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[From left] Sadie (Maude Apatow), Charlotte (Iris Apatow), Pete (Paul Rudd) and Debbie (Leslie Mann) in “This Is 40.”
Review: This Is 40
December 19, 2012
Movie Reviews Albert Brooks, Bridesmaids, Chris O'Dowd, Forgetting Sarah Marshall, Jason Segal, John Lithgow, Judd Apatow, Leslie Mann, Megan Fox, melissa mccarthy, Paul Rudd, This Is 40 3 Comments
Review: Bachelorette
September 7, 2012
Movie Reviews Bachelorette, Bridesmaids, Isla Fisher, Kirsten Dunst, Leslye Headland, Lizzy Caplan 2 Comments
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Gena (Lizzy Caplan) Regan (Kirsten Dunst) and Katie (Isla Fisher) beat after the wedding.
Last year when “Bridesmaids” was making its way to theaters, the trailers were set up to make it appear to be a female version of “The Hangover,” with women engaging in the type of situations that had largely just been reserved for men behaving badly.
But once audiences got to see it, “Bridesmaids” proved to be far more thoughtful, complex and funny than just a lazy, obvious “Hangover” rip-off. On the other end, there’s “Bachelorette” a film that wishes to aspire to be remotely entertaining enough to be considered a “Hangover” rip-off. More
