So Friday night I went out with my compatriots Toni and Alisa (along with Liza Minelli and a tomato), and we had ourselves a girls' night. A pretty standard girls' night anywhere in the world (I imagine) involves a romantic comedy, some delicious food, gossip and cocktails. Just in case you are not a girl or are a girl and have never heard of the concept of a girls' night. In which case I'm sorry, go find yourself some friends as soon as possible.
We saw Bride Wars, with Anne Hathaway and Kate Hudson (in case you live under a rock and/or don't pay attention to current features playing at the ol' movie house).
Storyline: Two best friends have dreamed about getting married in June at the Plaza Hotel ever since they were little girls. Afte getting engaged within 24 hours of each other, they book their dream weddings with their dream wedding planner, but due to an (apparently) unfixable mistake, their weddings end up being booked on the same day. Neither wants to give up her dream wedding for the other, each one thinks she's right, they become mortal enemies and each do their best to tank the other's wedding. Hilarity ensues.
My take: I liked this movie (Rotten Tomatoes sure didn't, though). Is it pretty formulaic? Yes it is. Do you pretty much know the ending 5 minutes into the movie? Yes you do. Are most of the stunts pulled more likely to happen in junior high than among grown women? I certainly hope so.
Still, it was cute, extremely fluffy, and I'm pretty sure Anne Hathaway secretly wants to be my friend so I see all of her movies. What I liked was how they portrayed the two different relationships, how one was good and the other not so much (I'm trying not to give too much away, but seriously this is extremely predictable. I promise I'm not ruining more than like 3 minutes of the movie - and if I am, you may have what I consider to be a slightly skewed perception of a good relationship). Some of the parts got kind of ridiculous (specifically, the dance lessons and the client meeting the morning after the bachelorette party for anyone who has seen it), but show me a romantic comedy where that can't be said at SOME point.
I teared up a bit at the end, as I tend to do with movies about best friends (or movies in general. I think I may have an overdose of estrogen or something). I enjoyed it, I'll probably buy the DVD to add to my collection of movies about weddings (along with My Best Friend's Wedding, The Wedding Planner, The Wedding Date, 27 Dresses and Monster-In-Law. It fits in pretty well with those movies). If you're looking for a bit of fluff that doesn't require the use of your brain at all, I think you'll enjoy this movie.
If you're looking for profound, Oscar winning material (or you're a big movie snob), go elsewhere.
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