Bridesmaids 4K 2011 Unrated

To be honest, I wasn't expecting this kind of movie at all. I went to the theater to see a movie with corny jokes and almost unknown actresses, just to entertain myself on a Saturday night. And you know what? The movie turned out to be way better than I expected. What’s more, it was way better than those flashy, big-budget movies they’ve been showing us lately. Once again, I’m convinced that a good script and simply a good idea—one with a central theme and soul—can achieve so much more than a blatant lack of all that, masked by a massive budget.

And the idea is simple and straightforward: a very strong and very lonely woman (and we have one in every other woman :( ), not lacking in charm or flair, and even blessed with a special talent, is preparing for her friend’s wedding against the backdrop of her own personal turmoil. And with every passing minute, and with every joke, you feel her loneliness growing stronger (unless you’re a thick-skinned cynic, of course), and you even come to understand exactly what she’s doing wrong (just like any of our strong women, by the way).

To be honest, the jokes varied: some were genuinely funny and subtle, while others were downright below the belt and made me want to look away—in short, there was something for every taste. But with each episode, it became increasingly clear that this is not a comedy at all. It is a good, profound film about the relationships between friends, about the relationship between a man and a woman, and about the fact that loneliness is different for everyone, yet the same for all: whether you are a housewife, the wife of a wealthy businessman, or a lonely, unmarried woman in her late thirties.

And if you want to watch this film just for the funny scenes, you risk missing out on a great deal. I’m even starting to think that the humor here is nothing more than a gimmick to attract an audience, just like the deliberately misleading translation of the title, which has nothing to do with the film or its male counterpart, because the audience it attracted was entirely the wrong one.

By the way, just like the movie, the music was wonderful: the right songs at the right moments. And in the finale, we heard that good old song about how if you just hang in there one more day, everything will be okay. And I believed it.