Others say...

"another adorable light-hearted chick flick"
I have a young child so I try to avoid renting anything that would be bad for her to get a glimpse of. This was an adorable Katherine Heigl move that did not leave a lasting impression on me, but it was very enjoyable to watch. Guys, generally speaking, probably won't like it.

"Harmless cuteness"
This movie is just cute enough to pass the Chick-lit test. I do wish however that there was a stronger male lead. James Marsden wasn't hitting any of my romantic buttons. Heigl continues to show that she is the new Julia Roberts of romantic comedies and often times come off like the girlfriend everyone knows. Malin Akerman's acting was distractingly bad, but I did love the ending with all the 27 dresses.

"Insulting Romantic "Comedy""
I cannot believe how many women actually like this movie. I found it insulting that the audience could believe that there exists a professional woman in NYC completely obsessed with everything that is shallow about weddings in such a way that she has time to attend/coordinate them and be so close to 27 brides that she gets asked to be in their wedding party. Not only is the romantic plot hard to believe, a man who has been so harshly cynical about weddings, and possibly marriage itself, falls for a woman that is marriage and wedding-crazy (because I guess men secretly adore women who are desperate to get married), but it also has the most ludicrous scenes between the "lovers"!

The worst scene, in my opinion, was the one where she tries all the dresses for him, complete with hair and make-up (Was he in her apartment for days?). At this point she barely knows him, doesn't trust him, she acts like she's embarrassed by the dresses, but she happily models for this stranger anyway? It doesn't make any sense. And even less sense that a man would be entertained by this. The whole courtship seems forced, not natural at all.

Also unbelievable, the "relationship" that grows between the sister and the boss. How could a supposed intelligent, self-made man fall for a total air-head? He couldn't tell she wasn't really a vegetarian or liked to hike after a few weeks of dating? Why would the sister like him so much she's willing to lie about such basic stuff anyway? What a waste of Edward Burns.

The only reason I watched this movie was because I loved "the Devil Wears Prada" and this is from the same screenwriter. What a difference. Whereas "Devil" embraces the complexities of trying to keep a professional job and balance an actual relationship, this movie barely touches on anything that could possibly motivate the characters to do what they do or even "love" who they love.

Sometimes it feels like they make these movies for teenagers and not for adults: People in professional jobs act anything but, relationships are extremely shallow, and couples fall in "love" just because.

I'm all for romantic escapism, but I have my stupidity limits.




"Looking forward to a sequel, 54 Dresses"
Katherine Heigl is worth every penny they pay her, for she manages to make palatable even the twist in the plot which forces her to unleash thirty years of fury at her family... I won't say how, but most any other actress would have brought the movie down with her at that point, for it is truly an ugly revelation. But somehow Heigl manages to retain the audience's sympathy.

Did I miss something, or was there really no answer to Malcolm asking Jane how she was able to afford to go to so many weddings (he mentions the airfare alone would have blown the budget for many women at Jane's career level.) She sort of brushes him off, but I expected some sort of payoff about this question, for it was just unbelievable. Don't you love when glamorous Tess comes to her sister's apartment straight from Milan, and she looks in and gushes about how cute and tiny it is! The two actresses make that scene work for the moment, but then on to later reels of the movie where it turns out that Jane has New York's biggest apartment! Well, nearly so, I think the title for the biggest apartment still belongs to the one that Hilary Swank and Gerald Butler (who were also supposed to be struggling New Yorkers) lived in at the beginning of PS I LOVE YOU, the last chick flick I watched.

Edward Burns was OK, but I imagine his casting was the result of some free association down at the casting office. "OK, his name is GEORGE... let's get BURNS..." for otherwise he was not that good. As for James Marsden, he's cute in a way, a little fellow, but now so alarmingly thin that every bone in his face sticks out, not just his cheekbones but bones you were never meant to see. Throw a hat at him, throw ten hats like a hat rack, that boney face of his will catch them all.

"Love, love, LOVE THIS MOVIE!"
I saw this movie in theatres and absolutely fell in love with it. I couldn't wait for it to come out on DVD so I could watch it again. A girl who doesn't know how to say 'no'; A sister who is so completely self-involved that she doesn't care to notice that her sister is in love with the guy she hooks up with; and a guy who is a cynic on the outside but a total romantic when he meets the right girl. I laughed and cried. Katherine Heigel and James Marsden are amazing...I love them. The "Benny and the jets"/bar scene is my absolute favorite, i think it's so cute. I Highly highly recommend this movie.