27 Dresses (Widescreen Edition) Reviews

• The bridesmaid's revenge

  
  By A37PV5GMP2ILJC on 2008-04-19
  Short Attention Span Summary (SASS)
  
  1. Jane (Katherine Heigl) loves weddings
  2. See Jane plan other people's weddings (for free)
  3. See Jane attend two weddings in one night
  4. Poor Jane
  5. Lucky cabbie
  6. Meet Kevin (James Marsden)
  7. Kevin writes about marriages in the newspaper
  8. Sneaky Kevin
  9. See Jane's sister Tess (Malin Ackerman)
  10. Bad Tess
  11. See Tess make Jane see red
  12. See Kevin make Jane see red
  13. Watch Jane blow
  14. Go Jane, go
  15. See Jane get ultimate bridesmaid's revenge
  
  
  This is a romantic comedy and chick flick, and Katherine Heigl shines as its brightest star. Marsden is no Prince Charming this time, but is extremely convincing as a cynical columnist with a hidden softer side. Good performances by Ackerman and Edward Burns (as Jane's boss and secret crush George) round out a light, but immensely entertaining movie.
  
  
  
  Amanda Richards, April 19, 2008
  
  
  

• It's a surprising feel-good film

  
  By A3AVJCB1ZD6ZY5 on 2007-12-27
  Jane (Katherine Heigl) has loved weddings ever since she was a little girl and helped set her cousin's wedding to rights. She's dreamed of the day she'll walk down the aisle to see that delighted expression on her intended husband's face.
  
  George (Edward Burns) is the man Jane always hoped would be at the other end of the aisle. He's Jane's boss and an entrepreneur who made his millions selling the kind of outdoor equipment he loves to use. He's a gentle soul, a selfless vegetarian who loves dogs and serves as a Big Brother to a great Hispanic kid named Pedro.
  
  Jane's getting practice for that big day. So far, she's been a bridesmaid at 27 weddings. That's 27 dresses in her apartment front closet--none she will ever wear again...well, none anyone should have had to wear in the first place.
  
  Enter Tess (Malin Akeman), Jane's baby sister. She and George fall in love at first sight when Tess comes for a 2-week sisterly visit. Of course, George proposes and Tess accepts. But, Tess isn't quite what she's leading George to believe. She doesn't like dogs. She eats meat, and she's turning George's little brother into her personal cleaning service.
  
  And Jane--who is both jealous of her little sister and concerned about the lies Tess is telling to 'get her man' has to put the wedding together. Add to that the complication of Kevin (James Marsden), the bridal column journalist, who is following both Jane's career as a bridesmaid and amateur wedding planner and Tess's wedding.
  
  "27 Dresses" is a heartwarming and funny film that's both a good date movie and suitable for pre-teens. In my opinion, Ms. Heigl is showing versatility as an actress playing the sweet romantic heroine in "27 Dresses" and the hapless accidental mother in "Knocked up." She's steering a course similar to Johnny Depp's, in that she's selecting a variety of parts that won't leave her typecast.
  
  
  
  

• See This With Your Girlfriends

  
  By A31P4BOR51YD0C on 2008-02-15
  C'mon...it's not rocket science and it's not meant to be. After a week of having husbands and kids drive us crazy, my best friend and I ran away from home to see this and agreed we hadn't laughed so hard in months! We laughed the whole way through. Mission accomplished...escapism at its best! Katherine Heigl is adorable in this and hey, for us harried mothers, just getting to watch Ed Burns and James Marsden for 90 minutes is worth the ticket (or DVD) price alone. They're pretty yummy to watch! Leave the husband/boyfriends at home for this one and have a girls' night out. Guys don't get the humor in watching Jane hold her friends' wedding dresses when they have to pee at their wedding receptions. Girls get it. The writing is witty with plenty of hilarious one-liners. Jane is everyone's best friend and you'll wish she was one of yours, too. This DVD will get added to my collection of predictable romantic comedies because it can hold its own with the best of them!
  
  

• Pretty cute ;-D

  
  By A24ZFFRQ4MG3XL on 2008-03-30
  Katherine Heigl is pretty good in this feel good comedy. She's always been a bridesmaid (27 times would you believe???) and all those dresses are kept in her closet. She's really hoping for another kind of dress (white). She has been in love with her boss, George (Ed Burns) for years but can't get her feelings returned. Along comes her sister and does exactly that. She and George start dating and before long Jane is about to wear dress 28. Will she get George to like her before he walks down the aisle with her sister? It's actually a surprisingly good movie that I really loved. I thought it might be like other cheesy chick flick comedies, but it's a little more. It's well acted and very funny too.
  I think this movie could appeal to almost anyone (including guys). Judy Greer is as good as always (she plays Janes friend Casey) and the rest of the cast do well too. It doesn't hurt that Ed Burns is a very good looking guy and acted pretty well in this. It's light popcorn fun, but worth your time watching it. You'll hopefully love it too.
  
  

• Light & Breezy & Lots of Fun

  
  By A21B2TJBWCSK1R on 2008-04-29
  If you're a fan of weddings you'll laugh along to the affectionate pokings and proddings that 27 Dresses takes at the wedding industry. If you hate them, you'll like the potshots it takes. Depending on how you feel about weddings, you'll either see them through Kevin's (James Mardsen) eyes or through Jane's (Katherine Heigl) but both points-of-view are represented equally in this delightful time waster.
  
