27 Dresses [PG]

Jane is the girl that everyone can count on. She is always there to help and never says no. Not only that, she has also been the happy, and extravagantly helpful bridesmaid no less than 27 times! For Jane, her own fairy tale wedding seems nowhere in sight, but that changes when her younger sister Tess captures the heart of Jane’s Boss, who she’s secretly in love with. Finding herself lumbered with the burden of organising everything for Tess’s wedding, Jane decides that enough is enough and becomes determined to change her “always the bridesmaid” destiny. 

This has to be one of the greatest romantic comedies ever! It’s not as clever as Bridget Jones’s Diary or Love Actually, but it’s charming, refreshing, original, and an absolute delight from start to finish. 

Jane is the girl that everyone can count on. She is always there to help and never says no. Not only that, but she has been a happy and extravagantly helpful bridesmaid no less that 27 times! For Jane, her own fairy tale wedding seems nowhere in sight, but that changes when her younger sister Tess captures the heart of George, Jane’s boss who she is secretly in love with. Finding herself caught in a rather bizarre love triangle, Jane soon begins to struggle with keeping her emotions in check, especially when a newspaper columnist takes an interest in her and tries to get her to stand up for herself. Finding herself lumbered with the burden of organising everything for Tess’ wedding, the tension becomes too much for Jane and she decides to take control and change the course of her “always the bridesmaid” destiny. 

This movie had everything going for it! It had a wonderfully refreshing and original story, a charming and witty script, and wonderful characters that you can relate to. There were no caricatures or anything like that, these were people that we see in everyday life, some are our own friends, and that’s what made me fall in love with this film straight away. 

Katherine Heigl stars as Jane and she was absolutely brilliant! She turned in a performance that was charming, responsible, motherly, caring, and really eager to please. Then, to see her have these scenes where her emotions finally break through, they’re just amazing! She’s an absolute delight from start to finish. 

James Marsden plays Kevin, the newspaper journalist. I EFFING LOVE JAMES MARSDEN!!! He provided the film with much of the comic relief and he was cynical, witty, charming, handsome, arrogant, and wonderfully and contrarily romantic. And when he sings along drunkenly to Bennie and the Jets! OH MY GOD!! That’s my favourite scene in the entire film! Watch out for that one! 

Starring Malin Akerman, Judy Greer, Melora Hardin, Brian Kerwin, Maulik Pancholy, David Castro, Krysten Ritter, and Edward Burns, 27 Dresses is a wonderful romantic comedy filled with fantastic dresses, charming cynics, bizarre love triangles, and a fantastic story. It’s one of my favourite romantic comedies!