Bachelorette (2012) - Starring Kirsten Dunst, Lizzy Caplan, Isla Fischer. Written and Directed by Leslye Headland. Rated R.
I had decently high expectations for this movie going in. It's got a cast of funny people I like (Adam Scott, Lizzy Caplan, Rebel Wilson). It's produced by the great Will Ferrell and Adam McKay. It should have been hilarious.
But it just wasn't. It tried way too hard to be Bridesmaids. It played on the whole "have girls say funny disgusting stuff that we wouldn't expect them to say" but completely dropped the ball on the whole funny aspect of it. The girls said some really horrible, disgusting things, but it just wasn't funny. The three lead characters were completely unlikeable, except for Caplan's character somewhat. Rebel Wilson's character (who was rarely on the screen) said things that were probably intended to be funny, but just weren't. The only redeemable scenes were ones in which Adam Scott and Lizzy Caplan shared the screen, but that might be because I enjoyed Party Down and so enjoyed seeing them on screen together again. I wanted to like this movie. I really did. But I just didn't.
Rating: 2 out of 5 stars.
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