27 свадeб (2008) Online

For many the plot of this movie feels formulaic and revisited. Jane (Katherine Heigl) is the people-pleaser of the century. A somewhat spineless nice girl who can't say no to anyone, she has been a bridesmaid 27 times, often exceeding her duties in every wedding. For all her romantic yearnings, she can't seem to hook her boss, George (Ed Burns) whom she has been in love with for years. When her self-centered little sister Tess (Malin Akerman) comes in and manages to snag George, Jane once again capitulates to everyone's needs but her own. In comes Kevin (James Marsden), a newspaper columnist stuck covering weddings who yearns to break out and write about more important things. Under the pretense of covering George and Tess's wedding, he really is writing about Jane and her perpetual bridesmaid stints. Complications ensue etc. etc.

For me, what really made this movie was the performances. Katherine Heigl did an absolutely fantastic job playing the woman that I'm sure everyone has felt like at one time. She brought a lot of spice to what could have been a one-note role. James Marsden is also pitch-perfect as the cynical reporter, a foil to Jane. It helps that they have good fight-and-kiss chemistry.

Also, for me the story line was not as tired and recycled as people made it out to be. It had some fresh spin and I really enjoyed it. I also preferred the ending to this movie to many chick-flick comedies which leave things open-ended and almost unrealistic. 27 Dresses wraps up all the plot lines in one neat sequence that is a truly worthy finale.

All in all, as far as romances and rom-coms go, this one shot to the top of my list.

Romantic comedies are almost always predictable and follow similar story lines. I wasn't very keen on watching '27 Dresses'. Let's just say it's not my kind of film. But it turned out to be not too bad. While it does not exactly rank among the best of its genre, it has its own charm and that's one of the few things that make a romantic comedy likable. While the story isn't new, McKeena's writing offers some new devices and the dialogues are quite funny. Fletcher's storytelling is quite impressive too as he introduces the characters and then lets the events unfold. The layered characters Jane and Kevin are very real. I also like it when the leads are played by good actors who have hardly attempted to do films romantic comedies in the past and they manage to pull it off. Heigl and Marsden have the required chemistry. Both actors do a fine job. Katherine Heigl brings out the depth of her character with ease, while James Marsden is funny without going over-the-top. The sizzling Malin Akerman does well as the obnoxious Tess. Edward Burns's role doesn't require much but he's okay. Judy Greer is brilliant and she owns all her scenes. So what makes '27 Dresses' watchable is the chemistry between the actors, the funny lines, the presentation of the story, a nice soundtrack and its unique charm and sense of humour and the fact that it didn't bore me.

Pretty cute movie, pretty standard romcom premise, and Judy Greer is worth a watch any time. Katherine Heigel is likable, Judy Greer smart and funny, and James Marsden is charming, and everyone else serviceable. But the sloppy story-telling and needless gimmickry took away a lot of the fun. The story of the dresses was pretty amusing.

But....c'mon - Heigel as the sort of ugly duckling sister in love with a fantastic guy who is oblivious to her as anything other than his assistant? Hard to believe her in that role. And this 'great guy' of a boss of hers who has every wonderful quality a man can posses and then falls for the hot blonde chic (who happens to be his assistant's sister) as soon as he sees her? The plot did not follow the characters much. Also hard to see much chemistry between Heigel & Marsden - just no sparks that I could see.

And the ridiculous scene when Heigel realizes she loves Marsden and follows him onto a boat super-hero style and publicly declares her love? So pointless. He wasn't leaving the country...she could have just met him for dinner and talked with him. This over-the-top scene ruined any chance I had of any cinematic believability.

If you like cute, mostly mindless romcoms, this will not disappoint.

This film is about a woman who is madly in love with her boss, and wants to get married. She has attended 27 weddings, but sadly none of which her own.

"27 Dresses" is more pleasant than I thought it would be. I was worried that I would have to see 27 weddings in the film, but fortunately I did not. Normally, in a romantic comedy it does not require much acting, but Katherine Heigl manages to put in good acting to portray her jealousy towards her sister. Katherine Heigl is sweet and adorable, and she has a quality that makes the viewers connect to her.

Though the romance subplot is predictable, it story is saved by the rivalry and jealousy between sisters. This subplot is told in a tabloid way, which is fun and entertaining. The ending, which features a lot of dresses, is sweet and symbolically complete. "27 Dresses" provides adequate brain off entertainment for the family.

