Review: Bridesmaids

Bridesmaids charm is found in how it switches around the traditional Judd Apatow set-up of friendships being threatened by relationships, to see it from a more female orientated point of view than the increasingly borish and laddish antics of Rogan and co.

That's not to say that the humour is completely different, with one scene coming close to matching Team America for best gross-out jokes of recent times, but the relationships at the core of the film make it more satisfying and realistic than the usual fat/man-child/stoner/slob wins over the supermodel plots of many other recent comedies from the frat pack.

Kristen Wiig does an excellent job holding the story together, but Bridesmaids strength is its excellent ensemble cast, though sadly a couple of the bridesmaids seem to disappear half way through the film with little explanation, a fact made doubly sad since unhappily-married Rita has many of the best lines on the film. When they go, the film isn't quite as good as it was, taking a little bit too long to get to the rather obvious ending.