  "The Wedding Party" is a fairly standard making of featurette that mixes clips from the film, behind-the-scenes footage, and soundbites from the cast and crew. Everyone gushes about each other. It's a light and breezy extra, much like the film itself.
  
  "You'll Never Wear That Again!" takes a look at the hideous bridesmaid dresses from the film. The director told wardrobe to find the ugliest dresses and succeeded. The various themed weddings are also discussed in this engaging and fun extra.
  
  "Jane's World" examines the production design and how they made Rhode Island look like New York City (?!). A lot of research was done on weddings in order to capture the distinct look of each one.
  
  "The Running of the Brides" is an annual tradition that sees women from all over the country camping out at a store where they all try to get the perfect dress to get married in. It's a shopping frenzy as people race around to get a dress or trade with others.
  
  Also included are three deleted scenes. The first one sees Jane trying to get a cab in New York (good luck) and was wisely cut. The best of the bunch sees Jane, her best friend (Judy Greer) and Tess' best friend trying on bridesmaid dresses. The interaction between the three of them is amusing. Finally, there is a scene where Jane and Tess retrieve George's dog from a pound which seems out of place in the film and was also wisely cut.
  
  
• Awful
  By A2I0CEBYLTLMXS on 2008-02-22
  I don't have high expectations for romantic comedies: I just want to watch something sweet and mildly entertaining. But even with the lowest of expectations, 27 Dresses doesn't deliver. The writing is atrocious, the directing is non-existent (it looks like the camera was placed arbitrarily, without any thought to angles or settings), the plot is predictable, and none of the actors shine in this incredibly dull movie. I've never thought Ed Burns is much of an actor, but here his range goes, to paraphrase Dorothy Parker, from A to A. Katherine Heigl tries valiantly in some scenes and in others she seems to give up, knowing there's no way to save this wreck.
  
  
  
• Basic Message : "If You Can't Get Married, You're Useless"
  By A2ULSA0IRUE09E on 2008-03-20
  I am surprised not many people aren't more offended by the disgusting message of this absolutely useless movie. In this age of 'equality' and supposed new heights of achieved feminism, here is a film so flimsy, so cheap, and so weak, that it paints women as feeble caricatures of themselves - the women in this film are nothing without men, and the prime goal of human life is to get married (forever) to one man, and one man alone.
  
  Now whether this is or is not what women want these days (I'm guessing most women are smarter than this), the film shamelessly steals lines and scenes from far superior chick flicks before it (seriously, its like one big C-Grade rehash of "Pretty Woman", "My Best Friend's Wedding" and "13 Going on 30"). The lead actress' obsession with weddings is a little worrisome, and it gets worse when they bring in her bleach-blonde dimwit of a sister, and the movie pretty much runs like a sicker version of the Cameron Diaz starrer "In her Shoes" from that point on (and not in a good way).
  
  Granted there is an audience for this trash. I can imagine 10 year old girls wearing lace and tiaras being forcefed this nonsense by their equally head-in-the-clouds moms (I am also guessing these are the same moms who listen to the "High School Musical" soundtracks they supposedly buy for their children). Poor things. Humanity certainly deserves better than this. The first time I saw it, I was offended at the really bad script, and then watched in horror as the film played out EXACTLY how I expected it to. The male lead here is James Marsden, an actor who always gets the girl, and we know it from scene one.
  
  What is more disgusting is that Katherine Heigl (who was just luminous in "Roswell" and later in "Grey's Anatomy") is stripped of her natural acting ability and told to act EXACTLY like Calista Flockhart on every episode of "Ally Mc Beal" ever made. Seriously. The Calista comparison is very, very valid, and I almost expected Lucy Liu to jump into the frame at some point and plant one on her. The tendency to have chick flicks with a 'goofy', 'relatable' and 'likeable' lead character is understandable. This has been a running motif in almost every sleazy chick flick to date. But this movie breaks new ground in disrespecting your intelligence, and rubbing your nose in their twisted belief that you simply must get married, and it has to be the white wedding from hell no less.
  
  All actors in this enterprise deserved better. Especially hideous was Katherine's 'best friend' who is played by the same actress who played Jennifer Garner's 'best friend' in '13 Going on 30'. They even give her the SAME LINES! Its a scene-for-scene copy of that film in these segments, and I could not believe people haven't picked up on this movies' rampant thievery of dumb lines from other films. Unbelievable.
  
  In fact, this entire film is unbelievable. Here is Katherine Heigl trying on her 27 dresses in a montage segment that EVERY chick flick just has to have, in some sort of belief that these sorts of 'dress rehearsal' scenes are necessary to even obtain a chick flick tag. Here is Katherine again, sobbing away as the man she loves falls in love with her sister. Here is Katherine brushing off the guy she is meant to be with, only to realize later on that he is 'the one'. If you have the patience for this sort of high school nonsense, then more power to you. I'd rather listen to Obama's wonderful race speech again.
  
  "27 Dresses" is an insult to the world of romantic comedies, and all involved with this project should be barred from future Hollywood ventures. Back to obscurity, is what I say.
  