Although this movie is a bit typical, it's still a breezy, light hearted romp, which is all it appears to be trying to do. It's got formulaic construction familiar in romantic comedies, yet it knows it's just harmless fluff and doesn't try to be anything more.

Kathryn Heigl is certainly the strength of the film, with an exuberant approach to her "hopeless romantic" always the bridesmaid character who longs for that special day of her own. The performance is playful and silly when needed, and sweetly honest in the more serious moments. The rest of the cast are all good, too; the personality collisions of various characters are usually well done. The sight gags involving the dresses are clever, and the story runs its course effectively.

There are weaknesses, such as the ugly, mean spirited, and out-of-place slide show sequence. The script could have accomplished the point which is made there in some better way.

Light popcorn fun. Like fast food, it probably won't stick with you for long, but it's good for some entertaining silliness. One thing I'm still wondering: how much would scuba-gear set back the wedding party members?

I didn't expect this movie to be thus thoroughly lacking in intellect. Katherine Heigl's character, Jane was meant to be portrayed as a witty and smart, warm-hearted girl-next-door type as opposed to her sister Tess, the hot but dumb blond. Sadly, both of them came across to me as just plain dumb, completely lacking the ability to construct a good sentence. The relationship between the sisters I thought mostly seemed to be ripped off(and not very well might I add) from the Rose(Toni Collette)-Maggie(Cameron Diaz) relationship in 'In Her Shoes'. Edward Burns's character, perhaps deliberately was so passive it made me wonder why anybody would fall for him. Heigl's acting is mostly good barring a few scenes in which she has the look of a person just recovered from a coma and her expressions are left to the audience's imagination. The dialog is ridiculous in parts but a few well written witticisms save the day(well, almost). Highly unrealistic at times, the writers have also contradicted themselves several times with displays of absurd anomalies in the behavior of some of the characters. And may I also say, that the word "cynical" has been used far more than necessary and quite often in the wrong context even. The only redemption factor in the movie is probably James Marsden. His acting is pretty good if not great and his character seems to be the only smart one in the entire movie, other than Jane's best friend Casie(played by Judy Greer) who was personally my favorite character and the only one with any substance. The story in itself is highly clichéd, the typical naive pushover falls in love with the incidentally highly handsome young lad who helps her through the struggle of learning to put her foot down. Too predictable. I'd have liked to watch a romantic comedy that isn't mindless and whose numerous shortcomings I'm not supposed to overlook just so i can enjoy that oh-so-heart-warming moment. Romance shouldn't need to be brainless, and its audience shouldn't be thus underestimated. Overall, I'd give the movie a 2 on 10.

So the TV channel plays this over and over. I lock in for just a moment. But now I'm hooked. Katherine Heigl is a find. She's the genuine article and brings me back time and time again.

Previous reviewers have found it corny but good god what isn't. Every plot tripping out of the big movie machine is regurgitated pap.

This ground has been played before but Heigl lifts it above the norm. She's heartfelt, sexy and acts the strong supporting cast off the screen.

Give it space and let it just flow over you. Man up and enjoy it for what it is.

The good guys will love this.

Solid plot, strong performances, and Heigl. I'm sold.

I wasn't expecting much from this movie. I went to see it with a bunch of girlfriends not really thinking it would be anymore then your usual rom-com but I was very pleasantly surprised! Right from the start I could tell it would be something more than I had thought because the opening scenes had me laughing so hard -and thats saying something, because it takes a lot to make me laugh. The script was clever and witty and although sometimes certain aspects were predictable, you were always very engaged in the story and the characters. The acting was solid the entire film, I was already a huge fan of Katherine Heigl but after watching this and 'Enchanted' I am now also in love with James Marsden! The atmosphere in the cinema when i saw this movie was great, you could tell everyone was enjoying themselves. I enjoyed myself so much in fact, that I am going to watch the movie again tomorrow with my sister!

On Thursday, December 27, my friends and I went to the sneak preview of "27 Dresses". At first, I wasn't excited to see it because I thought it would be just another cheesy romantic comedy, "chick-flick" if you will. I was wrong. "27 Dresses" was a romantic comedy everyone could enjoy. That's right! I said EVERYONE (including guys).

