27 Dresses
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07 Feb 2010

### Details

Director: | Anne Fletcher
Writer: | Aline Brosh McKenna
Producer: | Robert F. Newmyer
Theatrical: | 2008
Rated: | PG-13
Studio: | 20th Century Fox
Genre: | Comedy
Duration: | 111

Languages: | English, French
Subtitles: | English, Spanish
Sound: | AC-3
Aspect Ratio: | 2.40:1
Picture Format: | Widescreen
Discs: | 1
Region: | 1
Release: | Apr 2008

### Summary

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"
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### Credits

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