27 Dresses

Name: 27 Dresses
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Released: January 18, 2008
Duration: 111 min
Rating: 47
Cast: James Marsden, Katherine Heigl

2008

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27 DRESSES

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Fox 2000 Pictures | Release Date: January 18, 2008

Starring: James Marsden, Katherine Heigl

Summary: Jane has always been good at taking care of others, but not so much in looking after herself. Her entire life has been about making people happy – and she has a closet full of 27 bridesmaid dresses to prove it. One memorable evening, Jane manages to shuttle between wedding receptions in Manhattan and Brooklyn, a feat witnessed by Kevin, aJane has always been good at taking care of others, but not so much in looking after herself. Her entire life has been about making people happy – and she has a closet full of 27 bridesmaid dresses to prove it. One memorable evening, Jane manages to shuttle between wedding receptions in Manhattan and Brooklyn, a feat witnessed by Kevin, a newspaper reporter who realizes that a story about this wedding junkie is his ticket off the newspaper’s bridal beat. Jane finds Kevin’s cynicism counter to everything she holds dear – namely weddings, and the two lock horns. Further complicating Jane’s once perfectly-ordered life is the arrival of younger sister Tess. Tess immediately captures the heart of Jane’s boss, George. Tess enlists her always-accommodating sister to plan yet another wedding – Tess and George’s – but Jane’s feelings for him lead to shocking revelations…and maybe the beginning of a new life. (20th Century Fox)… Expand

Director: Anne Fletcher

Genre(s): Comedy, Romance

Rating: PG-13

Runtime: 111 min

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95	#95 Most Discussed Movie of 2008
43	#43 Most Shared Movie of 2008

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Baltimore Sun - Chris Kaltenbach

Predictable but utterly engaging, 27 Dresses will likely be remembered as the film that made Katherine Heigl an A-list star. Read full review

Seattle Post-Intelligencer - Sean Axmaker

It delivers everything you expect on a timetable you can predict to the minute. It's filmmaking as a cross between a carefully choreographed dance and an elaborate pageant. Read full review

Boston Globe - Wesley Morris

A sporadically entertaining cupcake of a movie. Read full review

Los Angeles Times - Carina Chocano

27 Dresses dutifully privileges its formulaic plot over its stick-figure characters, slapping a happy ending on a setup that, say, "Happiness" director Todd Solondz could have gone to town on. Read full review

Washington Post - Ann Hornaday

Katherine Heigl makes an official bid for America's Sweetheart in her sophomore effort, 27 Dresses, a romantic comedy that -- despite her undeniable, apple-cheeked appeal -- sags like a day-old bouquet. Read full review

New York Post - Lou Lumenick

No worse and no better than the majority of chick flicks. Read full review

San Francisco Chronicle - Mick LaSalle

It gets worse and worse as it goes along and finally ends just as it's becoming unbearable. Read full review

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handy

Nov 24, 2010

very emotional, cry a lot, and katherine is great. it was predicted as all romantic movies, but it is unique, in dialogue and direction.
I love it!

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Judith

Feb 5, 2008

I thought it was tremendous fun.

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StephanieC

Feb 8, 2008

I saw this with my friend, and we enjoyed it quite a lot. Yes, it's predictable because it is a romantic comedy. But let me say this, it was not as cheesy or stupid as it could have been. It felt semi-realistic. And more importantly, it made me laugh. Oh yea, and we were glad she ended I saw this with my friend, and we enjoyed it quite a lot. Yes, it's predictable because it is a romantic comedy. But let me say this, it was not as cheesy or stupid as it could have been. It felt semi-realistic. And more importantly, it made me laugh. Oh yea, and we were glad she ended up with the much cuter journalist.… Expand

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Laurens

Jan 20, 2009

It's a cute enough movie to watch every now and then. It wasn't superb, it wasn't terrific, but it wasn't horrible. All in all, it is generally a movie with mixed emotions, but with cute scenes. It's good, but comedy is also limited.

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JawsLaxerDrama

Dec 21, 2012

This is not a bad movie. However, it's not the best either. Chalk full of cliches, old-time metaphors, and the feeling that this sort of movie has been filmed before; it's not all bad. There is laugh to be heard here and there. It was disapointing.

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TheFilmDoctor

Mar 22, 2016

It's not easy to be a beauty and a funny girl — a va-va-voom body tends to distract from the jokes. But Katherine Heigl has the knack — look at Knocked Up. Just don't look here. Heigl fights an uphill battle in 27 Dresses, a chick-flick compendium of wedding cliches that will have every guyIt's not easy to be a beauty and a funny girl — a va-va-voom body tends to distract from the jokes. But Katherine Heigl has the knack — look at Knocked Up. Just don't look here. Heigl fights an uphill battle in 27 Dresses, a chick-flick compendium of wedding cliches that will have every guy bolting for the exits. Screenwriter Aline Brosh McKenna also wrote The Devil Wears Prada, but she's dipped her sharp wit in sentimental syrup. It helps to have Judy Greer around as Heigl's acid-tongued BFF. But McKenna and director Anne Fletcher (Step Up) make a fatal error. They want us to believe that the gorgeous Heigl is a plain Jane who saves her bridesmaid dresses — all twenty-seven of them — while stoking her unrequited love for her macho boss (Ed Burns). Not buying it. Even James Marsden, so good in Enchanted and Hairspray, can't put any zip into the role of a cynical wedding columnist who morphs unpersuasively into our girl's Prince Charming. 27 Dresses is so flimsy it gives froth a bad name.… Expand

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MonoApe

Apr 3, 2008

Utterly predictable. Cringingly not funny. Uses every cliché known to lazy scriptwriters. I'm sure I came out more stupid than I went in.

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