Katherine Heigl is great in the film as Jane, the optimistic bridesmaid who wants a shot of love for herself someday and feels the the 27 bridesmaid dresses she keeps in her closet is a calling that its time for her to get a dress of a different kind.

Judy Greer, who's always "the best friend" in the movies, is very comical and sassy as Katherine's friend Casey. At least she knows what she wants, but she's very compassionate and supportive to Jane throughout the film.

One person, though, that I think stood out in this film, was James Marsden. I've always seen him in action movies ("X-Men" series and "Superman Returns) as a minor or supporting character, but I think that he made the male lead of Kevin his own. Although he gets on Jane's nerves half the time, he always tends to put on a smile on her face because she knows that he's trying to get her to let go of the past and move on to a possible future where her big day might come. Kevin's the guy you would want to confide in if something's troubling you or if you need to dance to an Elton John song to get your groove back.

If you should see any movie this new year, make a date with "27 Dresses". You'll be happy that you did.

When I saw the trailer for 27 Dresses, I was like "Oh, my God, not again", typical plot, chick flick written all over it with over cheesy dialog and unrealistic situations that sadly I can completely predict. But thanks to the wonderful users of IMDb who gave this movie great reviews. My friend begged me to go see this with her, so I figured since she was treating and it was getting good reviews, it might be worth a look, so we saw it today, and I think my friend hates me, because I told her what would happen in the next scene and it would happen. This romantic comedy genre, doesn't anyone realize that these stupid plots are just recycled from one romantic comedy to the next?! The only thing they do is a "twist", a wedding planner, a hotel maid, a treasure hunter, blah, blah, blah. The actors couldn't even save this film.

Jane is a girl who has been in 27 weddings, she's so used to always putting others before herself. Her little sister, Tess, even steals her crush, George, and lies her way into making him love her. They get engaged and now Jane is once again the maid of honor, torture, huh? But guess what? There is a guy who surprisingly drives her insane, Kevin, a journalist who is writing an article on Tess and George and also secretly Jane's randevu's with her passion for "always a bride's maid, never a bride" routine. But of course they somehow fall for each other and break up when she finds out about the article, please tell me you get it from this point? Because you should if you've seen any other romantic comedy.

27 Dresses is a joke, I'm sorry, I know that's harsh, but these romantic comedies are very evil and manipulative in leading young girls onto what they think love is going to be or should be, or whatever. Sounds bitter, but do you honestly think that these movies are realistic or funny? It's so incredibly rare that we get a funny romantic comedy that is original and funny. Katherine Heigl is coming strong with her career, true, but I'm not impressed with her character choice. Jane's act on her little sister was a little too immature at the engagement party and she sunk to her sister's level, not to mention, why couldn't we have had just a regular, smart sister instead of a slut? It's just too common and predictable, seriously. The dialog "I get to have hot sex with random strangers and feel so much better"? Seriously, I'm just sick of romantic comedies, why aren't you? Trust me, this is not worth the look unless you fall for it each time.

2/10

I watch Grey's Anatomy every week so I guess I'm a bit of a Katherine Hiegel fan. I liked her in Knocked Up and she's decent in this film. In fact the whole cast is quite good. I just felt like I had seen this film before somewhere (or parts of it in different films). I guess I watched it because I'm getting married soon so I wanted to see the dresses in the film (and there are some amazing ones and some interesting ones for those who care about dresses). The audience didn't seem to laugh as much as I thought they would. This is not the same kind of film as Knocked Up and maybe people were expecting that. Otherwise, its a decent Tuesday-night date movie.

With a scene of impromptu karaoke featuring Elton John's "Bennie and the Jets"—bearing similarities to another rom-com I abhorred despite its own brilliant use of song, My Best Friend's Wedding—a fun cast, and some entertaining moments, (the opening cab scenes as Heigl's Jane attends two weddings in the same night is inspired), I have to admit I didn't hate 27 Dresses. Are the obvious clichés and plot evolutions that seem recycled in every film of this genre at work? Yes. But even so, those "been there done that" moments carried enough interest to keep me from throwing the movie out as complete waste.

