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 enlarge | Director: Anne Fletcher
Actors: Katherine Heigl, James Marsden, Malin Akerman, Charli Barcena, Peyton List
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Category: DVD
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Rating:  132 reviews
Sales Rank: 271
Format: Ac-3, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, Dvd-video, Subtitled, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Dubbed)
Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 111
Aspect Ratio: 2.40:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.3 x 0.6
MPN: FOXD2250659D
UPC: 024543506591
EAN: 0024543506591
ASIN: B0015I2RT8
Theatrical Release Date: 2008
Release Date: April 29, 2008
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 Awful February 22, 2008
13 out of 35 found this review helpful
I don't have high expectations for romantic comedies: I just want to watch something sweet and mildly entertaining. But even with the lowest of expectations, 27 Dresses doesn't deliver. The writing is atrocious, the directing is non-existent (it looks like the camera was placed arbitrarily, without any thought to angles or settings), the plot is predictable, and none of the actors shine in this incredibly dull movie. I've never thought Ed Burns is much of an actor, but here his range goes, to paraphrase Dorothy Parker, from A to A. Katherine Heigl tries valiantly in some scenes and in others she seems to give up, knowing there's no way to save this wreck.
 A Two Laugh Riot? February 20, 2008
9 out of 18 found this review helpful
If you have not much to do this is a mildly entertainimg movie with a couple of laughs and a chuckle or two. The movie is very episodic so it hangs together like a set of chinese lanterns -- colorful but only loosely connected. The characters are rather cliched and without any depth or strong definition. Kevin provides the most entertainment and the only real sparkle to the film comes with the contentious verbal sparring between Kevin and Jane. The parade of the 27 dresses was clearly the high point of the film and very entertaining. Overall the film is OK and it is remarkable in that there are no car crashes, no mindless destruction of property, no graphic violence, and no weird creatures or dark sides. There is only one instance of profanity which was clearly inserted solely to avoid the curse of a G rating. The male characters are suitably unhygenic and generally need a shave. Not only is their personal hygiene suspect but they are in desperate need of a clothing consultant. Rumpled ill fitting clothes, shirt tails out, and untied ties may demonstrate ultra masculinity in Hollywood but it doesn't do that in a real professional environment or anywhere outside of People Magazine. There is really very little originality here and as usual the action takes place in New York because as we all know life only exists in Los Angeles or New York.
There are a few good scenes and one of the best is clearly the one in the car both during the spin out and the aftermath. The look of sheer terror on Kevin's face was very realistic as was the passion that followed. This is a fun film and if you have a couple of hours and need a distraction this will provide some amusement. Not an academy award contender at any level. I gave it 3 stars because it is is upbeat.
 See This With Your Girlfriends February 15, 2008
24 out of 25 found this review helpful
C'mon...it's not rocket science and it's not meant to be. After a week of having husbands and kids drive us crazy, my best friend and I ran away from home to see this and agreed we hadn't laughed so hard in months! We laughed the whole way through. Mission accomplished...escapism at its best! Katherine Heigl is adorable in this and hey, for us harried mothers, just getting to watch Ed Burns and James Marsden for 90 minutes is worth the ticket (or DVD) price alone. They're pretty yummy to watch! Leave the husband/boyfriends at home for this one and have a girls' night out. Guys don't get the humor in watching Jane hold her friends' wedding dresses when they have to pee at their wedding receptions. Girls get it. The writing is witty with plenty of hilarious one-liners. Jane is everyone's best friend and you'll wish she was one of yours, too. This DVD will get added to my collection of predictable romantic comedies because it can hold its own with the best of them!
