No, not the TV show - the new movie starring Lizzy Caplan, Kirsten Dunst, Isla Fisher and Rebel Wilson. (The movie opens nationwide on Friday, September 07.)
This is not "Bridesmaids"
Just ignore any preconceived notions you may have about the other wedding-centric movie that also featured Rebel Wilson. This movie is darker and quicker with the plot focused on one night of misadventures. It's more relatable in pace and style to Carnage and Young Adult, both of which focus on flawed women.
It's based on a play by Leslye Headland
Leslye originally wrote the story as a serious script but eventually embraced dark comedy as she moved it towards an Off-Broadway run. The play is also part of a larger project, Seven Deadly Plays, with Bachelorette channeling gluttony.
The characters are flawed but not unlikable
The three main characters are a jealous type-A Maid of Honor trying to pull off the prefect wedding (Dunst), an intellectually shallow retail salesgirl with surprising emotional depth (Fisher), and a sexually promiscuous hipster who happens to be a hopeless romantic (Caplan). Each character grows in their own way due to the events of the night before their friend's (Wilson) wedding.
Isla Fisher is 'laugh out loud' funny
Sacha Baron Cohen's wife is dynamite as Katie, a struggling retail store clerk who can't control her drug or alcohol use. Fisher hasn't been this funny since she first made headlines in Wedding Crashers as Gloria, an emotionally unstable nymphomaniac.
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