27 Dresses stars Katherine Heigl as Jane, a girl who is a perpetual Maid of Honor. In the opening scene she is Maid of Honor at two separate weddings across town. One is a traditional East Indian wedding with saris and the other is a more American style wedding. She speeds back and forth between the weddings, changing in the back seat of a taxi she hired for the night. Surprise! At the end of the night, she leaves her trusted day planner in the taxi and a reporter attending one of the weddings picks it up. This reporter, Kevin, just happens to be a writer for the wedding and society section of the local paper and sees this ‘Perpetual Bridesmaid’ as a perfect story to help him get promoted. We learn that Jane has a crush on her boss, George. One night, George and Jane are at a benefit and her sister, Tess show’s up. Another Surprise! Tess and George hit it off when she pretends to like all the same things he likes…and they decide to get married. Of course Jane becomes the Maid of Honor and is in agony as her little sister plans Jane’s dream wedding to Jane’s dream guy.
Another Surprise! Enter Kevin the reporter. He asks Tess if he can do an article on her wedding. He feigns interest in her wedding in order to get more information on Jane for his ‘Perpetual Bridesmaid’ article. Not realizing that Kevin has other motives, Jane agrees to an interview and after a while shows Kevin all of her past Bridesmaid dresses. There is an excellent montage of her trying on all of her dresses while Kevin takes pictures.
Kevin’s boss sees the draft of the article and decides to publish it on Sunday. But, Kevin asks her to wait a week so he can get more information. The boss says, “If I didn’t know better, I’d think you were developing feelings for this girl.” Dun-dun-duh….
On Saturday, Kevin and Jane have another interview and end up stranded in a bar when her car breaks down. Surprise Again! They get drunk and sing a silly song which leads to their first kiss. They end up spending a loving night in the back of her car.
The next day the article comes out in the paper with multiple pictures of Jane in various dresses. This article causes Jane embarrassment and Tess becomes a bridezilla. Of course it ruins any feelings Jane may have had for Kevin.
Jane discovers that Tess has cut up their dead mother’s wedding dress to make it more fashionable. This ruins Jane’s dream of wearing it at her wedding, and she has a huge argument with her sister. Later, at Tess and George’s rehearsal dinner, Jane prepares a slide show that shows the true nature of Tess. George discovers that Tess is not what she seems and calls off the wedding. Kevin is waiting in the back of the room and gives her back her day planner along with a new blackberry to help her stay organized. He apologizes and tells her he was proud of her.
At work, George thanks Jane for her honesty at the rehearsal dinner. Jane tells him that she has to quit. She has only stayed there because she’s been in love with George. She kisses him and realizes she is no longer in love with him…SURPRISE!! She is in love with KEVIN!!! She races to the wedding where Kevin is reporting and interrupts the festivities by announcing that she is in love with Kevin.
A year later she puts on her Wedding dress and has 27 attendants, each wearing the dress Jane wore in their weddings.
This movie was very predictable. There must be some sort of a formula that writers use to make romantic comedies. The writer can simply change the characters and situations around slightly and come up with a ‘brand new’ movie concept.
Although it is predictable, it is also very sweet. Jane is a hopeless romantic who wants everyone to like her and can never say no. I know several real women who share these same characteristics…in fact a lot of my best friends have many of these characteristics. Perhaps that is why I was drawn to this movie.
27 Dresses should not be nominated for any awards that I can think of…but, it would make a great Friday night movie. Order a pizza, put a facial masque on, paint your toe nails, and pour some wine…this is a simple movie to help you unwind at the end of the week.
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