27 Dresses [Blu-ray] [2008]

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Audience Rating: Suitable for 12 years and over Binding: Blu-ray EAN: 5039036037952 Format: PAL Label: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment Manufacturer: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment Release Date: 2008-07-28 Running Time: 107 Studio: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment Theatrical Release Date: 2008
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Editorial Reviews: Katherine Heigl is delightful as Jane, a self-effacing Gal Friday so addicted to organizing weddings in her off time, that 27 Dresses opens with her character juggling two nuptials on the same night. A perpetual bridesmaid, Jane’s hobby is discovered by a matrimony reporter named Kevin (James Marsden), who hides a romantic side behind his wall of cynicism. While Kevin gradually develops feelings for Jane, the latter’s superficial sister, Tess (Malin Akerman), pursues George (Edward Burns), Jane’s boss and the object of her love. This romantic circle could go on forever, except that Jane is unexpectedly moved by Kevin despite her general irritation with him and without knowing that he’s on the verge of sandbagging her with a ridiculing article in his newspaper. The situation is absurd, but the emotions are not. Heigl is very good, rooted in a long tradition of comely comediennes playing characters who fly under the radar of life. She makes Jane’s pain palpable and conveys her character’s inability to say no without making her look unappealing or weak. Marsden perfectly captures the part of a rumpled, underdressed writer with repressed passions, Akerman is as convincingly shrewish here as she was in The Heartbreak Kid, and Burns is fine as one of those guys so busy saving the world he barely pays attention to the people in his life. The script by Aline Brosh McKenna (The Devil Wears Prada) is fun if predictable, and Anne Fletcher’s direction is vibrant. --Tom Keogh
Spotlight customer reviews: Customer Rating: Summary: Modern Classic Comment: Katherine Heigl plays a brilliant love-sick assistant who is waiting in the wings for her boss to fall for her. I love her in Grey's Anatomy but have to admit not a fan of Knocked Up so was overjoyed that she fitted into her role in this film. Everyone else was excellent but you cannot sit through a rom-com if you don't like the central character. The only negative there can be about this film is the scene before the last, I won't ruin it, but the main male character's reaction should have been reworked. This however can not bring a good film too far down; especially as it has what I have been rooting for for ages- the female to male slap. Yes it sounds silly but in real life there are circumstances where women will more than willingly react by slapping a man and they deserve it. This action also marks the crescendo of emotion and without it there are plenty of scenes in other movies that just lose the momentum they have built up for a female character's anger. I think they cop out because women are supposed to be 'women', which as we have been trying to tell men for decades is wrong. And this part of the script just highlights the beauty of the entire film; its real and everyday in the sense of the characters even if the storyline is a one in a million. Customer Rating: Summary: Dressed to Impress Comment: Romantic comedies rise and fall on the chemistry of the two leads. Thankfully then for '27 Dresses' the cast is well catered for with the excellent Katherine Heigl as the lead and James Marsden as the charismatic love interest. Heigl plays Jane a woman who has become so adept at being a maid of honour that she has been a bridesmaid 27 times. Marsden plays Kevin a journalist who meets Jane by chance at a wedding; he sees in her a potential story about a woman who is always a bridesmaid never a bride. They instantly dislike one another but they are forced to get along when Jane's sister falls for Jane's boss and they plan to wed. Jane now finds herself organising the wedding for her spoilt sister to the man she has secretly pined after for years. Can she juggle the wedding and her own feelings whilst trying to cope with the pesky journalist? '27 Dresses' was great fun. This is a film that follows the rules of the romantic comedy to the letter and although as a viewer you know what is going to happen you enjoy it none the less. It is the light and fun script that starts the ball rolling, but the cast are what really shine. Heigl and Marsden are very good and the chemistry is excellent between them after a shaky first ten minutes. The supporting cast are not quite as strong but when you have a talent like Heigl at the front this is not such as issue. I did feel that the film added nothing to the genre, but as a generic romantic comedy it was a feel good film I enjoyed. In terms of BluRay the film benefited slightly, but not a huge degree. There are no added extras on the disc worth having so a DVD purchase would suffice. More Reviews