Imagine looking into your hallway closet and twenty-seven dresses of all shapes, colors, sizes, and dates are all staring back at you. Basically, you must back into the door just to slam it shut anymore...Now, how much is that worth in money alone, let alone time, giving, work, and energy? This is exactly what Jane (Katherine Heigl) does for others in her life as she devotes all of her inspiration and whatever else could be expected to all of these bride's magic moments. It is her glory to assist...and to take over the whole ceremony of bridal adoration in the most detached of ways. She holds in the highest regard the whole 'idea' of weddings while clipping the newspaper's highlighted romantic stories of the week's interesting turn of wedded bliss and collects them. You could say she is obsessed with being obsessed and happy to be of service. Hmm, weddings, write-ups concerning them and, also, her boss, George (Edward Burns), and, yes, she dreams of the day she... and George, will hookup. This would truly be the icing on a divinely layered wedding cake.
Unbeknownst to Jane, the newly inspired marriage writer from the weekend's paper is also a crude cynic of weddings but made subject to writing them...or, is he really? Kevin (James Marsden) tramples extremely politely on a couple's special day word by word as Jane drinks it all in with an overly romantic straw - especially during an intriguing photo shoot he must have for a piece he has begun working on. When it comes to the wedding writer, collecting and dreaming over his words of floral loveliness wisp her off week after week - along with an abundantly jammed-up closet. She would never dream of saying, 'No' to a bridal friend. Everything seems to be in place to keep Katherine's life in order, that is until her delicious model sister, Tess (Malin Akerman), pops in and turns George's head around in matrimonial circles. While Katherine questions the whole idea that may be in her sibling's future, Kevin questions the 'whys' of taking other's "Kodak moments" instead of collecting one's own which result in this comedic wedding pantomime starring Katherine herself.
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27 Dresses
From the screenwriter of The Devil Wears Prada, 27 Dresses centers on Jane (Katherine Heigl), an idealistic, romantic and completely selfless woman... a perennial bridal attendant whose own happy ending is nowhere in sight. But when younger sister Tess captures the heart of Jane's boss -- with whom she is secretly in love -- Jane begins to reexamine her "always-a-bridesmaid..." lifestyle.
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- Jane Pfitsch, Alexa Gerasimovich, Katherine Heigl, Jennifer Lim, Krysten Ritter, Brigitte Bourdeau, Judy Greer, Danielle Skraastad, Anne Fletcher, Marilyn L. Costello, James Marsden, Michael Ziegfeld, Yetta Gottesman, Erin Fogel, Laksh Singh, Maulik Pancholy, Melora Hardin, Bryan Radtke, Edward Burns, Malin Akerman, David Castro, Mia Barron, Ronald Guttman, Lyralen Kaye, Lynne Matthew, Ron Simons, Robert Clohessy, Michael Mosley, Alyssa Bresnahan, Ellen H. Schwartz, Thaddeus Daniels, Jennifer Bassey, Josh Casaubon, Michelle Glick, Alexa Havins, Richard O'Rourke, Bern Cohen, Christine Rodriguez, Kathryn Weisbeck, Edmund J. Janas
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We meet the self sacrificing Jane who's always a bridesmaid with her organizer to help her 27 friends have the perfect wedding. Jane, is surprised by her little sisters arrival and plan to marry Jane's boss, the man Jane is secretly in love with. Then her sister asks Jane to plan her wedding. So Jane starts to plan and meets the man who writes her beloved wedding columns and as they learn, respect and finally to love eachother Jane stands up for herself. It is a comedy and a better movie then this review, well worth a rainy Sunday afternoon viewing.
Reviewed in the United States on December 23, 2014
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Quick story blurb: Always a bridesmaid and never a bride, Jane played by Katherine Heigle, has a full closet of bridesmaids dresses she had worn for weddings. A newspaper reporter starts to write a story about her as her life takes a turn.
Decent acting here, however no one is really called to do anything grandiose.