  Two Stars. And both for the normally wonderful Heigl, who deserves far better films than this despicable lump of garbage.
  
  
• More of the same
  By AFFVUZEGP1FDQ on 2008-02-03
  The movie was ok at best. Highly predictible, somewhat funny but not hilarious and using every emotional cliché of a romantic comedy. For those of you especting something like Knocked Up, don't bother. The film is nothing like that. It is merely a romantic comedy that is entertaining for a while. I would do away with most of the sappy lines. But this is more like "My Best Friend's Wedding" (but a sister this time), and that Heigl's character is in love with the boss (sister's fiancé).
  
  
• Every Bride has her day
  By AZO8YKLTKAJGW on 2008-03-20
  This film is actually much more enjoyable then one might think, and it was unfairly bashed by critics.
  
  Katherine Heigl once again shows that she can carry the weight of a leading headliner in a major studio film. It follows the story of a girl who is in love with being in love and the procession of a wedding. It maybe because she lost her mother at a young age, or it maybe because she is in love with her boss, who dependant on her in the work place but not aware of her in matters of the heart.
  
  James Marsden is a skeptical struggling news reporter who is tired of covering the wedding section of a major newspaper chain. He secretly scoffs at the ridiculous measures that women will go to have "the perfect wedding", even though his articles are the stuff that describes marital bliss as being touched by Heaven. He bumps into Katherine Heigls character at a wedding and is amused by her serious undertaking of being the "perfect" bridesmaid. At the same time he become unknowningly smitten with her, he decides to base an article that sheds light on how ridiculous some women become with their desire for "fairy tale love and marriage".
  
  Enter Katherin Heigl's sister who is coming to visit, and is immediately attracted to Hiegl's boss who is too aware of the opulent attractive sister. Hiegl is heartbroken and miffed and the stage is set for the film which touches the heart and tickles the funny bone.
  
  This is a quintessential film for those who love FOUR WEDDINGS AND A FUNERAL, THE WEDDING PLANNER, RUNAWAY BRIDE, MY BEST FRIEND'S WEDDING and other romantic comedies.
  
  There are some truly hilarious moments and some tender poignant scenes as well. The viewer finds himself or herself, whatever the case maybe, cheering on Heigl to achieve her heart's desire throughout the obstacles of the film. Hiegl truly shows in this film that she indeed has star power rivaling Reese Witherspoon and Julia Roberts for the romantic comedy genre.
  
  This is not just a chick flick, men should take note as well and will probably enjoy it as well, even though it might be a guilty pleasure for them. Buy this film and add it to your collection.
  
  HERE COMES THE BRIDE AND HERE COMES THE DRESSES AND THE LAUGHTER. ENJOY!!!
  
  
• Best Film Ever!
  By on 2008-01-19
  I love this movie! It has a combination of romance and comedy, while the casting is perfect! This movie has some profanity and deals with adult situations not appropriate for children under 10. 27 Dresses deals with a woman named Jane who has always loved attending weddings, and making someone's important day memorable. She loves it so much that she has been a brides maid 27 times, barely having a life of her own, other than work and weddings. But when her sister comes home and steals the heart of Jane's boss(whom she secretly likes)Jane begins to wonder, if being a brides maid all the time is worth it. And when she meets Kevin, a reporter who discovers her fancy in being a brides maid, he then secretly begins to write a story on her for the wedding section of the paper to increase his career. But after meeting him, Jane's own opinion on love is changed forever. This movie is not only Oscar worthy but worthy of EVERY movie goers chance.
  
  
• Confessions of a Bridesmaid
  By A18G7GG53G2X8A on 2008-01-23
  There have been a lot of contrived romantic comedies before, but "27 Dresses" really takes the cake (and yes, I purposely used a wedding-related phrase). This movie relies on comedy that's nothing like real comedy, conflict that's nothing like real conflict, and characters so annoying and cliché that they don't even fit the traditional definition of caricature. If you've read any of my reviews, then you know I've been kind to many such films; I gave "No Reservations," "Music and Lyrics," and "P.S. I Love You" favorable reviews, not because they represented reality, but because they were entertaining stories founded on the fantasy of happily ever after. "27 Dresses" is not fantastic, and because of that, I could focus on nothing other than how unrealistic it was. At one point, Katherine Heigl says, "I feel like I just found out my favorite love song was written about a sandwich." Dumb, I know, but it does accurately express how I feel about this film.
  
  The story opens in 1986 with a wedding and a voiceover narration. A young girl in attendance finds her true calling after escorting her baby sister to the bathroom: she was meant to not only be a bridesmaid, but also a wedding planner, an organizer, and a general overseer of everything. She comes to this conclusion when her bride-to-be cousin rushes into the dressing room in a panic because the back of her dress tore open. The young girl ingeniously uses her sister's hair ribbon to sew the hole shut, after which she ties it into a pretty little bow. We then flash forward to the present day and learn that the voiceover narration belonged to Jane (Heigl), who's introduced at a New York City bridal boutique, fitting a wedding dress that her friend will be wearing (thank God both women are the same size). Since that fateful day in 1986, she seems to have grown comfortable planning all her friends' weddings, but she has yet to plan one of her own. And thus we discover the driving force of the plot.
  
