Tuesday, June 7, 2011

Masculine Humor Made Ever More Impressive in High Heels


Bridesmaids
Directed by Paul Feig
Three Stars

We laugh, that we may not cry. Paul Feig’s “Bridesmaids”, with its rueful wit and a startlingly introspective performance from Kristin Wiig, has the courage to infuse its gratuitous, adult humor with sizable human drama. It bears more in common with the likes of the Coens’ “A Serious Man” or Sofia Coppola’s “Lost in Translation” than with the films of Judd Apatow - like “Knocked Up” or “The Forty Year Old Virgin” - who served as this film’s producer.