27 Dresses (DVD)

...could have never anticipated....... 27 Dresses is the artistic embodiment of why clichéd doesn't have to mean bad; infact, clichéd can be enjoyable and funny and big hearted with great performances and witty dialogue. If clichéd is accompanied by smarts, as it so rarely is in the romantic comedy genre, then the predictability of it all can add to the viewer's enjoyment, cliché creates a sense of safety and comfort and when mixed in with elements ...
...movie experience. 27 Dresses is fun, heart warming, silly, serious and, eventually, pretty darn enjoyable. It is held up by a solid screenplay, charming leads, great visuals and an exciting contemporary soundtrack; here all the elements fit together to hold it above others in the genre making for a highly enjoyable night in. One of the most refreshing things about 27 dresses is the genuinely clever and moving screenplay which sees Aline McKenna ...

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...Bridesmaid or Maid of Honour 27 times Jane throws herself into organising her sister's wedding and meets a wedding journalist along the way who is astounded by the way Jane reacts to her friends weddings. After sabotaging her sister's wedding in a fit of jealousy, will Jane's 28th wedding dress be the one she gets married in? Don't worry, I am not about to give the ending away. It will be for you to watch and decide! ~~~ Cast ~~~ Everyone knows ...
...- another documentary about the 27 bridesmaid dresses and how they came about [3] Jane's World - another documentary, unnecessary in my opinion. [4] The Running of the Brides - there is a theme here, another useless documentary on actual brides hunting down their dresses - why? Remember Monica from Friends looking for her dress for her wedding to Chandler? Watch that, it was more interesting and funnier [5] Deleted Scenes ~~ Conclusion ~~~ Anyone ...

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Jane has been in love with the idea of weddings ever since she was a little girl. Her amazing organisational skills means she's been a bridesmaid twenty-seven times, but has yet to be a bride. She's completely enamoured of her boss George, but all her romantic hopes are dashed when George meets and falls for her glamorous younger sister Tess. If that wasn't bad enough, her selfish sibling expects her to organise the perfect wedding for her and George ...
...on Jane's tail. Could it be that he's after a story about the perennial bridesmaid? Or are his interests more than professional? Considering this is only former choreographer Anne Fletcher's second film as director, she doesn't do badly. But as with her first (dance movie "Step Up") it lacks originality on a grand scale. Her visuals throughout are glossy and she uses a wide, cheerful palette that suits the frothy nature of the film. The movie begins ...

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...as she has already attended 27 weddings this year. Will Jane get her perfect man and wedding and just what will happen with Kevin and the article? I didn’t know what to expect from this film as I had heard both good and bad things about it. I think the deciding factor for me watching it was it stared Katherine Heigl who I enjoyed watching in Knocked Up and also that I got this for under £5. I have to say that I was quite surprised by it. The storyline ...
...to see all of Jane’s 27 dresses and I did find I was chuckling at some of them. I only thank god that I was never subjected to wearing any of these dresses! The DVD which we have does have some bonus material which includes:- Deleted Scenes Four Featurettes The Wedding Party You’ll Never Wear That Again Jane’s World The Running of the Brides I am not one for watching bonus material so I cannot make comment on if they are any good or worth ...

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I've been wanting to see 27 Dresses for quite a long time, but have felt a bit put off by the mixed reviews I have read and heard about it. But I do love the romantic movie genre so I was quite sure I would actually like this film, so last night I persuaded my fiance to sit down and watch it with me. He wasn't overly keen on seeing it but I think we're both glad that we gave it a go! 27 Dresses tells the story of Jane Nichols, the woman who seems ...
...has been a bridesmaid for 27 of her friends, wearing some truly awful dresses, and works hard for her boss George at a magazine. Jane's sister Tess reappears wite news of her own, causing Jane to re-evaluate her love life with a little help from newspaper columnist Kevin... I thought this movie was going to be incredibly soppy and sentimental but I was actually pleasantly surprised by the way the film went. Katherine Heigl seems to be taking Hollywood ...