It's that old adage, "always a bridesmaid and never a bride", at work. Jane is a career woman who gives herself completely to those around her, whether friends, boss, or family. She will do anything for Edward Burns' George because she is in lust with him, her idyllic image of the perfect man for which she can be the perfect employee and hopefully trick into falling for her; she'll organize and break her back in order to give all her friends perfect nuptials, killing herself in the process and taking up her closet space as she keeps each dress for the memories they contain; and loves her sister Tess so much that even after having helped raise her when their mother died, she decides to keep her mouth shut while watching a web of lies spin out of control, resulting in baby sis getting the guy she always wanted for herself. If it weren't enough to watch a selfless patsy make everyone around her happy while she devolves deeper and deeper into a self made depression for laughs, add in cocky, wise-guy wedding editorialist Kevin, (the always stellar James Marsden), and you get that perfect piece of abrasive sandpaper to get under Jane's skin, even though you know his volatility only exists to eventually be overcome with burgeoning love.

You know how this tale of unrequited love and love unknown will end, so it is up to the filmmakers to keep it interesting enough so that your butt doesn't leave the seat. The best way to do so is by creating some humorous moments to alleviate the clairvoyance-induced boredom you'd otherwise be feeling. A scene like the drunken karaoke is priceless as a result. It's unexpected, forging the first glimpse of romantic bonding between Kevin and Jane, two opposites that appear to have more fun mocking each other than finding what they have in common deep down. Adding a morally ambiguous best friend in Judy Greer's Casey helps as well, infusing the proceedings with some crass fun to counteract the wholesomeness Jane exudes. Even Malin Akerman as sister Tess does a good job at playing the puzzle piece to throw everything out of whack, in other words, the reason there is even a conflict to create a film at all. While not the greatest actress in the world, Akerman excels as the beauty turning heads and causing a wholesale upheaval of her sister's world.

27 Dresses cannot rely on its supporting cast to carry it though. Oftentimes, these periphery players come and go quickly, showing face to advance the plot, disappearing when their job is done. While not necessarily a bad thing, being that none of them really have a fully-fleshed out role, (Akerman sort of does and Ed Burns maybe, despite his very one-dimensional dreamboat humanitarian façade), their comings and goings mean that Heigl has a lot of work to do. I think anyone asking whether she would be up to the task is correct to do so. After all, she only has two lengthy television credits and a whole lot of forgettable theatrical roles to her name. Can Izzie from "Grey's Anatomy" carry a big budget rom-com expected to bring in huge money? I will never lie in saying I'm a big fan, she doesn't quite have the looks and most times comes across as bitchy in the parts she gets, but I give her a hand here for doing an admirable job. I do believe Marsden carries her many times, stealing some moments with his charm and comic timing, but Heigl holds her end well, especially since she is on screen close to 100% of the runtime.

The premise is ripe for quality comedy pertaining to something we all know, that insane pomp and circumstance of wedded bliss manufactured to be more "party of the year" than the moment when two people's love manifests itself into a union of kindred spirits. Once you get beyond the convenience of having our two leads meet coincidentally at a wedding—the down on her luck bridesmaid and the jaded wedding writer who's flowery words no longer match his feelings about the "big day"—you will enjoy the comedy their meeting creates. Besides the opening yellow cab changing room sequence and karaoke extravaganza, there is one more crucial moment. It is the scene that encapsulates the entire film, Marsden's discovery of Heigl's closet of memories. This one scene has every emotion that director Anne Fletcher is looking to portray. It's the embarrassment of having been in so many without a love for herself; the genuine smile on her face as she remembers the good times had in each; the morphing of his mocking smile to one of understanding as he sees the true worth of each dress; the devastating expressions of both when he takes that final photo of her sad face. His is so apologetic, both for taking the photo and knowing what it is he will be doing with it. The rest is all fluff, leading up to the conclusion we played in our heads an hour before we saw it. Thankfully, amidst all that window dressing lie a few moments of truth where all involved got it right. They may not make 27 Dresses a resounding success, but they do make it ever so slightly relevant and worth a glimpse.

Jane (Katherine Heigl) 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. Very dry but still good. 27 Dresses 5/10

Its a testament to the beguiling, natural charms of Katherine Heigl that I still like her and wish her well on the road to inevitable superstardom. This is in spite of having to sit thru her new movie '27 Dresses'.

