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Bridesmaids
Annie's life is a mess. But when she finds out her lifetime best friend is engaged, she simply must serve as Lillian's maid of honor. Though lovelorn and broke, Annie bluffs her way through the expensive and bizarre rituals. With one chance to get it perfect, she’ll show Lillian and her bridesmaids just how far you’ll go for someone you love.
2011 · Directed by Paul Feig · 125 min · Comedy · Romance · Screenplay in the scene database · 16 frames
Tagline
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Plot
Annie Walker (Kristen Wiig) is a single, underachieving woman living in Milwaukee. Following the Great Recession, her bakery went out of business. She now works a stressful, underpaid job at a jewelry store and shares an apartment with obnoxious roommates. She regularly has casual sex with the wealthy, self-absorbed Ted (Jon Hamm). The only positive presence in Annie's life is her lifelong best friend, Lillian (Maya Rudolph).
When Lillian becomes engaged to her boyfriend Doug, she asks Annie to be her maid of honor. At the engagement party, Annie meets Lillian's other bridesmaids: Lillian's cousin Rita; Lillian's coworker Becca; Doug's sister Megan; and Helen, the wife of Doug's boss. Annie and Helen are jealous of each other's friendships with Lillian and compete for her attention.
On the way home from the engagement party, Annie is pulled over by police officer Nathan Rhodes (Chris O'Dowd) due to her erratic driving. She completes a sobriety test, which she passes, however a ticket is written for broken brake lights. The pair get talking and Officer Rhodes realizes that Annie was the owner of 'Cake Baby' (Annie's former bakery). Annie looks upset about being given a ticket, which Officer Rhodes agrees to rescind as long as she gets her taillights fixed.
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Crew
- Written by: Annie Mumolo, Kristen Wiig
- Cinematography: Robert D. Yeoman
- Edited by: Michael L. Sale, William Kerr
- Music: Michael Andrews
- Production design: Jefferson Sage
- Produced by: Judd Apatow, Clayton Townsend, Barry Mendel
Cast
- Kristen Wiig as Annie
- Maya Rudolph as Lillian
- Rose Byrne as Helen
- Chris O'Dowd as Rhodes
- Melissa McCarthy as Megan
- Wendi McLendon-Covey as Rita
- Ellie Kemper as Becca
- Jill Clayburgh as Annie's Mom
- Matt Lucas as Gil
- Rebel Wilson as Brynn
Production
- Country: United States of America
- Language: English
- Studios: Apatow Productions, Relativity Media
- Budget: $32,500,000
- Box office: $288,383,523
- Themes: jealousy, parent child relationship, fight, competition, materialism, bridesmaid, female friendship, sexual humor, wealth, fear of commitment
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