list.
I thought this was going to be about Rudy’s wardrobe. Oops.
haha, RDean!
I saw this on Friday. I loved it and I left a little dumber, but I guess that’s why I love chick flicks. There’s a running joke that James Marsden is typecast as the nice guy who always gets dumped, by everyone from Lois Lane to a fairy princess. James Marsden fans will have to see if this one follows the pattern.
I love Chick Flick too. Like when the chicks know Kung-Fu. Ripley from Aliens is one of my all time favorites. She was nominated for the Oscar and it was well deserved, she should have won.
Saw it. Alone.
But there were others viewing it alone as well.
On holidays, not everyone is available.
I liked it, but found myself getting really irrtated at the thoughtless people in the protagonists life. Also, there were times when I could not relate to her level of passivity and tolerance…especially with her vacuous, dingy, shallow sister.
Who, BTW, I didn’t think was gorgeous or hot at all.
I’m not trying to be catty. She just looked so bleached and made up and bimbo-ish. I kind of had trouble respecting the elading man for falling for such a little tart!
*leading.
(I know we have preview. I always hit ‘post’ to soon. Out of habit, I guess.)
I heard a lot of different accounts, but to me it sounds pretty good.