Mediocrity at its best, 27 Dresses is not worth 27 minutes of your time.
Although I am a Katherine Heigl and James Marsden fan (see Grey’s Anatomy and The Notebook, respectively), the luke-warm script and unimpressive performances by lead actors made this movie unenjoyable at first, predictable at second, and downright laughable (at the ridiculousness of it all) by curtain call.
Problems?
A)Too many storylines trying to intersect and end perfectly together like the purple tied bow on the first bridesmaid dress.
B) Too many token characters: See the “perfect” younger sister, played caricature-like by an unimpressive Cameron Diaz wannabe; the token best friends to the main characters ala Judy Greer (who I adore, just not in this role) and that guy from 30 Rock (who I also adore, just not in this role). And since when does the Edward Burns do blockbuster romantic comedies? He should stick to his indie romantic tramedies like “She’s The One” He should know better…he’s a writer for goodness sake! (must’ve lost a bet).
C) Too many plot holes that are not filled by Heigl’s cuteness or Marsden’s rendition of “Benny and the Jet”…and definitely not filled by 27 dresses.
The only thing that was slightly impressive: the end credit role that showed the credits as newspaper headlines…yup, that’s about it.
The movie itself was not unlike the 27 dresses…mostly hideous, predictable, and needing to be thrown out in the trash.
The good news is that this movie made me seriously consider re-starting my writing career. If a terrible script like this can attract these stars, and these big shot studios shell out money for mediocredy, hell, I’ve got about twelve mediocre scripts in my own personal development hell that I can share. Are you listening, 20th Century Fox?