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...has been a bridesmaid now 27 times and has a variety of tasteless dresses to prove it. But hey, she can always shorten them and wear them again, right? As we meet Jane she is bridesmaid at two weddings in different parts of New York and is zipping across town changing in the back of a cab. At one society wedding she meets marital cynic Kevin (James Marsden - familiar with the GA effect having starred with Dempsey in Enchanted last year). Unbeknownst ...
...As romantic comedies go, 27 Dresses does try and liven up the formula by making you wonder which guy she will end up with, if any. Like all decent rom-coms you, of course, also have to have a well edited musical montage where she dresses up in all the outfits. Plus our heroine is also expected to embarrass herself for our amusement on several occasions before a disaster of some sort strikes, and she has to change her opinions on something. Whilst ...

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27 dresses is about a woman called Jane who loves weddings and helping organise them but she is always a bridesmaid but never the bride. The name of the film comes from the fact that she has 27 bridesmaid dresses squeezed into her wardrobe each one a reminder of the times she has been bridesmaid for a friend. The film opens with Jane (played by Katherine Heigl) rushing between two weddings both of which she has agreed to be a bridesmaid for but which ...
...the fun at both. 27 dresses is a romantic comedy. There are really good characters in this film and its not just a romantic comedy about weddings it is also about the relationships and the personalities of the characters involved. Jane is a lovely character she is friendly and a real people person, you can tell this by the fact that 27 women have asked her to be their bridesmaid (is this a little far fetched I wonder?). Jane is obsessed with weddings ...

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With having so much work and being so busy lately I feel like I have had no time whatsoever to just sit down relax and watch a film and it is something I really like to do. It is getting to that sort of time of the year now when we are all in anticipation of the summer blockbusters which are about to come out. However, not always is it the summer films that are the best of the year, sometimes it can be those out at the start that are the best and ...
...is the film '27 Dresses'. I had read about it in magazines and saw posters everywhere and thought it looked good so went to see it. The film begins with us finding out the Jane Nichols (Katherine Heigl) has been a bridesmaid at twenty seven weddings. What we first see is Jane changing outfits and rushing between two weddings that she has agreed to be bridesmaid at. It seems a bit ridiculous but in the middle of her attending two weddings she gets ...

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Director: Anne Fletcher Writer: Aline Brosh McKenna Genre: Comedy - Romance Country: USA Certification: 12+ Language: English Released: 28th July, 2008 (DVD) MAIN CAST: Katherine Heigl (Jane) James Marsden (Kevin) Malin Akerman (Tess) Edward Burns (George) Jane is the perfect bridesmaid - with her trusty agenda, she'll whip up the perfect marriage in a jiffy, cater to all of the bride's needs, and even wear the ugliest bridesmaid dress in ...
...smile. Jane, who is always the bridesmaid and never the bride, hopes to one day whip up her own extraordinary and perfect wedding, however, the man she has her sites set on, who just happens to be her perfect boss, has a thing for her lying and conceited younger sister. When Jane draws the interest of Kevin, a wedding writer who works for a popular newspaper, a man whose idea of a perfect marriage conflicts with Jane's own romantic notions, sparks ...

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So it was coming up to the time of the month where it was my turn to host this months girly night in. Doritos were bought, wine was stocked up and then last but not least, the entertainment for the evening was needed. I was browsing round the DVD/CD department in my local Asda when this DVD's cover caught my eye. It really did screamed total chick flick to be fair but none the less it seemed like something myself and the girls would like. One car ...
...the munchies for the evening, putting white wine in the fridge and getting ready for the rest of the girls to come round. They arrived and so the evening started. Wine flowed, Doritos munched and DVD was played. We laughed, gasped, cried, and almost died of embarrassment for Katherine Heigl's character, Jane Nichols. This film I think is almost every single woman's worst fear...always being invited to the wedding as a bridesmaid but never being the ...