If the industry predictions are right and Heigl is destined for Julia Roberts-style zeitgeist popularity, the mantle '27 Dresses' will occupy is easy to predict. 'Knocked Up' will be remembered as Heigl's 'Pretty Woman' - a surprise smash that introduced her as an instantly likable, utterly lovely bigscreen presence; '27 Dresses' will be Heigl's 'Sleeping With The Enemy' - a tired, uninspired, button-pushing mess, overseen by the actresses agents and managers to ensure their property becomes a big star sooner rather than later.

As the eternal bridesmaid having to endure her younger sisters nuptials to the man she's longed for, Heigl glows on screen but is reduced for much of the film to a simpering sourpuss. The director, Step Up's Anne Fletcher, shoots her stars (including a lifeless Edward Burns, Malin Akerman, a criminally-wasted Judy Greer and a frankly insufferable James Marsden) in static midshots, as well reducing the romantic allure of New York to subdued hues and bland framing.

Most frustrating is the complete lack of chemistry between the leads, compounded by long-winded, talky scenes that should bounce and end with a laugh, in true romcom tradition, but instead drag on and peter out into nothingness.

I'm going to assume that the message of the film is lost on me - all I took from the film was, no matter how beautiful and intelligent you are, you are only really complete as a woman when you find a man that makes you happy. I know its not the first romcom to espouse such traditional values, but its the first in a long-time to labour the point so heavy-handedly.

Points go to the costume designer Catherine Marie Thomas for the 27 dresses of the title - they display the sense of fun, absurdity and spark of originality that the film as a whole sorely needed.

I expect '27 Dresses' will open huge and turn Heigl from the small-screen IT-girl into the star she promises to be. But the star wont really shine until she finds a project that defines and enhances her on screen appeal, not just exploits it in the name of a bland, lifeless, calling-card film, shamelessly structured by suits to launch the 'Katherine Heigl' brand.

It was good but not great. I feel that is a mix of other movies. Its about A single woman that is tired of always being the bridesmaid at her friends' weddings. This time, she sets off to find her own Mr. Right. The story is predictable and a little bit cheesy. It has some nice moments of humor and good drama too. The cast is good, Katherine Heigl was good and James Marsden gives a decent performance, Malin Akerman was OK, I feel her a little overact and Judy Greer maybe she was the best with a role full of irony. One of the good things of the movie is the various landscapes from New York City and the soundtrack is also good In conclusion this is a 100% chick flick, women will love it, men avoid it

So I was unlucky enough to catch this mess while on a 13-hour flight from Shanghai to Chicago, along with Fool's Gold and Jumper. Remind me never to fly United again. After the first hour I was ready to throw myself out of the plane somewhere over the Arctic circle. I'm not sure where exactly we were at that moment, but I looked out the window and the ocean below was frozen, and landing on top of the ice after a 35,000-foot freefall sounded more appealing than another 45 minutes of this tripe.

It's yet another bonehead romantic comedy about weddings, where the protagonist is always a bridesmaid but never a bride, etc etc etc. She's great at doing things for other people but not so great at going after what she really wants or needs for herself. She has a collection of bridesmaids dresses filling one closet in her apartment to capacity (no points for guessing how many she has), until one day her collection is witnessed by columnist Kevin Doyle, who sees this story about a wedding addict as his key to upward movement at his magazine.

Charged with coming up with something fresh and interesting, he shocks his editor (but not the audience) when he gets too involved in the story and realizes that maybe there's something more to it, since she, his editor, feels that it's probably just some throwaway garbage that no one is really going to pay much attention to anyway. Sadly, the people who made the movie never realized that that is true of the movie as well.

Anyway, Katherine Heigl stars as Jane Nichols, who attracted the attention of Kevin Doyle on a night when she was on a wedding marathon, shuttling between weddings at such at rate as to win the attention of the media. A lot of people complain about her performance, but I had no problem with her acting, or with James Marsden's, or really with anyone else in the cast. The problem is that the movie feels like a child's coloring book where someone just filled in the blanks and gave it a title and sent it to theaters. The formula here is so obvious that the laughs generated by its presence are the most effective part of the movie.

James Marsden plays the part of Kevin Doyle. This is a remarkably versatile actor. He is still best known, I should think, as Cyclops from the X-Men films, but has also turned in effective performances in romantic comedies, including his satisfactory performance as a Mr. Right in this idiot movie, as well as his role as Mr. Wrong in the indescribably superior film The Notebook. Kevin is a young professional with movie-star good looks and is impossibly charming, while Jane, unfortunately, doesn't notice or appreciate his charm because she is too deeply in love with her dirtbag of a boss George, played with effective repulsiveness by Edward Burns.

