This chick flick is best described My Best Friend's Wedding meets How to Lose a Guy in Ten Days; with Heigl sashaying her way into the Rom-Com genre, following in the footsteps of the aging leading ladies who came before her. Neither wildly hilarious nor dreadfully awful, this movie plods along predictably and not too originally, the supporting characters do and say the obvious things and the writing is far from the witty and direct fare of Heigl's last hit. The male characters are lackluster, and the most interesting supporting character comes in the form of the protagonist's best friend: cynical yet supportive, she's teases us sporadically with a smart quip or two. Mediocre at best, this movie is best watched slightly drunk and surrounded by a bunch of hapless female teenagers. Outfit of choice? The ugliest bridesmaid dress you can lay your hands on!
Scorecard: 15.74/27
Quirky Quip:
"I feel like I just found out my favorite love song was written about a sandwich."
Anne Fletcher told all the bridesmaids what to do. Several times. Aline Brosh McKenna jotted down the predictable chatter. Katherine Heigl, James Marsden, Malin Akerman and Edward Burns all fell in and out of love... ish.
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