  As soon as this is established, the audience is made to endure a ridiculous scene in which Jane attends two weddings on the same night--she has a cab drive her back and forth numerous times, and she changes dresses during each trip (she offers the driver five hundred dollars for the whole night if he promises to not look at his rear view mirror; by the end of the night, she gives him a mere hundred and sixty, as each glance was an automatic twenty-dollar deduction). At one of the weddings, she meets Kevin (James Marsden), who immediately comes off as a charming, witty, and cynical wedding-hater. Little does Jane know that Kevin writes wedding articles under the alias Malcolm, articles that she absolutely adores.
  
  Meanwhile, Jane's sister, Tess (Malin Akerman) has returned to New York after six months in Europe. Young, perky, and platinum blonde, Tess is ready to look for a new man. And she finds one: Jane's boss, George (Edward Burns). If it weren't for the fact that Jane is secretly in love with George, this wouldn't be a problem--in no time at all, Tess lies her way into a marriage proposal, meaning that Jane has yet another wedding to plan. But how can she knowing her sister is as phony as a three-dollar bill? I'll tell you why: Jane is just as phony. She hides her feelings behind a façade of smiles and laughter, and she's completely incapable of saying no to anyone. What's worse is that Kevin has been personally hired by Tess to cover the wedding, and Jane finally learns that his beautifully written articles don't express how he truly feels. He believes that weddings are a sham, from the hordes of useless gifts to the expensive planning. He writes the articles only to work his way up in the world of journalism, and lo and behold, he sees a story opportunity with Jane, the constant bridesmaid with a closet full of ugly dresses. So we basically have a film filled with phonies, which I guess is fitting, considering the nature of the plot.
  
  But that isn't good enough, since it's blatantly required that the two fall in love, then break up, then fall in love again. There's no question that their relationship is predictable--the relationships in romantic comedies are always predictable. The problems stem not from their romance, but from their fake personalities, which to me were like fingernails on a chalkboard. I didn't believe these characters for one second, and this is in spite of the meaningless side characters that function as comedy relief. One such example is Casey (Judy Greer), Jane's best friend. Why they're friends, I have no idea; Casey is obnoxious, intrusive, and just generally grating. It's sad that she's probably the most honest character in the entire film, especially since her wisecracks aren't even close to funny.
  
  It basically boils down to Jane's growing resentment against Tess, Kevin's excuses to enter Jane's life, and a convenient set of circumstances that convince Jane to lead her own life for once. This dime-a-dozen story is not what makes "27 Dresses" so bad; it's the way this dime-a-dozen story is told. Here's a film that tries so hard to be touching and comedic that it ends up failing at both. It's painful to see Katherine Heigl and James Marsden--both capable actors--stuck in something so preposterous, so contrived, and so forced. What do I mean by "forced"? When Jane first sees Tess and George together at a club, she runs out the back door, screams a curse, and begins banging a wall with her handbag. She then turns around and realizes she's in a room where a fiftieth anniversary party is being held. If there's one thing I hate, it's when comedy like this is shoved into our faces.
  
  
• Great movie!!!
  By A2O96C8F6TCO9U on 2008-03-10
  I really loved this movie!!! It was a great story and had a great ending. Better than the book. I have not one complanint about it, it was a great movie, a great love story, and very funny!!! I would consider it for anyone who liked the devil wears prada. I think that it was better than the devil wears prada. Katherine Heighl did a graet job in this movie. James Mardsen was also as good in this as he was in Enchanted and Hairspray!!! I would highly recomend watching this movie!!!
  
  
  
  
• A Two Laugh Riot?
  By A3572FTYUQQW3P on 2008-02-20
  If you have not much to do this is a mildly entertainimg movie with a couple of laughs and a chuckle or two. The movie is very episodic so it hangs together like a set of chinese lanterns -- colorful but only loosely connected. The characters are rather cliched and without any depth or strong definition. Kevin provides the most entertainment and the only real sparkle to the film comes with the contentious verbal sparring between Kevin and Jane. The parade of the 27 dresses was clearly the high point of the film and very entertaining. Overall the film is OK and it is remarkable in that there are no car crashes, no mindless destruction of property, no graphic violence, and no weird creatures or dark sides. There is only one instance of profanity which was clearly inserted solely to avoid the curse of a G rating. The male characters are suitably unhygenic and generally need a shave. Not only is their personal hygiene suspect but they are in desperate need of a clothing consultant. Rumpled ill fitting clothes, shirt tails out, and untied ties may demonstrate ultra masculinity in Hollywood but it doesn't do that in a real professional environment or anywhere outside of People Magazine. There is really very little originality here and as usual the action takes place in New York because as we all know life only exists in Los Angeles or New York.
  
  There are a few good scenes and one of the best is clearly the one in the car both during the spin out and the aftermath. The look of sheer terror on Kevin's face was very realistic as was the passion that followed. This is a fun film and if you have a couple of hours and need a distraction this will provide some amusement. Not an academy award contender at any level. I gave it 3 stars because it is is upbeat.
  
  
• LOVE THIS MOVIE LOVE THIS MOVIE LOVE THIS MOVIE!!!!
  By A2R6THA1BFZITF on 2008-02-25
  I absolutely love 27 Dresses! I think it is one of the best movies to come out in a long time. It is about a woman who has been a bride's maid twenty-seven times and a jounralist writing an article about her. The movie is funny and sweet all at the same time. And the supporting cast is great too! Go see it as long as it is still in theaters and I can't wait until is comes out on DVD!!!!
  