This is one of the few romantic comedy movies I actually like. There aren't many that I can say are well done but this one is even right down to the ending credits is enjoyable how they crafted it. I thought the chemistry between actors was good and I thought the plot was interesting. I will add though this is a romantic comedy, If you have seen one, you may have seen them all.
Decent acting here, however no one is really called to do anything grandiose.
This is one of the few romantic comedy movies I actually like. There aren't many that I can say are well done but this one is even right down to the ending credits is enjoyable how they crafted it. I thought the chemistry between actors was good and I thought the plot was interesting. I will add though this is a romantic comedy, If you have seen one, you may have seen them all.
Reviewed in the United States on March 10, 2009
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27 DRESSES is formulaic and predictable, and I have no problem with that, given that I really enjoyed this movie and, in many moments of watching it, grinned the big grin of having fun. Katherine Heigl makes the whole thing work, and, combined with her terrific stint in Knocked Up (Unrated Widescreen Edition), I no longer think it's a fluke that she's this good a comedienne. She's tall and beautiful, yet her most appealing quality is that she doesn't at all mind looking goofy. And, in those horrible, horrible bridesmaid outfits, Katherine Heigl looks dang goofy.
Jane Nichols (Heigl) was eight when she found her purpose in life - which is being the sensei of averting wedding day disasters. Jane grows up self-effacing and accomodating and very, very responsible. And years later she's still in love with weddings, still can't say no to attending one, can't say no to organizing one. And all those awfully garish bridesmaid dresses she's worn? She keeps them in her closet.
For a long while now Jane has quietly pined for her boss George (Edward Burns), a perfectly perfect outdoorsy entrepreneur type who is also a vegetarian and a Big Brother to a Latino kid. And because you have to put the heroine thru her paces, Jane's gorgeous, spoiled younger sister Tess (Malin Akerman) blows into town and instantly bags Jane's boss. So hell hath no mean disposition like a woman having to organize the nuptials of her much mooned-over boss and her younger sister.
As if that's not enough torture, Jane keeps running into Kevin, a cynical newspaper writer who just annoys the living hoolies out of her. Kevin's disdain of all things weddingy immediately antagonizes Jane (to him, weddings are all about "the forced merriment, the horrible music, or the bad food"). But what Jane doesn't know is that Kevin's beat is the matrimonial column and that he's angling to write a piece on her and her serial bridesmaid lifestyle. Thing is, as played by James Marsden, Kevin isn't as slimy and calculating as you'd suppose. Not the least, dude also sings a mean rendition of "Benny and the Jets," even if the words are made-up gobbledy-gook. The ol' Cyclops really surprised me with how well he dives into his romantic leading man role, and with how funny he is. The "Benny and the Jets" bar scene is the best moment in this film.
27 DRESSES has just a bit of that FOUR WEDDINGS AND A FUNERAL vibe going on, only from a woman's perspective. It's a pretty funny film, even managing to plant a few gentle digs at the wedding industry. And, to come full circle with the title, I dig what Jane does with those 27 dresses, there at the end. Katherine Heigl has a talent for this type of role. She's good enough of an actress - and she endears herself to the audience with that yearning, self-sacrificing thing she does - that you can't help but feel for her (and maybe even squirm with her) as she sadly sees her sister's fling with her boss evolve into something more serious. I think I need to see Katherine Heigl in more romantic comedies.
Malin Akerman (WATCHMEN's Silk Spectre II) is good in her thankless role of the younger self-absorbed sister Tess and Judy Greer again knocks it out the park with her snarky best friend take (she also rocked that role in 13 Going on 30 (Fun & Flirty Edition), which starred Jennifer Garner, another girl not afraid of looking silly. Edward Burns, though, plays such a nice guy here that he ends up a pretty dull and boring dude.
