Two things stand out about Jane!! She never says no to her friends!! She's been a bridesmaid 27 times but always can be counted on to selflessly plan weddings for her friends!! She’s in love with her boss, George. She is also dreaming of a lovely, romantic wedding of her own!! She meets Kevin, he is a cynical writer who finds her attractive. That same week her flirtatious younger sister Tess comes to town. Jane forces herself to silently watch George fall head-over-heels for Tess. George doesn’t have any idea that Tess is actually a manipulative pretender?? Worse, Jane may have the unfortunate task to be called upon to plan their wedding!!! Meanwhile, Kevin tries to get Jane's attention!! His purpose is that Jane may be able to advance his career!! Will Jane be able to see though this “attention” from Kevin? Can Jane finally release her long bottled up feelings?? If she does, what will the fallout be like???
To top off all of Jane's woes, a handsome reporter is very interested in her unusual romantic story. What is his REAL motive for his story?? Fairly charming and no more objectionable, content-wise than most other Hollywood romantic comedies. Watching this film you must fully embrace the standard rom-com cliches!! A fairly liberal sprinkling of swear words and drinking. The message sent to the audience is that women are not truly happy if they are constantly the bridesmaid and never the bride!! Because this is a bit retro and frothy, it can possibly get away with this old fashioned way of thinking. Definitely a chick flick!!! Don’t worry about the ending, how could it be unhappy??? 4* (I liked this movie)
111 min, Comedy directed by Anne Fletcher and written by Aline Brosh McKenna with Brian Kerwin, Charli Barcena, Peyton List, Jane Pfitsch, Katherine Heigl, Jennifer Lim, Brigitte Bourdeau, Judy Greer, Danielle Skraastad, Marilyn L. Costelllo, James Marsden, Michael Paul, Yetta Gottesman, Erin Fogel, Bern Cohen.
Note: Imdb 6.1* out of 10* with 152,829 reviews, Common Sense Media S. Jhoanna Robledo, age 13+, 4* out of 5*, Rotten Tomatoes 41% with 153 critics 57% with 606,084 audience scores.
Special Note: While Jane and Kevin are in the bar, a Josh Kelly song can be heard in the background. In real life, Josh Kelley is married to Katherine Heigl. The wardrobe department reported that their initial designs for the dresses all looked too good on Katherine Heigl because of her figure?? They were almost unable to design bridesmaids dresses that would look bad on her!!!! Katherine Heigl is just a few months younger than Malin Akerman, who played her younger sister supposedly by several years in this film.
Mistakes: Right before Jane realizes she is yelling next to an ongoing 50th anniversary party, she is also flinging her clutch purse against the wall in anger?? Her mouth does not move as you hear her screaming, "why, why, why?” The sound of the purse hitting the wall does not match the points where it hits?? And, the last two smacking sounds occur while she holds her purse in the air? After she hits the wall, the purse is by her side?? If you can't get a purse scene right, what else can you not do????
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