  
• Always the Bridesmaid
  By A2VK1AEEJ57F35 on 2008-01-18
  Jane (Katherine Heigl) loves weddings. In fact, on the night she meets Kevin (James Marsden) she is a bridesmaid in not one but two weddings, changing in a taxi while she runs back and forth to participate in both. When not being a bridesmaid, Jane is mooning over her smart, kind and wealthy boss, George (Edward Burns). Unhappily for her, she finds herself being planning the wedding of George to another woman: none other than her flighty sister Tess (Malin Ackerman).
  
  After watching this movie, it quickly became one of my favorite romantic comedies. Is it terribly formulaic? Yes. Jane initially dislikes Kevin, which of course means she will fall in love with him before the end of the movie. But not, of course, before their relationship is derailed by the appearance of an article Kevin wrote on Jane's bridesmaid obsession. There is also the snarky best friend, sisterly quarrels, the red herring guy who Jane thinks is her true love but clearly is not and the requisite happy ending. But anyone who is watching a romantic comedy probably doesn't expect it to be terribly original and thought-provoking. What makes 27 DRESSES a good romantic comedy is not that it breaks new ground but that it is funny, cute and terribly fun to watch. Furthermore, Katherine Heigl and James Marsden have great chemistry together and bring a considerable amount of charm to their performances.
  
  This is a great girls' night movie and highly recommended for anyone who wants a good chick flick.
  
  
  
• "27 Dresses" Fairy Tale Review by Mike Elliano
  By A1FGOU69XQIU9V on 2008-05-01
  So why the poor rating you may wonder. Well, this rating is based entirely on script and lacking in reality. The acting and overall story was fine. Nothing wierd, overly stupid, or overally funny. A modern day "Cinderella Story" of an attractive "princess" who is always the maid and never the bride. This lovely woman can never so no to her friends and family and is the best at heart. But I am a guy so I will have the to provide two assumed viewpoints for both men and woman:
  
  Woman will love this modern day Cinderella story about an independent, loving, and intelligent, but overly caring woman who finds one day a frog who actually is her prince. The man she loves in the beginning is an outdoor loving handsome, successful man whom she works for. She has a crush on him for years and when he falls for sister instead she becomes involved with a Cynical newspaper writer who pursues her after a wedding and wins her heart after a few major mistakes. But, she finds a few sparks and lets her heart go and finds happiness.
  
  Men will cringe at this movie because it is the time after times story of an attractive woman that is always chasing after a man who just isn't interested. Instead she find a nice guy who in not an average looking guy with a great personality and heart, but instead the kind of guy who is in fact better looking, younger, and would in reality have women chasing him day and night. In the end she has her perfect wedding and gets to turn down the boss and marry him instead. So instead of settling for second best she finds here "prince." Woman will cry and we may vomit.
  
  In the middle not really a love story, but instead more of a "fairy tale."
  
  
• Review for the "Chick Flick" from a Guy
  By A3P9D22KDEXVMN on 2008-05-03
  Watching this DVD, 27 Dresses, was a decent way to spend the hour and forty-five minutes with my wife. She picked this one. I thought Katherine Heigl was a charming lead, and that she lived up to her growing reputation as one of the newer leading ladies in Hollywood. She was very good here, and even better in Knocked Up (Unrated Widescreen Edition). The other players were capable, including Marsden who had a nice chemistry with Heigl. The plot was average romantic comedy. There was little new ground here and some pretty predictable moments. That does not make the film bad; rather it served to make it a comfortable movie that was fun to watch due to the actors involved. Three stars.
  
  
• Disappointing--glad I didn't buy it
  By A3ENN12GLNTUAF on 2008-05-05
  Very briefly, this movie is rated PG-13. I am a mom of teens who would have been very uncomfortable viewing it with my own or any 13-year-old. I watched it with a 15-year-old and wondered if we are so numb or desensitized that we assume every teen over 13 years wants to see and hear about sex with strangers and getting drunk.
  
  As another reviewer said, this is a chick flick, yet quite a put down for women who aren't or don't want to be married. Maybe this just hit me the wrong way--I did not know any of the actors either so I had nothing to compare their acting ability to.
  
  
• not very good
  By A3RQNZC6B8G9TZ on 2008-03-19
  I had really high hopes for this movie when it came out especially since it had Katherine Hiegl in it because I love her in Grey's Anatomy. It "looked" good but I was wrong. I was really bored for most of the movie and it's just as predictable as other chick-flicks. I love romantic comedys but this is just crap. See Bridget Jones Diary or When Harry Met Sally instead if you haven't seen it(love those movies).I didn't see any chemistry between Kate and James either. Katherine played the role fine but I just don't find her funny. Sure she was in Knocked Up which was hilarious but not on her part. I think drama's are her best bet, that is where she really shines!
  
