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| THE BARBERSHOP MOVIE REVIEW This week's reviewed movie is: BRIDESMAIDS |
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| Bridesmaids
established its characters and plot, then focused on jealousy,
friendship, and catty competition. It does away with most men to spotlight on female bonding, but went just a little too far on the toilet and gross-out gags (and a couple did make me gag). I think they gave up good comedy to rely on rude and crude rather than intelligent and smart. That being said, I still found enough good stuff for a scissors sideways. |
What the world needs
now is a chick flick gross-out comedy! Despite its sexual frankness, this over-long, poorly edited comedy suffers from overindulgence. Parts are perfect, while others are never fleshed out. It's hilarious at times, with over-the-top raunchiness. But all the males are played like cartoons, and it has a lot of plot threads that are never tied up. What next? A sequel? Bridesmaids Revisited? |
At the center or core of the movie Bridesmaids, there is not a feeling
of delight or satisfaction, but mostly bitter emotional irritations. Comedies that go over two hours rarely work, and this one is no exception (in my view). It's not a case of a film running out of comedic momentum, because I never thought the flick had much to begin with. The picture has a slow start, and it does nothing to catch up -- beyond turning into an almost tragedy about a rather unpleasant maid of honor (a loser with serious self-confidence problems). |