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...fuss was about. 27 Dresses is a romantic comedy which is directed by Anne Fletcher and written by Aline Brosh McKenna. Mckenna was also screenwriter for the Devil Wears Prada, which led me to expect an equally good film in 27 Dresses. The film has a 12A rating and was released in January 2008. Running time is approximately 110 minutes. ***The Cast*** Katherine Heigl as 'constant bridesmaid' - Jane Nichols James Marsden as ' wedding journalist' - ...
...been a bridesmaid an astonishing 27 times, yet never the bride herself. The film opens with a slightly amusing scene (albeit completely unrealistic) whereby Jane has the misfortune of being a bridesmaid at two seperate weddings on the same night. In this scene Jane spends the night going back and forward in a taxi all evening between weddings, changing in and out of her seperate bridesmaids outfits in the back seat. It is at one of these weddings ...

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...latest romcoms to achieve success: 27 Dresses. And yes, you're right, there are no surprises. It follows pretty much the mould of many romcoms before it, with love and facing up to truth and sticking up for yourself and following your heart and all that rubbish coming out of every scene. It's sickening in places, and my wife had at the very least a slight smile on her face throughout. You see, the film is about weddings, and being a bridesmaid, ...
...and has been a bridesmaid 27 times. Now, when her sister Tess (Malin Ackerman) and her boss George (Ed Burns) announce their plans for marriage, it's a different story. Jane has always been in love with George, and seeing her sister cut in oblivious is almost too much. But she does what she always does: turn the other cheek, and become the life-saving wedding organiser and bridesmaid. Destined to be bridesmaid for a 28th time, and as the wedding ...

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...She has been a bridesmaid 27 times, and hasn't got married yet. Although she looks pretty enough, she doesn't have a boyfriend. She secretly fancies her boss, but he doesn't know she feels this way. When at one wedding she gets knocked out while fighting to get the bouquet (after all, catch the bouquet, and you are meant to get married next!). When she comes around she sees a man called Kevin. He helps her home and that was that. They bump into each ...
...the sad part, Jane's sister is marrying Jane's boss, who she is still in love with. They only met when Jane introduced them, and after a whirlwind romance are getting married. What a shame for Jane. So that pretty much summarises the film. I would say the plot above came in in under 30 minutes, so the rest of the film is all about will Jane admit to her boss she loves him? Will she give up and find someone else? She keeps bumping into Kevin, who ...

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I recently saw 27 dresses at the cinema and thought it was a really good movie. It's the best movie I've seen in a long time. When I first saw the adverts for it , and read the reviews in magazines , I knew it would be a good film. I was glad I was right too , because my predictions of the last movie I'd seen , St Trinians was wrong - I thought it looked good , but it turned out to be an awful film in my opinion. However I am not here to review St ...
...* Movie Information * 27 Dresses was released in the United Kingdom in March 2008. The running time of 27 Dresses is 107 minutes. * 27 Dresses - The Characters * Jane - played by Katherine Heigl - A kind and caring character who will do anything to please others. Kevin - played by James Marsden - A very hot , wedding writer. Tess - Malin Akerman - Jane's Sister who is very popular with guys. (She reminds me of Roxy of Eastenders ) George - ...

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27 Dresses is a 2008 romantic comedy, starring Katherine Heigl and James Marsden, and was directed by Anne Fletcher. Jane has always been the bridesmaid and never the bride, she’s obsessed with weddings and has in fact been a bridesmaid 27 times, hence the title of the film. When she’s attending two different weddings on the same night, she bumps into Kevin, a cynic who manages to write the most romantic weddings at the same time. At the same time, ...
...such as Asda and Tesco. The film featured 27 very awful dresses because of the title and the fact that Jane had been a bridesmaid 27 times, the fashion was done very well. Overall an average chick flick, worth a watch but there are better things. ...

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