Released on: 2005
Rating: 7.80
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Bridesmaids Review
The takeaway from Bridesmaids shouldn't be "Look! Women can be raunchy too! Equality!" If Bridesmaids simply featured a bunch of women engaging in gross-out humor, it would be a tiresome, soulless exercise just as gross-out humor between guys is a chore if you don't care about the guys. What makes Bridesmaids work isn't just that some sophomoric gags are expertly timed and executed. Bridesmaids comes alive because of rich characters and tremendous performances, particularly from co-writer and star Kristen Wiig and co-star Melissa McCarthy. While the film does begin to drag its main character a little too low in the third act and there are some pacing problems in its romantic subplot, Bridesmaids is ultimately heartfelt, witty, and damn funny.Annie's (Kristen Wiig) life is a mess and not in a cute, oh-she's-so-overworked, rom-com kind of way. She's a talented pastry chef, but her business went under in the recession,»
- Matt Goldberg
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Scorsese And Von Trier Or Scorsese, De Niro & Fellini?
We’ve kinda been down this road before. In early 2010, around the time of the Berlin Film Festival, reports rumors hit the blogsphere that Lars von Trier, Martin Scorsese and Robert De Niro were planning a remake of Taxi Driver in the vein of The Five Obstructions by making it five times, each with rules created by von Trier.
Now out of Cannes, Scorsese and von Trier are bringing up the idea again. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the Scorsese project to be dissected has not been decided yet but shooting will begin after Scorsese is done with the Daniel Day-Lewis-starrer Silence.
This news got me thinking about another project Scorsese has on the back burner — he and De Niro making a Fellini-like film that looks back on the tandem’s incredible collaboration. The idea, created by screenwriter Eric Roth, goes like this: While making their next film»
- Jason Guerrasio
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