The course of equal opportunity raunchy comedy never did run smooth. Like�Bridesmaids,�Bachelorette is a foray into proving that ladies are capable of wielding gross-out humor just as ably as the gentlemen, with the obvious comparison piece being�Todd Phillips'�The Hangover.�Written and directed by first-timer Leslye Headland (who previously worked as a writer on�Terriers) and produced by�Will Ferrell and Adam McKay,�Bachelorette sends its trio of dysfunctional bridesmaids into all kinds of night-before-the-wedding misbehavior, including cocaine use, falling-down drunkenness, physical altercations, promiscuity, theft and general nastiness.
But then, as if afraid that all of this misdeeds will drive the audience away, the film tries to add a last minute portion of heart, explaining away the actions of its three main characters as the result of damage and pairing them all up with guys to get them through to an at least temporary happy ending.
Sometimes funny, sometimes shrill and wildly uneven,�Bachelorette demonstrates film and television's continuing struggle to provide a platform for funny women in the realms of R-rated comedy and the tug-of-war between the desire to push boundaries and fears about likability, about female characters still needing to be warm and pretty and matched up with someone romantically. Interestingly enough, the plot is based around the nuptials of a side character who doesn't fit in any typical category — Becky (Australian actress�Rebel Wilson) was the chubby sidekick of the "B-Faces" in high school, the one the other three held in mild, veiled contempt. Now happy, settled and about to marry a good-looking, stable guy, Becky's unknowingly twisting the knife by asking her shocked friends (not one of whom is doing as well as she'd like in her early 30s) to be in her wedding party.
Bachelorette feels at the start like it's a version of Muriel's…
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