27 Dresses:
Certificate: 12A
Genre: Romantic Comedy
Who's in it: Katherine Heigl, James Marsden, Edward Burns
Chris' Verdict: 4/10- "Boring."
Ellie's Verdict: 6/10- "Bit disappointing."
Release date: 28th March 2008
27 Dresses Trailer
Certificate: 12A
Genre: Romantic Comedy
Who's in it: Katherine Heigl, James Marsden, Edward Burns
Chris' Verdict: 4/10- "Boring."
Ellie's Verdict: 6/10- "Bit disappointing."
Release date: 28th March 2008
27 Dresses Trailer
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27 Dresses Review
The makers of Knocked Up bring you another romantic comedy. Katherine Heigl
stars alongside James Marsden as a morbid exploited personal assistant. The
story focuses on Jane (Katherine Heigl) who has been a bridesmaid at 27 different
weddings without ever being the bride. The one person she does actually love is
her charming boss. When she finally plucks up the courage to show her feelings,
her sister Tess, swoops in and before she knows it is getting married to the man of
her dreams. Meanwhile, Malcolm Doyle played by James Marsden is a columnist
who keeps following Jane around desperately trying to get a date while writing
stories on her and Tess’ marriage. It all gets very complicated and I will say no
more because otherwise I will spoil 27 Dresses for you.
For me, the film is very slow to start. I was not sure what the purpose was of large
sections of the beginning, because it was simply boring and unnecessary. While it
is important to set the scene there is just too much setting of the scene and not
enough action. 27 Dresses only really got interesting in the last 30 minutes when
things actually start to go wrong. In terms of a plot concept it was ok and could
have made a decent romantic comedy. However, the script is at times poor making
the plot laboured and overly long. Some of the scenes appear to be filler scenes
rather than actually contributing to the plot. 27 Dresses should have been around
90 minutes long rather than 107 minutes. Moreover, any supposed twists are
predictable and are so obvious it is painful.
The acting is ok and James Marsden and Katherine Heigl both give creditable
performances but they are let down by the poor plot. The chemistry between the
two is convincing and good but there is not enough to keep the audience
interested during the endless periods of nothingness that make up the bulk of this
film. One of Jane’s friends made me laugh more with her few lines than the rest of
the cast combined. I am not going to spoil the plot but at one part of the film when
the sister is angry with Jane she is suddenly calm again within about 30 seconds,
that made me laugh.
The film was simply too morbid and dull. I know I am a guy so it is in my make up
not to enjoy romantic comedies but compared to others I have seen this one is
poor. Unfortunately, the plot of 27 Dresses never fully develops beyond the fact
that she has been bridesmaid 27 times, her sister is marrying the man of her
dreams and another man is madly in love with her. I actually found myself
physically annoyed at Jane. It is unusual in a romantic comedy for the leading
woman to be annoying but she is! No woman in the world is more of a walk over
than her.
Ultimately, 27 Dresses was a disappointment. Not enough happened in the film to
warrant its length. I think Katherine Heigl should try to make sure she only appears
in romantic comedies that are actually funny in the future and James Marsden I do
not know, because he has been killed in X-Men and returned to a fantasy world in
Enchanted. Anyway, I would not recommend seeing this film even if you are into
films of this genre. If you really want to see it I would wait till you can rent it on DVD
rather than wasting your money on a cinema ticket.
The makers of Knocked Up bring you another romantic comedy. Katherine Heigl
stars alongside James Marsden as a morbid exploited personal assistant. The
story focuses on Jane (Katherine Heigl) who has been a bridesmaid at 27 different
weddings without ever being the bride. The one person she does actually love is
her charming boss. When she finally plucks up the courage to show her feelings,
her sister Tess, swoops in and before she knows it is getting married to the man of
her dreams. Meanwhile, Malcolm Doyle played by James Marsden is a columnist
who keeps following Jane around desperately trying to get a date while writing
stories on her and Tess’ marriage. It all gets very complicated and I will say no
more because otherwise I will spoil 27 Dresses for you.
For me, the film is very slow to start. I was not sure what the purpose was of large
sections of the beginning, because it was simply boring and unnecessary. While it
is important to set the scene there is just too much setting of the scene and not
enough action. 27 Dresses only really got interesting in the last 30 minutes when
things actually start to go wrong. In terms of a plot concept it was ok and could
have made a decent romantic comedy. However, the script is at times poor making
the plot laboured and overly long. Some of the scenes appear to be filler scenes
rather than actually contributing to the plot. 27 Dresses should have been around
90 minutes long rather than 107 minutes. Moreover, any supposed twists are
predictable and are so obvious it is painful.
The acting is ok and James Marsden and Katherine Heigl both give creditable
performances but they are let down by the poor plot. The chemistry between the
two is convincing and good but there is not enough to keep the audience
interested during the endless periods of nothingness that make up the bulk of this
film. One of Jane’s friends made me laugh more with her few lines than the rest of
the cast combined. I am not going to spoil the plot but at one part of the film when
the sister is angry with Jane she is suddenly calm again within about 30 seconds,
that made me laugh.
The film was simply too morbid and dull. I know I am a guy so it is in my make up
not to enjoy romantic comedies but compared to others I have seen this one is
poor. Unfortunately, the plot of 27 Dresses never fully develops beyond the fact
that she has been bridesmaid 27 times, her sister is marrying the man of her
dreams and another man is madly in love with her. I actually found myself
physically annoyed at Jane. It is unusual in a romantic comedy for the leading
woman to be annoying but she is! No woman in the world is more of a walk over
than her.
Ultimately, 27 Dresses was a disappointment. Not enough happened in the film to
warrant its length. I think Katherine Heigl should try to make sure she only appears
in romantic comedies that are actually funny in the future and James Marsden I do
not know, because he has been killed in X-Men and returned to a fantasy world in
Enchanted. Anyway, I would not recommend seeing this film even if you are into
films of this genre. If you really want to see it I would wait till you can rent it on DVD
rather than wasting your money on a cinema ticket.
Reader's Comments
Jake: Thanks for the review means my girlfriend
can not make me go and see it. Though 27
Dresses sound like a terrible film and you just
confirmed it.
Liz: I really liked this film. I think only guys do
not like it. The 27 Dresses idea was really good
but probably could have been better.
Jake: Thanks for the review means my girlfriend
can not make me go and see it. Though 27
Dresses sound like a terrible film and you just
confirmed it.
Liz: I really liked this film. I think only guys do
not like it. The 27 Dresses idea was really good
but probably could have been better.
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