  
• Formulaic And Predictable, But This Dress Fits Just Right
  By A2RKI7RPP5CJMG on 2008-05-21
  "27 Dresses" is not the greatest romantic comedy to hit the screen. It's predictable, by-the-book and adds nothing new to the genre. You have the confident-on-the-surface, always reliable, never-loved leading lady, Jane (Katherine Heigl), the annoying and spoiled little sister (Malin Akerman), the protective best friend (Judy Greer), the oblivious love interest (Edward Burns), and the bad seed who turns out to be the good guy (James Marsden). What makes "27 Dresses" better than all of the other films that clutter the romantic comedy genre is the fact that these stereotypical characters are played to perfection by their respective actors and actresses.
  
  Heigl demands your attention whenever she is on the screen. Whether it's her beauty or her acting prowess, you cannot look away when she's in a scene. She makes a perfect team with James Marsden, who I've always personally felt has been underused as an actor. Akerman is the perfect spoiler to all of the fun, and proves that the failure of "The Heartbreak Kid" was more due to the story itself and not her performance in it. Edward Burns is his old reliable self, and even though his is one of the thinnest characters in the film, he's still a joy to watch. My personal favorite of the whole bunch, however, is Judy Greer as Jane's best friend. Her character is perhaps the most stock of the lot, but she pulls it of with flair and fun.
  
  The story, as I've already stated, is run-of-the-mill. It wouldn't surprise me to stumble on clones of this film on WE, Oxygen or even ABC Family. Heigl is always the bridesmaid and never the bride and when her sister moves in on a potential love interest, things start hitting the fan. Toss in a relentless reporter who writes a wedding column, and you have a fun though formulaic film.
  
  "27 Dresses" is a solid four star film. It proves that you can take a standard love story and build it into something special thanks to excellent direction and acting. I highly recommend it to fans of romantic comedies.
  
  
• I liked it...
  By A33PNAQ33DGBJG on 2008-01-20
  It was a cute movie. My girlfriends and I enjoyed the movie and then enjoyed talking about it afterwards. If the bad language wouldn't have been in it, it would have been perfect. It is somewhat unrealistic but I don't care. Give me a GOOD romantic comedy any day!
  
  Jane loves weddings; Jane loves George. Jane wants a wedding; Jane wants George...then comes along her baby sister and a wedding cynic! Stir the pot and you get a very cute romantic comedy.
  
  
• "I feel like I just found out my favorite love song was written about a sandwich"
  By AXQ8T2D9IT6UG on 2008-03-21
  "27 dresses" is a mildly entertaining comedy that doesn't really rise above average, but makes you laugh from time to time, and has some clever one liners that are quite funny.
  
  The main character is Jane Nichols (Katherine Heigl), a woman that adores weddings, and has made a hobby out of being a bridesmaid. She would love to get married, and has already found the right man for her, George (Edward Burns), her boss. Unfortunately, he sees Jane as a friend, and falls head over heels in love for someone else, who happens to be Jane's younger sister, Tess (Malin Akerman). Things get even more confusing for Jane when Kevin (James Marsden), a handsome and somewhat cynical journalist that covers weddings, enters the picture.
  
  All in all, I can say that I liked "27 dresses", but that I'm not likely to watch it again anytime soon. My recommendation? If you hate "chick flicks", stay far away from this movie. In case you are not against them, give this romantic comedy a try.
  
  Belen Alcat
  
  
  
• HORRIBLE CHICK FLICK... DONT BUY IT
  By A3QIJ3OFGP8KLP on 2008-05-07
  This is awful. If you read the reviews by every reputable film critic who panned it, they are right. It rehashes and spews movie vomit leftovers from My Best Friend's Wedding and other countless wedding maid of honor finally gets the guy movies. It's a chopped/screwed (bootleg music lovers understand the lingo) mess of a movie that I wasted money on. Rent it from NETFLIX or buy it when its in the $5 movie bin at Walmart or just don't watch it.
  
  
• Rental highly recommended before purchase
  By A25QJBK33C4O0R on 2008-05-27
  Renting before buying is highly recommended for this middle of the road female dominated and oriented film. The story is relatively bland and predictable and the performances seemed to have matched that level too.
  
  Katherine Heigl looks nice as the constant bridesmaid but the idea that she hasn't established that special relationship or that she just can't find the courage to tell the person that she most lusts after that she wants a relationship seems wrong. Never mind the idea that just as she is working up the courage to make her move her sister (Melora Hardin, most recently co-starring in The Heart Break Kid alongside Ben Stiller) comes in and ruins the opportunity.
  
  Edward Burns makes an appearance here as Heigl's boss, and Brian Kerwin appears as the father of the two female leads. Both are servicable in the roles they are asked to play, but either could just as easily be forgotten as they seem to mostly blend into the background and are minimized as the focus remains primarily on the female characters.
  
  James Marsden (Enchanted, Hairspray, Superman Returns, the X-men films, more...) has a slightly bigger role here, but he too is primarily relegated to the background.
  
  In the end the dresses themselves, 27 different bridesmaid dresses, make perhaps the biggest and flashiest co-stars in this film. Heigl puts on a bit of a fashion show in the long line of hideous (intended to be so) bridesmaid dresses, along with several flashback scenes that show the dresses in character in all of the weddings that Heigl had been a part of.
  
  This isn't a bad film, but it certainly tilts heavily into 'Chick Flick' territory, more so than leaves it able to be recommended for date night (unless you want to do a double feature and make the second feature a testosterone laden male dominated feature). 2.5 stars (if half stars were possible). More for fans of Heigl, but not much more.
  