Special Features: three deleted scenes, featuring Jane hailing a cab only to have someone jump into it ahead of her, Jane trying on her bridesmaid dress for Tess's wedding, and Tess accidentally almost sending Gatsby (George's huge pet) to doggy heaven; "The Wedding Party" - the Making Of featurette; "You'll Never Wear That Again" - the costume design featurette; "Jane's World" - the set design featurette; and "The Running of the Brides" focuses on New Jersey's Filene's Basement bargain store and its hectic annually-held one day wedding gown sale.
27 DRESSES is a chick flick, and it's familiar and you see where it's going - but I'm saying that Katherine Heigl is so likeable that you end up forgiving the been there/done that storyline. All the girls I know (all three of 'em) love this movie. If you're a dude, you'll score high points if you pop this in the player on date night. Although, if it's date night, you should probably take her out for lobster or something, instead of staying at home watching movies...
Jane Nichols (Heigl) was eight when she found her purpose in life - which is being the sensei of averting wedding day disasters. Jane grows up self-effacing and accomodating and very, very responsible. And years later she's still in love with weddings, still can't say no to attending one, can't say no to organizing one. And all those awfully garish bridesmaid dresses she's worn? She keeps them in her closet.
For a long while now Jane has quietly pined for her boss George (Edward Burns), a perfectly perfect outdoorsy entrepreneur type who is also a vegetarian and a Big Brother to a Latino kid. And because you have to put the heroine thru her paces, Jane's gorgeous, spoiled younger sister Tess (Malin Akerman) blows into town and instantly bags Jane's boss. So hell hath no mean disposition like a woman having to organize the nuptials of her much mooned-over boss and her younger sister.
As if that's not enough torture, Jane keeps running into Kevin, a cynical newspaper writer who just annoys the living hoolies out of her. Kevin's disdain of all things weddingy immediately antagonizes Jane (to him, weddings are all about "the forced merriment, the horrible music, or the bad food"). But what Jane doesn't know is that Kevin's beat is the matrimonial column and that he's angling to write a piece on her and her serial bridesmaid lifestyle. Thing is, as played by James Marsden, Kevin isn't as slimy and calculating as you'd suppose. Not the least, dude also sings a mean rendition of "Benny and the Jets," even if the words are made-up gobbledy-gook. The ol' Cyclops really surprised me with how well he dives into his romantic leading man role, and with how funny he is. The "Benny and the Jets" bar scene is the best moment in this film.
27 DRESSES has just a bit of that FOUR WEDDINGS AND A FUNERAL vibe going on, only from a woman's perspective. It's a pretty funny film, even managing to plant a few gentle digs at the wedding industry. And, to come full circle with the title, I dig what Jane does with those 27 dresses, there at the end. Katherine Heigl has a talent for this type of role. She's good enough of an actress - and she endears herself to the audience with that yearning, self-sacrificing thing she does - that you can't help but feel for her (and maybe even squirm with her) as she sadly sees her sister's fling with her boss evolve into something more serious. I think I need to see Katherine Heigl in more romantic comedies.
Malin Akerman (WATCHMEN's Silk Spectre II) is good in her thankless role of the younger self-absorbed sister Tess and Judy Greer again knocks it out the park with her snarky best friend take (she also rocked that role in 13 Going on 30 (Fun & Flirty Edition), which starred Jennifer Garner, another girl not afraid of looking silly. Edward Burns, though, plays such a nice guy here that he ends up a pretty dull and boring dude.
Special Features: three deleted scenes, featuring Jane hailing a cab only to have someone jump into it ahead of her, Jane trying on her bridesmaid dress for Tess's wedding, and Tess accidentally almost sending Gatsby (George's huge pet) to doggy heaven; "The Wedding Party" - the Making Of featurette; "You'll Never Wear That Again" - the costume design featurette; "Jane's World" - the set design featurette; and "The Running of the Brides" focuses on New Jersey's Filene's Basement bargain store and its hectic annually-held one day wedding gown sale.
