Never say never.Ī note to Mad Men and Jon Hamm fans: you must not be late to this movie. She tells herself she won’t move back in with her mother (Jill Clayburgh, charming in her final role).
She’s living with two creepy siblings who invade her space, but at least they can pay the rent. The bakery she “opened in the middle of a recession” has gone under. Though she’s still close to her happy, successful friend from childhood, Lillian (the magnetic Maya Rudolph), the man she’s sleeping with is Ted, Milwaukee’s own Douche of Earl (Jon Hamm). This much is clear from Bridesmaids: girls just wanna have work.Īnnie (Kristen Wiig)’s life is uncharmed. Nightmare mothers, or even mothers-in-law.īut a battle between two women over a job? Unpaid, yet? That happens.
Girl-fights over (1) dresses (2) men (3) wedding days (4) things they said or didn’t say at the rehearsal dinner. Things that don’t happen in this movie: women setting up lovely scheduled events so that men can arrive late for them, sunburned, drunk, wearing babies that aren’t theirs. It’s a lot more fun than I’m making it sound. What the movie gives you instead is a brutally honest look at one woman’s life falling apart, while a lot of people watch. If you saw the trailer, you’d expect a lot more scenes of ladies in nice dresses, Vegas, and Jon Hamm. The comedy hit Bridesmaids, now in wide release, is one of those sneaky things.