Kristen Wiig

Despite the poster featuring a posse of women posturing in hot-pink dresses, Bridesmaids is down to earth, focusing on one particular Milwaukee woman: the rather immature thirtysomething Annie (Kristen Wiig), who hits bottom when her best friend announces she’s marrying a rich guy. While there is some laugh-out-loud bad behavior in the movie à la The Hangover, Bridesmaids goes for the heart as it mines the humor (and pathos) in female friendships as well as the bizarrely competitive rituals leading up to a wedding. And, as an extra, it has a bit of romance thrown in.

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