27 DRESSES is a chick flick, and it's familiar and you see where it's going - but I'm saying that Katherine Heigl is so likeable that you end up forgiving the been there/done that storyline. All the girls I know (all three of 'em) love this movie. If you're a dude, you'll score high points if you pop this in the player on date night. Although, if it's date night, you should probably take her out for lobster or something, instead of staying at home watching movies...
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Mr. J. J. Brett
4.0 out of 5 stars
RomCom delight
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 17, 2010Verified Purchase
Three good movies on one disc. Nothing groundbreaking here but solid entertainment for the money. 27 dresses stars Roswell and Greys Anatomy stalwart Katherine Heigl as the go to girl for all her marrying friends. No chance of true love for our Kath until she meets a cynical anti-marriage wedding writer (yes really) sent to interview her about all the weddings she has organised. No surprises here, they fall in love then she gets all bent out of shape when she finds out why the guy has been courting her before they get it together in the final reel. Heigl is reliably funny and endearing. James Marsden plays the writer but he doesn't really convince as the cynic he is meant to be. Not that this detracts from the movie as you are never in any doubt that there is going to be only one kind of happy ending.
What Happens in Vegas is a rom com for the ladettes with Ashton Kutcher and Cameron Diaz misbehaving all over the place as an ill matched couple who got married whilst drunk, win a $3m casino jackpot, want to get divorced but won't split the money. A cantankerous judge (Dennis Miller) sees through their bluster, refuses to give them a divorce and sentences them to 6 months marriage. Cue lots of scheming and tomfoolery as our hero and heroine try to find ways of doing each other down in order to get the money. Predictably they fall in love along the way and you can probably guess the rest.
In her shoes was the surprise jewel in this particular crown. Cameron Diaz and Toni Collette are chalk and cheese sisters who fall out when the ditzy, semi literate Diaz character commits one misdeed too many and gets kicked out by her sister. Diaz manages to track down their estranged presumed dead grandmother (Shirley MacLaine) and moves into her retirement home. The film then shifts a gear as the Diaz character finds out about her family, makes friends in the elderly community and learns to read. This could have been corny but works really well in the hands of Diaz, Collette and MacLaine. This movie turned out to be less rom or com and more a gentle coming of age story which is what lifts it above the other two movies in my opinion.
What Happens in Vegas is a rom com for the ladettes with Ashton Kutcher and Cameron Diaz misbehaving all over the place as an ill matched couple who got married whilst drunk, win a $3m casino jackpot, want to get divorced but won't split the money. A cantankerous judge (Dennis Miller) sees through their bluster, refuses to give them a divorce and sentences them to 6 months marriage. Cue lots of scheming and tomfoolery as our hero and heroine try to find ways of doing each other down in order to get the money. Predictably they fall in love along the way and you can probably guess the rest.
In her shoes was the surprise jewel in this particular crown. Cameron Diaz and Toni Collette are chalk and cheese sisters who fall out when the ditzy, semi literate Diaz character commits one misdeed too many and gets kicked out by her sister. Diaz manages to track down their estranged presumed dead grandmother (Shirley MacLaine) and moves into her retirement home. The film then shifts a gear as the Diaz character finds out about her family, makes friends in the elderly community and learns to read. This could have been corny but works really well in the hands of Diaz, Collette and MacLaine. This movie turned out to be less rom or com and more a gentle coming of age story which is what lifts it above the other two movies in my opinion.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Love this. Great watch
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 24, 2018Verified Purchase
Daughter loves this. Has watched it many times.
Delivery was fast too
Delivery was fast too
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Alessandra Botham
4.0 out of 5 stars
Charming
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 30, 2010Verified Purchase
Together these movies go hand and hand. Seperately they're each in their own right, brilliant.
27 dresses offers a predictable story about a girl who's always a bridesmaid and never a bride. As charming as this film is, it's very easy to see where the story is heading and how it's going to end.
What Happens In Vegas gives us an original storyline about a greedy couple who are only staying together to take home a share of the jackpot they accidently won in Vegas. As like all Cameron Diaz movie's, this lives up to its previous films standard - comedic and witty.
