Jane has always been the bridesmaid for God knows when, she allows other problem be her major concern, she never questions a thing until her younger sister is about to walk the aisle with the man she secretly loves.
27 Dresses is formulaic, predictable and unoriginal, but romantic comedies would be burned at the stake if they didn't follow the strict guidelines above - it's almost kinda fun seeing it hit all of its marks.
Well cast, slickly produced and performed with enough spirit to somewhat counterbalance its frequently stupendous lack of originality and plausibility. Still not quite good enough, though...
Ebert & Roeper
January 22, 2008
Talk about setting the woman's movement back by about a half-century.
Salon.com
January 18, 2008
The biggest disappointment of 27 Dresses is that it inhabits a Harlequin romance New York City, one remarkably short on homosexuals and divorce.
there's a desire to see their characters displaced into a better film with more on its mind than to be better than it should be because of its casting director.
