Kristen Wiig is a one-note actress that does the same annoying crappy "schtick" in all her roles and I don't find her funny at all. This movie was no exception. The movie was 85% unwatchable garbage filled with 15% of genuinely laugh out loud funny parts.

mccarthy stole every scene she was in

Am I the only one who thought the dress-fitting scene wasn't nearly over-the-top enough?

I think that's a bizarre take, Wiig was a lot different in this role vs her usual SNL fare

McCarthey ****ting in the sink maybe...but I overheard plenty of women whispering "That's EXACTLY how that would happen."

I thought so too. I'm beginning to think ppl say this out of habit. I wasn't looking forward to it because Wiig's characters on SNL are so tired and boring. She brought something completely new to the table. Drunk Wiig on the flight was the closest to one of her SNL characters and that sequence was hilarious.

You realize how valuable "15% genuine laugh-out-loud funny" is, right? Who gives a **** about the unfunny parts. The laughs are what matter and this one had a handful of laugh-out-loud scenes.

I really don't understand how anyone could think this movie wasn't funny. I think they just think it's overrated, so they exaggerate in the other direction and deem it "unfunny". If you can't laugh at this movie I feel a bit sorry for you.

I agree it was too long but the problem wasn't the ending. The ending wrapped up to quickly imo. The problem was the middle. Annie was at rock bottom. Then she was at rock bottom again. Then she was at rock bottom again.

That's not really fair re: the dress shop scene. It wasn't purely gratuitous puking and ****ting. It was driven by the comedy of Annie's character and her predicament. She was too cheap to go to a nice restaurant so she tried to play the "hole in the wall with amazing food" card, the consequences of which were everyone got sick in the worst possibly environment. What made it so funny was the ultimate low of the back alley restaurant clashing with the ultimate high of the appointment only dress shop in the most horribly embarrassing way. If someone had just gotten diarrhea in a fancy store for no reason it wouldn't have been nearly as funny.

Re: the male lead, yeah he was short shrifted but so what? Every movie must have equal time devoted to male and female characters? Did you walk out of the Hangover bitching about how there was no story line for the fiancee left at home? Some movies focus on men, some one women, some on both. Who cares?

The boot camp instructor was Terry Crews, a former NFL Ram who was in The Expendables and Everybody Hates Chris.

Everyone's favorite office linebacker Terry Tate was Lester Speight (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0711529/).

Uh oh! Racism itt!

Totally agree. It's an easy, knee-jerk criticism. I thought she was really funny and much more subtle and real then her SNL characters. It was cool to see her play a real person, yet still be really funny.

Yeah Wiig is actually good at playing, for lack of a better word, the "everywoman" when she wants to. That worked in this film, as she was playing a woman and not one of her 500 different obnoxious SNL characters. Of course some scenes dragged on and were too much about the "Wiig character". (The plane, driving back and forth trying to get Rhodes' attention). I thought most of that stuff was funny though but if you don't like/buy that stuff happening then I can understand that, too.

SNL lets Wiig get away with way too much. It's almost like they tell her "Do whatever you want - just let us know what you want to do this week". As I said earlier itt, she's good in films where she's actually trying to be a person who is witty and good at comedic timing (Adventureland, Extract, Bridesmaids).

not sure if it's been mentioned but Wiig's body was looking pretty bangin' in the opening scene.

Oops. When I looked at imdb I saw the name Terry and figured it was the same guy.

+1

Had a couple of hours to kill last night so I went and saw this. I thought it was overall a good movie but it didn't have near as many LOL moments as I thought it would.

Terry Crews was also the president in Idiocracy.

+1 her legs looked fantastic when displayed.

i was expecting a lot more from this movie, there were some funny moments but for the most part melissa was downright awful

This. I don't watch SNL, so I've only seen her in this and Knocked Up, but I can't believe she's almost 40. I think she looks great.

The movie was pretty good. Some parts dragged on a bit too long, and several jokes fell flat, but I still enjoyed it. It's not a movie I would watch again, but I still liked it.

Funny or Die Out-takes for Bridesmaids. Jon Hamm is freaking hilarious

Ya, this is why the movie seemed to drag at parts. I couldn't quite put my finger on it, but this makes sense.

really didn't get the fat chick at all, i felt like if they removed her and replaced the time with the other two girls a lot of the jokes wouldn't have fallen flat on their face. She's like Zach Galfinakis in the hangover, but without the funny

Plane scene was the best by far

You guy's told me this would stand up as a comedy on it's own, and wasn't just a chick flick. There were a lot of parts that were just funny, but most of the shocking stuff was really just shocking by chick standards, I guess I am just far more depraved. Even my girlfriend admitted that is wasn't as good as she'd thought it would be. I think we both agreed that they could have edited down a lot of the romantic comedy stuff at the end.

ps. Don't take your girlfriend to wedding themed movies when she's menstruating and you are a commitmentphobe to begin with.

I've never seen Wiig in anything else. I don't watch SNL anymore and haven't seen her other movies. Watching Bridesmaids I didn't even know she was an SNL actress at the time. I was somewhat impressed with her for the most part. She was pretty good in her overall character and in much of her comedy. Loved her on the airplane: "What kind of a name is Stove?"

Definitely better than Hangover 2, but not the first one.