Release Date: April 29, 2008 Director: Anne Fletcher Starring: Katherine Heigl, James Marsden, Malin Akerman, Ed Burns, Melora
Hardin, Judy Greer Genre: Comedy, Romance MPAA Rating: PG-13 (for language, some innuendo and sexuality)
Katherine Heigl is delightful as Jane, a self-effacing
Gal Friday so addicted to organizing weddings in her off time, that
27 Dresses opens with her character juggling two nuptials on the
same night. A perpetual bridesmaid, Jane’s hobby is discovered by a
matrimony reporter named Kevin (James Marsden), who hides a romantic
side behind his wall of cynicism. While Kevin gradually develops
feelings for Jane, the latter’s superficial sister, Tess (Malin Akerman),
pursues George (Edward Burns), Jane’s boss and the object of her love...more
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27 Dresses Release
Date: January 18, 2008 Studio: 20th Century Fox Director: Anne Fletcher Screenwriter: Alice Brosh McKenna Starring: Katherine Heigl, James Marsden, Malin Akerman, Ed Burns, Melora
Hardin, Judy Greer Genre: Comedy, Romance MPAA Rating: PG-13 (for language, some innuendo and sexuality) Official Website: 27Dressesthemovie.com
Plot Summary: Katherine Heigl, who earlier this year got "Knocked Up" in
the hit motion picture comedy from Judd Apatow, and nabbed an Emmy® for her
starring role as a surgical resident in "Grey’s Anatomy," is always a bridesmaid
but never a bride in the romantic comedy "27 Dresses." From the screenwriter of
"The Devil Wears Prada," "27 Dresses" centers on Jane (Heigl), an idealistic,
romantic and completely selfless woman…a perennial bridal attendant whose own
happy ending is nowhere in sight. But when younger sister Tess captures the
heart of Jane's boss – with whom she is secretly in love – Jane begins to
reexamine her "always-a-bridesmaid..." lifestyle.
Jane has always been good at taking care of others, but not so much in looking
after herself. Her entire life has been about making people happy – and she has
a closet full of 27 bridesmaid dresses to prove it. One memorable evening, Jane
manages to shuttle between wedding receptions in Manhattan and Brooklyn, a feat
witnessed by Kevin (James Marsden), a newspaper reporter who realizes that a
story about this wedding junkie is his ticket off the newspaper's bridal beat.
Jane finds Kevin's cynicism counter to everything she holds dear – namely
weddings, and the two lock horns. Further complicating Jane's once
perfectly-ordered life is the arrival of younger sister Tess (Malin Akerman).
Tess immediately captures the heart of Jane's boss, George (Edward Burns). Tess
enlists her always-accommodating sister to plan yet another wedding – Tess and
George's – but Jane's feelings for him lead to shocking revelations... and maybe
the beginning of a new life
EN 5 Second Review:
Chick flick, but damn Kathryn Heigl is cute and has
pretty good comic timing.
Fortunately,
27 Dresses is carried on the shoulders of Katherine Heigl
Suzanne Condie Lambert: Arizona Republic
Her Jane is, indeed, obsessed with weddings. She is more
than quirky but far less than pathological - and definitely not
desperate. Whew. Bullet dodged...more
Too
bad they didn't accessorize it with more creativity Colin Covert: Minneapolis Star
Tribune
Each time Katherine Heigl acquires a ghastly new
bridesmaid's frock in "27 Dresses," she's told, "You can
always shorten it and wear it again." That recycling
aesthetic is the guiding principle of the film, which
re-uses every tired plot twist in the wedding-comedy pattern
book. It should have been shortened more. A lot more...more
EN 5 Second Review:
Chick flick, but damn Kathryn Heigl is cute and has
pretty good comic timing.
Too
bad they didn't accessorize it with more creativity