Average User Rating: 80% (16 Reviews)
4 / 5	Not a laugh-a-minute but sweet, feel-good fun. Ms. S. C. Bidwell "bidders86" (Oxfordshire (mostly!)) - 2 June 2008 27 dresses is your typical chick-flick scenario: Heigl plays terminally single Jane, who juggles both a secret but long-standing love for her boss, George, and selflessly filling her spare time with helping organise her friends' weddings. But when her selfish and flighty younger sister gets involved with George and announces their engagement, Jane's endurance is really challenged. She finds herself struggling with her emotions while trying to organise her sister's wedding to the man she loves- and something has to give. Meanwhile, a gorgeous but cynical wedding writer, Kevin, becomes interested in Jane first professionally, and then romantically. But meeting Jane will prove the toughest test of Kevin's scruples. Heigl and Marsden provide great on-screen chemistry as Jane and Kevin, each teaching the other something about themselves that they never knew, and the film really is poignant for this. Heigl inspires the right mixture of pity and admiration as Jane and Marsden is so effortlessly appealing as Kevin. My only quibble with the movie was that there could have been more laughs, but then, in the funny moments, the humour was intelligent and subtle. Every bit a credible, refreshing take on the chick-flick.... Read Full Review »
3 / 5	27 Dresses C. MacLellan (Glasgow, Scotland) - 3 June 2008 Weddings and romantic comedies have much in common. Everyone knows the routine of both off by heart. There will be slushy moments, peppered with moments of misfortune, and some tears for the emotionally unstable. And both, despite being pitched as different from any other you've ever seen, end up entirely predictable. Jane (Katherine Heigl) is the old cliché personified - always the bridesmaid, never a bride. And she's got the 27 dresses crammed into her wardrobe to prove it. She is also heartbroken when her younger sister (Malin Akerman) swoops in on boss George (Edward Burns), who Jane has been pinning over for years. While reluctantly organizing their wedding, she is completely oblivious to the interest wedding journalist (yes, you heard that right, wedding journalist) Kevin (James Marsden) as been paying in her and her sad obsession. The original story comes from Aline Brosh McKenna, who adapted The Devil Wears Prada for the big screen. She keeps the same sassy dialogue as seen in her previous film, and the love/hate sniping between the two leads is fun, though slightly laborious at times - why does Jane continue to snub the approaches of dishy journalist Kevin? However, McKenna then returns to the old formula for a romantic comedies, cramming in all the clichés you'd expect- the wise-cracking, straight talking friend (Judy Greer), the mad dash at the end of the film, and an entirely predictable final line. She is also responsible for one of the sickliest lines you're likely to ever hear at the cinema. When talking to Jane about her obsession, journalist Kevin tells her, "You'd rather focus on other people's Kodak moment than make one of you own!" - please feel free to vomit. The development of the relationship between the younger sister and Jane's boss is also non-existent, and simply there to allow the rest of the plot to develop. Katherine Heigl, last seen by most film fans crowning in last years Knocked Up, carries off the role well, although it would be nice to see her given something which she can get her acting teeth into. Opposite her James Marsden, who seems to be becoming Hollywood's new Prince Charming after appearances in both Hairspray and Enchanted in the last year, doesn't really have to do much apart from smile and swagger on screen. When he enters the film in the first ten minutes, everyone knows how the film is going to end, and it's just a matter of going through the motions for the next 100 minutes. There is an attempt to flesh out his character, but the sub-plot is quickly forgotten about. Probably the funniest moment of the film is Jane trying on all 27 dresses from the other weddings she has been to. Ranging for cowboy, to oriental, to underwater, to just plain horrendous, the costume department obviously had a field day. But how does such as down-to-earth women know so many bizarre people. Cute and fun, but entirely predictable, and by the time you've gone to see you're next rom-com, you'll have forgotten about 27 Dresses.... Read Full Review »
4 / 5	The bridesmaid's revenge Amanda Richards "Hotpurplekoolaid" (ECD, Guyana) - 28 April 2008 Short Attention Span Summary (SASS) 1. Jane (Katherine Heigl) loves weddings 2. See Jane plan other people's weddings (for free) 3. See Jane attend two weddings in one night 4. Poor Jane 5. Lucky cabbie 6. Meet Kevin (James Marsden) 7. Kevin writes about marriages in the newspaper 8. Sneaky Kevin 9. See Jane's sister Tess (Malin Ackerman) 10. Bad Tess 11. See Tess make Jane see red 12. See Kevin make Jane see red 13. Watch Jane blow 14. Go Jane, go 15. See Jane get ultimate bridesmaid's revenge This is a romantic comedy and chick flick, and Katherine Heigl shines as its brightest star. Marsden is no Prince Charming this time, but is extremely convincing as a cynical columnist with a hidden softer side. Good performances by Ackerman and Edward Burns (as Jane's boss and secret crush George) round out a light, but immensely entertaining movie. Amanda Richards... Read Full Review »
2 / 5	Forgettable Smachel "Smachel" (London, UK) - 31 July 2008 I saw this on a plane, by the end I seemed to be the only one still wearing headphones. It was vacuous, annoying and no-one was likeable. But on a plane there's not much else to do. So forgettable I had to read the synopsis to remind myself.
4 / 5	Not bad at all Dan H "Dan Hart" (Ashby De La Zouch, Leicestershire) - 5 October 2008 Well, being a guy I don't normally watch this kind of film (I like Die Hard, the Batman films & the such) but I rented this recently for me & my gf to watch & for a romantic film it wasn't bad at all. I won't tell you what you probably already know (in regards to the story) so I will just get on with the other things. For a romantic flick, it did feel more grown up than other ones although there were quite some crude words used which felt thrown in for no apparent reason, though it seems the director realised that & stopped it quite quickly for most the film. The storyline was predictable, although with this category a sad/surprising ending just wouldn't do, but it wasn't completely rosey so that did help near the end. I thought the acting was pretty good too, it was easy to like the right characters, though at the beginning you do want the main female lead to grow some backbone. All in all though, a likeable film & a pretty decent romantic flick. It was certainly better than P.S I Love You (it probably was a good book, though I am informed it did make some poor changes in it going to the big screen) so I'd give it an 8 out 10. I Liked: Likeable characters Different basis of plot Was able to watch it with interest & care I Disliked: Crude language used near the beginning (the word s**g sounded like it was thrown in for giggles) Not the most original storyline or ending, but I expect it to be like that so feel free to ignore that one :)... Read Full Review »