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The realism that audiences found highly amusing in Bridesmaids was attributable to its cast of real-life female comedians, Judd Apatow’s fondness for fresh farce and the narrative’s sincere focus on companionship amongst women.
In comparison Leslye Headland’s Bachelorette, a low-budget B-movie spin off produced by Will Ferrell, is undoubtedly the opposite: a quotidian chick flick mired in predictability.
When rigid Regan (Kirsten Dunst), blonde redhead Katie (Isla Fisher) and unconvincingly unconventional Gena (Lizzy Caplan) rip bride to be Becky’s (Rebel Wilson) dress, hilarious consequences ensue. Now, replace ‘hilarious’ with ‘arduous’ and you have how I felt.
A slew of mawkish situations arise: the fat nerd hooks up with the dumb blonde, the insecure rebel turns soft, and cheesy high school mixtapes are reminisced over. Sadly, novice Headland seems to be as talentless at directing as she is at writing. Good comedy is almost always dependent on timing. In cinema, it is the editing that delivers audience reaction; however no measure of good timing could ever save a script of such low calibre.
A-Lister Kirsten Dunst’s presence puzzles me: how badly did she need that bread and butter money? Last year, Lars von Trier’s Melancholia turned her into something of a film festival darling, now this? Dunst is comically capable (see Cameron Crowe’s Elizabethtown), yet she is given a one-dimensional role as the ice queen.
Isla Fisher is – yet again – typecast as the amorous airhead, a facile role admittedly pulled off with great gusto. Lizzy Caplan certainly fits Gena’s appearance but is made to cower under the shadow of bad dialogue, rendering her obstreperous character rather shallow.
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Stars - * *
By Rehan Alexander Mudannayake
Bachelorette (2012)
Comedy
Three friends are asked to be bridesmaids at a wedding of a woman they used to ridicule back in high school.
Director: Leslye Headland
Writer: Leslye Headland (screenplay)
Stars: Kirsten Dunst, Isla Fisher and Lizzy Caplan
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8aXt6qV4WoA
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