Later, Jane's little sister shows up, a bouncy, Barbie-ish blonde without a thought in her head who comes along and charms George off his feet, and we are asked to care when this jerk and this bimbo fall in love and ask Jane to plan their wedding.

Oh, that really pulls the heartstrings, doesn't it? These two shallow, superficial people getting together, leaving poor Jane with nothing but this stunningly handsome man with a good job and bright future constantly professing his true love to her. It is safe to say you can leave the tissue at home for this one.

I suppose I don't have to explain how obvious the conclusion of the movie is. Probably the most difficult thing that a good romantic comedy has to overcome is that they are all so predictable, except for the really good ones (The Notebook, as an example). In 27 Dresses, it is blatantly obvious from the first frame how the movie is going to turn out, except for the instant transformations that George and Tess, Jane's little sister, make in the last few minutes of the movie for the sake of the Hollywood ending.

Everyone involved in the movie has done much, much better than this. If you want to see James Marsden in something worth seeing, please check out The Notebook. Edward Burns has an extensive list of credits and has had some hits and misses (if, for example, you ever get a chance to see him in a movie called A Sound of Thunder, don't), and as for Katherine Heigl, she has done nothing but better films than this. Under Siege 2 is better than this, and that should really be all you need to know…

If you've seen "Runaway Bride," My Best Friend's Wedding," "In Her Shoes" and/or "While You Were Sleeping," then there's really no point in seeing this newest romantic comedy, "27 Dresses," starring Katherine Heigl ("The Ringer," "Knocked Up," the TV series "Grey's Anatomy").

Bits and pieces of all the aforementioned films - as well as a few I have omitted - are culled to cobble together this tale of Jane (Heigl), sweet, innocent, long-suffering and a patsy. The term "always-the-bridesmaid" has never been more appropriate, as she has 27 ugly bridesmaids' dresses (hence the title) in her closet - one for every cheesy theme wedding she has attended.

Jane works for George (Edward Burns, "One Missed Call"), an environmentally-friendly, but hopelessly-naive boss who seems to be the only one in the office (or in the City of New York, for that matter), who cannot tell that Jane is totally in love with him.

Unfortunately, for this fledgling love affair, Jane's pretty, but self-centered sister, Tess (Malin Akerman, "The Heartbreak Kid," The Brothers Solomon"), enters the picture and sweeps George off his goofy feet.

While all of this is going on, Jane is practically being stalked by Kevin (James Marsden, "Superman Returns," the "X-Men" films), a wedding writer for a large New York publication. Assigned to cover Tess and George's nuptials (for SOME reason), he instead turns his attention to Jane and the fact she has been a bridesmaid 27 times.

When all of these situations collide, we're supposed to be amused, but I was just bored, having seen this plot (or variations of this plot) many times before.

Katherine Heigl is certainly a beautiful actress, and her Jane is very sweet and pure here, but she is not a strong enough lead to carry even this lightweight premise. She's no Julia Roberts; she's no Cameron Diaz; she's not even a Sandra Bullock.

Playing opposite comedians such as Johnny Knoxville and Seth Rogan was fine - since she was more of a supporting character - but here, she is the main cog of the movie, and it's a bit too much for her. There are some scenes in which she is just there to look sad or hurt or angry or rejected, and not an integral part of the action.

I also thought the love affair was forced upon us because it was expected. A twist at the conclusion would have been nice. Still overall, the movie is harmless and inoffensive, and will bring out all of the women (and many of their dates) who do not want to see "Cloverfield" at the cinaplexes over the next few weeks.

27 Dresses shows every possible cliché of the romantic comedies and it does not try to do something new.Screenwriter Aline Brosh McKeena (whose previous screenplay is the one of the very overrated movie The Devil Wears Prada) shows cliché after cliché in a tedious and really uninteresting movie.Director Anne Fletcher shows nothing of artistic zeal and she makes the mercenary work of taking all the clichés of the screenplay to the big screen.Katherine Heigl has some charisma but that does not rescue a very crappy movie.James Marsden does what he can with his role.The great Judy Greer (who showed so much talent on films like The Village or Elizabethtown) is totally wasted with a supporting role.I do not pretend to find originality on the story of a romantic comedy,but what I pretend is finding some originality on the execution and 27 Dresses does not have that.Some women may like it but this movie bored me with an uninteresting and clichéd story.