  Picture quality on the Blu-ray is nice, audio quality and volume levels consistent and perfectly acceptable. Disc includes a few deleted scenes (mostly forgettable and not really noticably absent) and a few minor featurettes. Not really enough to make the disc that much more valuable.
  
  
• Heigl and the wrong material
  By A3RWR50VUII07D on 2008-01-24
  Do not blame Katherine Heigl for this ripped-dress mess.She is so much better than this.There is not one charming,amusing,surprising,quirky or memorable moment about this blah romantic/comedy.Knocked Up (Unrated Widescreen Edition)may have made Heigl The U.S film sweetie for a while,but Anne Hathaway takes back the prize for The Devil Wears Prada (Widescreen Edition).At least that film,though not a world-beater, had some class and some good material coupled with top performances.
  None of that exists here.Jane is a diligent Manhattan secretary,in love with her boss (Ed Burns),27 times over a bridesmaid (including two in one evening!...oh dear!).She meets Kevin (James Marsden) at one of these weddings (surprised?).He is interested in "jumping the broom" also. (NOTE: why does Hollywood continue to put together two chiseled actors and make us think that they cannot find a mate?)There is a scene when a drunk Jane and Kevin start singing 'Benny & the Jets' that is so awfully NOT funny that I found myself saying that if not careful this film could be an early leader for a Razzie.
  I am only giving this film one extra star because every actor can follow up a big success with a colossal flop.Don't try it again,Katherine.You are scads better than this.
  For a younger Heigl see her in My Father the Hero,though not a great film,does allow the young miss to be a brat instead of a bridesmaid!
  
  
  
• True love is cool!
  By A34CQFE2ZR3GCO on 2008-02-09
  MOVIES like this have no huge explosions, ludicrous fistfights, unbelievable stunts and endless gunfire from sub-machine guns that somehow never seem to need reloading, and yet they are entertaining and endearing. People walk out of the cinema with happy smiles on their faces. Jane Nichols, played by Katherine Heigl is a goody two shoes kind of gal who loves to arrange weddings in her spare time. She then keeps the 27 bridesmaid's dresses as souvenirs in her cupboard. She is in love with her boss, George, a beefy guy who is oblivious to her charms. When he says to her in jest, "I love you.", Jane replies dreamily, "I love you too..." only to be slapped back to reality by her best frend, Casey, a man crazy maniac. Her crass, brassy blonde sister appears in New York and immediately makes a play for her boss. This, of course cheeses her off but being a goody goody unassertive person, she goes along with it reluctantly. Tess, her sister tells all manner of lies, like being a vegetarian in order to win the heart of George. Tess wins George's heart and even gets their Mum's wedding dress from her father, Hal, only to cut it up because it is old fashioned. Meanwhile Jane meets an outwardly cynical 'Commitments' column journalist called Kevin Doyle aka Malcolm. Jane adores his romantic and sentimental reviews of weddings. Kevin (James Marsden), however, displays a cynical attitude to marraige likening it to legalised slavery, simply because his wife ran off with is room mate. Yes, what we have here is the eternal rectangle...Kevin decides to do an expose on the commercialism of marraige in his paper, the New York Journal and interviews Jane and Tess. At one dramatic point, Jane and Kevin almost die in a car accident in heavy rain when their car hydroplanes and gets stuck in the mud. They end up in a country & western bar where they get roaring drunk and perform Elton John's "Bennie and the Jets" song, dancing hilariously on the bar counter to loud applause. They end up making mad, passionate love in her Volvo while it is raining cats and dogs outside. The next morning, Kevin's cynical story appears with pictures of Jane in many of her Bridesmaid's dresses. Jane and Tess are furious as Tess is described as a Bridezilla by Kevin, among other things. In a moment of fury, Jane reveals all Tess's lies to George in a brutal powerpoint display at a pre nuptial family dinner. Tess is very upset and George walks out and subsequently calls off the marraige. Kevin tries to get back together with Jane with no luck. back in the office, George kisses Jane after realising that she should be the one for him. However, they soon realise they have no love for each other at all. Jane finally becomes aware that Kevin is the man she loves and bravely tells him so at a wedding on a boat that he is covering. Love conquers all and one year later, they are married by the beach; it looks like the Hamptons, and all her 27 friends are now her bridesmaids, while her blonde sister, Tess is the Maid of Honour. How ironic, Ha! Ha!
  There are some great lines in this movie, like when Jane waits up for her baby sister who has gone on a date with George, and Tess walks in at 4am to find her cleaning the stove top. Jane says nonchalantly, "Just doing a bit of cleaning, harnessing my Chi." Very funny! Tess has amusing one liners too, like, " For some reason, girls just don't like me, I don't know why?"
  At one point in reply to Kevin's probing questions, Jane remarks, " I don't have needs, I'm Jesus." One of the best parts that I enjoyed, is when Jane's repressed feelings explode like an erupting volcano and she tells Tess cruelly, " Today, you are just some bitch who broke my heart and cut up my mother's wedding dress!" Strong stuff!
  James Marsden, who played Prince Charming in "Enchanted", acts very well and I expect more starring roles for him in the future. The attention to detail impressed me. I saw that the little girl playing Jane as a child had what Dental Surgeons call a Class II Division 2 malocclusion and, lo and behold so does Katherine Hiegler. Hiegler is a polished actress and she carries off this role with aplomb. The enchanting happy ending brought tears to my eyes, and it will to your eyes too. All you romantics out there, see this movie with your loved one. You won't regret it. Enjoy!By Dr. Michael Lim The Travelling Gourmet. {:-)
  
  
• 27 Dresses?!!!!!! PLEASE.....
  By A2CZXIEBCR4YCY on 2008-04-09
  An ok movie that could have been so much better. One of the main problems starts right off with the title, and main premise. It's just not believable that anyone has 27 girlfriends, much less that they all get married, and you are a bridesmaid each time. If they had made it 10 dresses, it would have already been too much...but 27....Please.
  
