Bachelorette
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6.0 out of 10

Mixed or average reviews- based on 23 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 14 out of 23
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 23
  3. Negative: 5 out of 23

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  1. Mr_Muumi
    Jun 16, 2013
    2
    This is a comedy that tries to have "an edge". This means sex, drugs and saying lot of dirty words. Dialogue actually sounds as if majority of characters were suffering from bad case of Tourette's. Eddie Murphy said in the past humor is not about saying list of obscenities and wishing everyone good night. Bachelorette attempts to amuse audience with exactly this. Sad news is, for generation grown online it does not have even a shock value.… Expand
  2. dijavantewow
    Apr 16, 2013
    3
    This was not a good movie. It wasn't really funny in any way, you are forced to dislike the characters because they are all quite terrible people or just not believable as human beings. In the end everything works out for them, but it's not what you'll want because none of them seem to deserve it. If you are expecting Bridesmaids, STAY AWAY! There's not heart in this one at all, and you'll come out completely unsatisfied.… Expand
  3. 4DFilms
    Sep 20, 2012
    7
    I thought this film was really funny in an audacious sort of way.
    It's based on Headland's play of the same name.
    I found another interesting take on it here:
    http://4thdimensionfilms.wordpress.com/
  4. check1
    Sep 12, 2012
    10
    This was over-the-top smart and funny. Excellent story and very well acted. The three girls were fantastic, and Rebel Wilson is going to be a star. Perhaps a cult classic is in our midst?
  5. Rsaunders
    Sep 12, 2012
    10
    Absolutely hilarious. I laughed from beginning to end. Can't really ask more out of a comedy. Sure, the girls aren't likable, but they were very compelling characters, and I actually ended up caring for them. Isla Fisher gives one of the best comic performances I've seen in a long time.
  6. MovieMachine
    Sep 8, 2012
    7
    First things first. This movie is not Bridesmaids. If anything, it's closer to The Hangover. And although it is not as comically successful as either of the two, it still works as a kinky combination. Headland's ability to juxtapose raunchy foul humor with insight and self-reconciliation makes the film watchable, and Dunst's and Caplan's performances are incredible. Despite some jokes being either too flat, one dimensional, or too sadistic to arouse a serious laugh, most of the humor in this film works. You'll definitely laugh a lot as you watch it. As the film progresses, it loses it's comedic quality and, once raw emotion and pity are forced onto the characters, degrades into something like oil and water. In the end, though, Bachelorette proves to be a fun and digestible film with a resolute although spastic storyline and interesting and well acted characters. Expect more from Headland as she fine tunes her skills to make a meaningful comedy.… Collapse
  7. sugarcoma11
    Sep 7, 2012
    0
    This is one of the worst movies I've seen in forever. Perhaps going into it with high hopes was a mistake but my friend and I were watching with mouths agape at our mutual failure to laugh more than a handful of times during the course of the film. The acting, story, chemistry, motives, etc. are all muddled. Avoid, and someone get me my $11 back...ick. And are people seriously saying this is better than Bridesmaids? Hugs, not drugs.… Expand

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Metascore
52 out of 100

Mixed or average reviews - based on 28 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 11 out of 28
  2. Mixed: 13 out of 28
  3. Negative: 4 out of 28
  1. Austin Chronicle
    Reviewed by: Marjorie Baumgarten
    Sep 27, 2012
    67
    Bachelorette – at least in its first half – is a dangerously funny movie about four old college friends on the eve of one member's nuptials.
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  2. Slate
    Reviewed by: Dana Stevens
    Sep 14, 2012
    70
    Bachelorette places a trio of women front and center who are so irredeemably loathsome, it's kind of refreshing. At least until a conventional third-act redemption undercuts some of the movie's sharpest insights and funniest jokes.
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  3. Salon.com
    Reviewed by: Andrew O'Hehir
    Sep 8, 2012
    80
    I'm going to suggest, somewhat tentatively, that Bachelorette is most unlike "Bridesmaids" because it fundamentally isn't a comedy at all, but something closer to a dense, dark character drama tarted up in high heels and a short skirt and dosed with pills and coke.
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