Okay, my view on this is tainted since I am guy and straight. That being said, I actually liked some chick-flicks (to watch with my fianceé that is) such as How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days, Hitch, etc. But this movie is, as the title states, a groan-inducing, cliché filled estrogen fest. Granted, Katherine Heigl is a talented, very beautiful woman, but her looks are about the only thing I really enjoyed in this movie.

I included that there's a spoiler in my review, but that's because it's a chick flick and that alone should tell you what happens: Heigl is Jane, who helps plan weddings as a hobby and lives in the chick flick capital of New York. She's been in, you guessed it, 27 weddings. She's waiting for her boss/love interest to reciprocate her feelings. Alas, he falls for Jane's younger, less morally-restricted sister. She doesn't know about Jane's feelings for her boss and when George proposes, her sister, *GASP* wants Jane to be the Maid of Honor and help plan the wedding.

Anyway, in typical chick flick fashion, along comes the handsome-but-polar-opposite-of-the-protagonist love interest who annoys her at first, then it's revealed in dramatic irony to the audience that he has an agenda, then sets about seemingly pursuing her. Then he falls in love with her and forgets his agenda. Then, after an unlikely, embarrassing scene (which in chick flicks usually involves drinking, water fights, karaoke, some kind of messy food, or all of the above), they make out, jump in bed together, and she suddenly loves him. Then, his original agenda comes out accidentally, she gets ticked and refuses to hear him out. They both go away sad and lonely. She later has a revelation, runs across town to find him, announces in public that she loves him, they kiss, marry, the end.

This movie was just too ridiculous. The beginning where she's racing back and forth between two weddings across town, the humiliating her sister at the engagement party, the fact that she went to the weddings of just about every ethnicity and culture, etc...and the fact that I only cracked a smile at a handful of scenes really brought this down for me.

Good, I suppose, for a girl's time of the month, or when the boyfriends and husbands go out drinking or to a ball game, but other than that, not one I would feel like watching again unless I had to (I'm getting married next year, so that's a good possibility too, unfortunately)

The romantic comedy, "27 Dresses," is a skimpy "always a bridesmaid, never a bride" tagline stretched out to a one-hour-and-fifty-minute-long feature film. The lovely Katherine Heigl, of "Knocked Up" fame, plays Jane Nichols, a wedding consultant who has dedicated her life to turning other women's dreams into matrimonial reality - though she has yet to make that fateful trip to the altar herself. Complications arise when she meets a scruffy, jeans-and-t-shirt-wearing journalist who also just happens to be a die-hard cynic about marriage (he considers it the "last legal form of slavery") and who, for reasons not related to either logic or credibility, has been assigned to the wedding beat of a popular Manhattan newspaper. It's hate-at-first-sight for Jane, of course, made worse when the young man pens what amounts to a style-section hit piece on Jane and her soon-to-be-wed sister, Tess. Eventually, however, after all the plot conniptions have been neatly sorted out, Jane comes to her senses and realizes that here, indeed, is that very man of her dreams she's been pining away for all these years.

"27 Dresses" latches onto just about every conceivable stereotype and cliché that this tired old genre can dish out: the gorgeous, dreamy-eyed leading lady who, for reasons known only to the scriptwriter, cannot seem to land herself a man, let alone get one to go out with her; the sassy, acid-tongued best friend who talks dirty and sleeps around and can't understand why Ms. Right has to be so picky in her dating choices; the handsome but clueless boss who has no idea his loyal employee is madly in love with him; the self-centered kid sister who has always gotten any man she ever wanted, including the one on whom her older sibling has currently set her sights; and finally the debunker of romance and decrier of marriage who's really just a big old sentimental softie beneath the five-o'clock-shadow and cynical wisecracks. (About the only stereotype who doesn't show up is the fussy, snarky old queen, a character who is practically de rigeur in these types of scenarios - but, then, seeing as Jane has already usurped the role of wedding planner, I guess there just wasn't any room left over for him in the cast of characters).

And don't think we aren't treated to the obligatory trying-on-dresses musical montage sequence or the tear-stained finale in which the two principals finally declare their undying love for one another amidst a sea of applauding witnesses.

