Geekscape Goes to Sundance 2012: Bachelorette
Bachelorette is awesome!!! This festival favorite, written and directed by Leslye Headland, has the potential to be the breakout comedy of 2012. The film is essentially Hangover meets Bridesmaids; it’s centered on the events of the evening before the wedding of the first of four best friends to get married. However, there are some important distinctions. Bachelorette should skew younger than Bridesmaids due to the type of jokes and drug use, and the humor is less physical than Bridesmaids. Centered on one night, much like Hangover, and based on an off-Broadway play, the writing is really what makes it shine.
Wittier than Bridesmaids, and delivered in pitch perfect performances by every single one of the actors, this film should be able to land with an audience that will appreciate it. The comedic timing is perfectly paced and the film does not slow down at any point. Thus, Bachelorrette is yet another film to add to the collection of beautifully executed and universally appealing female driven casts. The comedy will appeal equally to men and women.
Kirsten Dunst delivers a wonderfully dramatic “straight performance” as Regan, the one who did everything right and yet still finds herself frustrated at not having that ring on her finger. Lizzy Caplan shines as Jenna, the “bad girl” and gets to deliver a plethora of quotable zingers, such as “We gave up strip clubs for lent”. Isla Fisher plays a delightfully sweet and ditzy Katie, whom everyone in the audience finds themselves rooting for. And Rebel Wilson shines in the supporting part of the best friend (formerly known as “pig face”) who is getting married, and whose wedding is a big surprise to her gang of friends. Adam Scott, Kyle Bornheimer and James Marsden do a great job as the groomsmen, out on a night of last hurrah for their friend. Ready to party up, and drown their disappointments and underachievement in an evening of cocaine and booze, the ladies soon find themselves on an emotional all-nighter. There are too many funny moments to list and saying anything else about the plot would definitely spoil it. Check this one out in theaters!