True love is cool! February 9, 2008
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
MOVIES like this have no huge explosions, ludicrous fistfights, unbelievable stunts and endless gunfire from sub-machine guns that somehow never seem to need reloading, and yet they are entertaining and endearing. People walk out of the cinema with happy smiles on their faces. Jane Nichols, played by Katherine Heigl is a goody two shoes kind of gal who loves to arrange weddings in her spare time. She then keeps the 27 bridesmaid's dresses as souvenirs in her cupboard. She is in love with her boss, George, a beefy guy who is oblivious to her charms. When he says to her in jest, "I love you.", Jane replies dreamily, "I love you too..." only to be slapped back to reality by her best frend, Casey, a man crazy maniac. Her crass, brassy blonde sister appears in New York and immediately makes a play for her boss. This, of course cheeses her off but being a goody goody unassertive person, she goes along with it reluctantly. Tess, her sister tells all manner of lies, like being a vegetarian in order to win the heart of George. Tess wins George's heart and even gets their Mum's wedding dress from her father, Hal, only to cut it up because it is old fashioned. Meanwhile Jane meets an outwardly cynical 'Commitments' column journalist called Kevin Doyle aka Malcolm. Jane adores his romantic and sentimental reviews of weddings. Kevin (James Marsden), however, displays a cynical attitude to marraige likening it to legalised slavery, simply because his wife ran off with is room mate. Yes, what we have here is the eternal rectangle...Kevin decides to do an expose on the commercialism of marraige in his paper, the New York Journal and interviews Jane and Tess. At one dramatic point, Jane and Kevin almost die in a car accident in heavy rain when their car hydroplanes and gets stuck in the mud. They end up in a country & western bar where they get roaring drunk and perform Elton John's "Bennie and the Jets" song, dancing hilariously on the bar counter to loud applause. They end up making mad, passionate love in her Volvo while it is raining cats and dogs outside. The next morning, Kevin's cynical story appears with pictures of Jane in many of her Bridesmaid's dresses. Jane and Tess are furious as Tess is described as a Bridezilla by Kevin, among other things. In a moment of fury, Jane reveals all Tess's lies to George in a brutal powerpoint display at a pre nuptial family dinner. Tess is very upset and George walks out and subsequently calls off the marraige. Kevin tries to get back together with Jane with no luck. back in the office, George kisses Jane after realising that she should be the one for him. However, they soon realise they have no love for each other at all. Jane finally becomes aware that Kevin is the man she loves and bravely tells him so at a wedding on a boat that he is covering. Love conquers all and one year later, they are married by the beach; it looks like the Hamptons, and all her 27 friends are now her bridesmaids, while her blonde sister, Tess is the Maid of Honour. How ironic, Ha! Ha!
There are some great lines in this movie, like when Jane waits up for her baby sister who has gone on a date with George, and Tess walks in at 4am to find her cleaning the stove top. Jane says nonchalantly, "Just doing a bit of cleaning, harnessing my Chi." Very funny! Tess has amusing one liners too, like, " For some reason, girls just don't like me, I don't know why?"
At one point in reply to Kevin's probing questions, Jane remarks, " I don't have needs, I'm Jesus." One of the best parts that I enjoyed, is when Jane's repressed feelings explode like an erupting volcano and she tells Tess cruelly, " Today, you are just some bitch who broke my heart and cut up my mother's wedding dress!" Strong stuff!
James Marsden, who played Prince Charming in "Enchanted", acts very well and I expect more starring roles for him in the future. The attention to detail impressed me. I saw that the little girl playing Jane as a child had what Dental Surgeons call a Class II Division 2 malocclusion and, lo and behold so does Katherine Hiegler. Hiegler is a polished actress and she carries off this role with aplomb. The enchanting happy ending brought tears to my eyes, and it will to your eyes too. All you romantics out there, see this movie with your loved one. You won't regret it. Enjoy!By Dr. Michael Lim The Travelling Gourmet. {:-)
More of the same February 3, 2008
11 out of 16 found this review helpful
The movie was ok at best. Highly predictible, somewhat funny but not hilarious and using every emotional cliché of a romantic comedy. For those of you especting something like Knocked Up, don't bother. The film is nothing like that. It is merely a romantic comedy that is entertaining for a while. I would do away with most of the sappy lines. But this is more like "My Best Friend's Wedding" (but a sister this time), and that Heigl's character is in love with the boss (sister's fiancé).
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