It has its moments, but Bachelorette ultimately plays it too safe with its trio of unlikable leads, betraying them with a predictably sentimental final act that undermines the bracingly honest humor preceding it.
You don't have to relate to their bad choices to understand the bizarre nature of female friendships. Screw The Hangover; Bachelorette is where it's at.
Read full articleThe comedy's anarchic tone is refreshing but it leaves little room for heart. You'll laugh, but you might feel a bit hollow inside.
Read full articleWe always want women behaving badly, don't we? And damn, are Dunst and Co. good at it.
Read full articleBachelorette is very much its own bitter brew, using the comic framework of a botched, coke-fuelled hen night to examine the stinging self-loathing exposed in three women by another's happiest day.
Read full articleRetains that edge regularly removed from more commercially amenable comedies, and the cast make merry-ish ...
Read full articleIt would be a major mistake to think that Bachelorette is simply a rip-off of Bridesmaids with a healthy dose of Mean Girls stirred into the mix. This comedy clearly marches to its own beat.
Read full articleThe film is simply unbelievable; it's ruined not by the actresses or the script, but by the tone -- and not just ruined: destroyed, mashed into a pulp.
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