  Next problem the first 5 minutes of the movie, Jane (Katherine Heigl) attends two weddings on the same night. Already stretching it, but more so when it's made clear she organized the 2 weddings. She goes from one wedding to another changing each time in a taxi she has hired for the evening. Right, if she was planning these weddings and was so close to the brides, couldn't she convince one of them to have her wedding the next day? Please....
  
  After this, there are all sorts of problems with character development. Jane is supposed to be an extremely sweet person who can never say no; but the manner in which she decides to tell her sister's fiance the truth is so far out there, it's not credible even as an extreme case of repressed anger.
  
  Her life seems to revolve around being a bridesmaid, and reading the wedding editorials...they could have had her do this without it being the central focus of her life. Even her "love" for her boss seemed to come second place to her obsession with weddings.
  
  Her boss falling in love with her sister is totally not credible. She looks trashy in her too-short dresses. Admitting that opposites attract (he an outdoors man and she a sophisticate), would be more acceptable if she looked a bit classier. The way she was dressed most of the time was more conducive to a one-night stand than to a marriage proposal, which by the way came way too fast.
  
  The actor who plays Kevin gives an uneven performance. It looked like he was acting sometimes. But I blame the director for this...they should have re-shot some scenes.
  
  Worst of all, the dress changing scenes. How many times do we have to rehash Pretty Woman?
  
  Ok, I know I'm not supposed to take these romantic comedies so seriously, but do they have to dumb them down so much? Have any of these writers/directors ever watched "When Harry met Sally"? Please do, maybe you can learn a thing or two.
  
  Conclusion: Watch if you like Katherine Heigl (only reason I gave it 3 instead of 2 stars) and are looking for a really light fare.
  
  Otherwise, skip it.
  
  
  
• Not nearly as good as it should have been
  By A16QODENBJVUI1 on 2008-04-09
  This was a distressingly dull movie. And it shouldn't have been! I was predispossed to like this because 1) I love romantic comedy, 2) I love Katherine Heigl (even as I'm cool on GREY'S ANATOMY), and 3) liked a lot of the supporting players, especially James Marsden and Judy Greer. But the film was torpedoed by one dull scene after another. I didn't have a bad time because Heigl is so likable even when most everything else isn't, but it wasn't enough to salvage the film.
  
  A lot of what was wrong with the movie could be seen almost immediately. On the one hand, Heigl is seen attending two different weddings at exactly the same time, rushing back from one to the other in a taxi, changing her dress each time. It was simply too silly to enjoy. Not to mention logistically improbable. On the other hand, it is almost impossible to buy Katherine Heigl as "always a bridesmaid, never a bride." She is just too shockingly beautiful for that kind of role. (Even when I first saw her on ROSWELL, I was amazed at how truly beautiful she was. This was a show with an entire cast of remarkably attractive people, but even so she was in a class by herself.)
  
  Yeah, some hay is made of her possibly using attending other people's weddings as a way of distancing herself from taking a risk with her own life, but again, her extreme beauty would still only make her believable as someone rejecting a long string of suitors. Instead, we get the impression that men weren't beating a path to her door.
  
  So, this was a movie with a perfect cast that was limited by a remarkably limited script. Maybe someone should reassmble the cast and let them make a new movie with a different script and a new director.
  
  I have a theory as to why TV stars are in so many bad movies. People like Katherine Heigl or Steve Carrell have very narrow windows in which they can make films. If projects are at a particular stage of development, they might not be able to wait three or four months for a particular television actor to become available. The actors are, therefore, forced to take pretty much what is available in the timeslot they have available. So maybe this was the best thing that was available for Katherine Heigl in her GREY'S hiatus. I'm sure if she weren't tied to GREY'S she'd have much better scripts available for her. We'll find out when that show ends or when her contract allows her to leave.
  
  
• Wonderful Movie!
  By A2EDRNKOWF8FQI on 2008-04-17
  This movie was fantastic! Loved it! Wanted to see it again as soon as it ended and will buy the DVD the day it comes out.
  
  
• My first review - I had to write this!
  By A30T94RT969Q3G on 2008-05-01
  This was a wonderful escape. I laughed out loud and cried shamelessly. I am still smiling - if you can believe this I actually let the credits run to the end. I watch a lot of movies - almost all that come out and this is the first time I felt the need to write a review. Chick flicks aren't my cup of tea normally, but I'd seen all the other movies at Blockbuster, so I picked this up. Predictable? Yes, but so much fun to watch it play out. I have to go now, I want to watch the deleted scenes... Peace.
  
  

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