Bachelorette poster

Bachelorette (2012)

Directed by Leslye Headland · Comedy, Romance

Starring Kirsten Dunst, Isla Fisher, Lizzy Caplan, Rebel Wilson, Adam Scott, Kyle Bornheimer, James Marsden, Ann Dowd, Hayes MacArthur, Ella Rae Peck, Andrew Rannells, Shauna Miles, Arden Myrin, Candy Buckley, June Diane Raphael, Melissa Stephens

IHBM4Not that bad

Three friends are asked to be bridesmaids at a wedding of a woman they used to ridicule back in high school.

My review · Reviewed 12/01/2022

The setup is there: we have a bunch of good, young actors set to meet up for a wedding. Ok, the wedding theme has been beaten to pieces but a good script can get around that. The first two thirds of the movie try to reflect the movie's aspirations of being both a drama and a comedy. Unfortunately it fails miserably at both. We follow the characters around the city as if we are flies on the proverbial wall. They are mostly awful people and they experience some very predictable wedding-themed events. The last third of the movie is dominated by Kirsten Dunst (again, terribly wasted in this schlock) screaming at people. It felt like work just to watch it.

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