In her Shoes is a nice heart warming tale about two different sisters, and as the movie progresses you begin to share the frustration each sister has for the other. This story is very relatable to anyone who has a sister or even just a sibing. In her Shoes is typically funny, witty and charming
27 dresses offers a predictable story about a girl who's always a bridesmaid and never a bride. As charming as this film is, it's very easy to see where the story is heading and how it's going to end.
What Happens In Vegas gives us an original storyline about a greedy couple who are only staying together to take home a share of the jackpot they accidently won in Vegas. As like all Cameron Diaz movie's, this lives up to its previous films standard - comedic and witty.
In her Shoes is a nice heart warming tale about two different sisters, and as the movie progresses you begin to share the frustration each sister has for the other. This story is very relatable to anyone who has a sister or even just a sibing. In her Shoes is typically funny, witty and charming
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FrankieJayne
5.0 out of 5 stars
I can't help but love all the films she's in
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 12, 2018Verified Purchase
As much as Katherine Heigl is meant to be a pain IRL, I can't help but love all the films she's in! Bought this as part of a "movie night" box I made for a friend whilst she was poorly and she loved it! Great little happy chick flick!
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Rache20
5.0 out of 5 stars
One of my all time favourites!!
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 9, 2015Verified Purchase
Fantastic movie. One of my all time favourites. Had film on DVD but Had to get this on Blu-Ray when I was bought a blu Ray player. I've probably worn my DVD out for the amount of times watched it. Such a happy chick flick. Katherine Heigl is brill in it.
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Caroline_Kate
4.0 out of 5 stars
Great film
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 18, 2014Verified Purchase
I really like this film, its not your average rom com. It has funny moments throughout but its more about how the characters see themselves, how they think they should be and the realisation that you can't put yourself in an stereotypically ideal box. I like the way its down to earth full of sibling rivalry, childish behaviour, family feuds..
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Jan Wetton
5.0 out of 5 stars
Bargain
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 8, 2020Verified Purchase
Picture perfect, loved this movie, a bargain thank you.
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Michael Heathcote
5.0 out of 5 stars
A nice gentle film from start to finish
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 16, 2020Verified Purchase
I liked it from start to finish some sadness, some humour a good film and I would definitely recommend it
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Ikandee
4.0 out of 5 stars
Good Rom com
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 6, 2019Verified Purchase
Brilliant easy watch romance film, a feel good film.
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1.0 out of 5 stars
Wrong box set
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 19, 2018Verified Purchase
I love these movies but I didn’t receive the correct box set.
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Ju
5.0 out of 5 stars
Chick flicks
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 31, 2013Verified Purchase
I love all three of these films they are great to watch on your own, or even have a girls night in with your mates. Grab the popcorn and settle down and have a laugh cry whatever your mood, good films to watch girls you will enjoy. Girl wants boy girl can't have boy sort of thing but they love each other in the end type of film love them
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5.0 out of 5 stars
OK
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 2, 2019Verified Purchase
Good
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Alsisander.1
5.0 out of 5 stars
Feel good chick flicks
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 25, 2017Verified Purchase
Feel good chick flicks... :)) ....But not that girlie that you couldn't watch them with your husband.
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m.a.
2.0 out of 5 stars
Disappointed!!
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 8, 2019Verified Purchase
I am not stratified with the DVD. The sound does not match the mouth movement when saying the lines.
I just opened this dvd today after 30 days which passed the return day.
Was not expecting this! Very disappointed!
I just opened this dvd today after 30 days which passed the return day.
Was not expecting this! Very disappointed!
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sliverfox
5.0 out of 5 stars
great rewatchable selection
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 2, 2013Verified Purchase
27 dresses and what happens in vegas gave this the 5 star rating. all three movies are great to watch and are definitely rewatchable movies. i base my star rating on whether the movie or movies are brilliant once (sixth sense) or ones that you will watch time and time again, this compilation falls into the latter.
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