Heigl, who was so charming in "Knocked Up," looks merely uncomfortable in this instance as she and her fellow co-stars - James Marsden, Malin Akerman, Edward Burns - struggle manfully with both the strained dialogue and wheezy plot mechanics dreamed up by writer Aline Brosh McKenna and the sluggish, uninspired direction by Anne Fletcher.

For all but those with the laxest standards when it comes to romance, "27 Dresses" is at least 27 dresses too many.

It only took about five seconds for me to know that no man (or at least no straight man) had anything to do with this film creatively. I know it is not meant for straight men, but watching this with my wife was pure agony.

Yes it is predictable, yes it is unoriginal and unfunny, yes the dialogue is stilted and unrealistic, yes it's cliché, but all of that's to be expected. My biggest complaint with this film is the character played by James Marsden.

So this guy who is supposedly into women actually notices she has a collection of dresses?? then he wants to see her try them all on??? of course he has a sad past that comes up, and how does he get cheered up? By shopping???? Oh, and that sad back-story, he was betrayed by his wife so he decides he hates the concept of marriage rather than the woman herself. How about the fact that his life seems to revolve around this up-coming wedding?? And then, after smattering the name of the bride in a popular news paper (that we're supposed to believe would run such a pointless story) -- going as far as calling the bride-to-be "bridezilla", he actually gets invited to another wedding party where the oh-so-predictable scene where the lovers come together takes place.

This has to be one of the best examples of bad film writing I've come across. I can't even recommend this as a date movie because if the female you're with has any sense she'll find it really stupid as well.

This will not go down as one of the best romantic comedies of all time, but I think it could be a major jumping off point for Katherine Heigl and possibly Marsden. It's worth a view if you have a free night or it can easily be waited for on DVD, PPV or cable. Good date movie. Heigl has the unique ability to be both glamorous and the girl next door at the same time. She could easily be America cinemas next sweetheart in the mold of Ryan and Bullock. Whoever cast Tess didn't do a very good job of finding somebody who could pull off being "hotter" than Heigl. But then again... that's a tall order.

Thanks to the writers for letting the sarcastic, cynical guy get the girl. There is hope for us after all.

Like many girls, I enjoy the occasional romantic chick-flick now and again, and I was actually looking forward to watching this one. Not because I thought it would be a life-changing masterpiece, but because I thought I would have fun for the next two hours or so, and could turn my TV off with a smile on my face. Instead, what I got was goosebumps, a funny feeling in my stomach, and almost a teensy-weensy tear in my eye, for this film is one of the worst films I have seen in many years. Everything about it, from the script, the dialogs, the characters, the acting... I can best describe this film with the words "pretentious, over the top, silly (and NOT in a good way), boring, downright stupid..." *sigh*... I only watched this incredibly awful movie to the end, to... well... I don't really know... it was not because I wanted to make sure the ending would be EXACTLY like I knew it was going to be, because there was no doubt about that... it was more like watching a train wreck... you want to look away, but yet somehow, you just ... can't... stop... looking... If Katherine Heigl wants to make it big in Hollywood she most definitely has to choose her next role a little better. Reading the script before she says yes might be a good place to start.

Two songs in this movie are the only good thing about it. This is the cheesiest, corniest, most predictable movie I have seen in years. It includes a terrible cast in which only the male protagonist is likable. Truly, if you do not want to throw a brick at your TV (it is not its fault) do not rent the DVD. Every possible cliché you can imagine is depicted in this movie. The female protagonist is as charming as an ice cube. I kept watching hoping it would get better and that I would not be so good at guessing. But I won every time. Trust me. Avoid it. I am asked to write more about this movie in order that I can submit my comment, but there is really nothing worth rescuing that I can add except what I wrote above.

I was very disappointed with this movie. You know, in Friends the fake Monica said that she was so disgusted with Dead Poet Society that it changed her life because she will never have that wasted time back. Well I feel exactly the same about this movie. It's not funny, it's not romantic it's not smart, it is boring and it is frustrating. Why would they call it a romantic comedy? It doesn't make sense. I mean Heigl is a fine actress and pretty, so how on Earth she got involved in this tripe I do not know. So let me save your life. Keep away from this stinker, please before you loose 2 hours of your life, you will never ever get back!