Surprise! Surprise! Actresses and female writers can be as raunchy, gross and crude as their male counterpoints. They can talk about sex, make BJs a focal point of sex, vomit in their friend's hair, poop in a gown in the middle of a street, have the runs in the sink of a swanky bridal gown shop and get drunk, and act as stupid, as any man can. A little goes a far way but here it is a lot and almost ruins the film which would have been a lot better without it.

There
is some smart dialogue and insight into the friendship of women and how
they can get stuck in roles even when they see the consequences of
their choices. The film revolves around 6 women, one a bride, Maya
Rudolph, and the other 5 her bridesmaids, including her best friend as
her maid of honor. The latter is Kristen Wiig, Annie, an unemployed Milwaukee baker who lost her business, a bakery, and is now losing her maid of honor position to Rose Byrne, the organized and moneyed Helen. The other bridesmaids, Wendi McLendon-Covey and Ellie Kemper,
are two married women who envy each other until they find out the grass
isn't always greener on the other side and Megan, Melissa McCarthy, the
sister of the groom.

The
men are treated a bit better than women are treated in raunchy male
films. There is Chris O'Dowd a too nice guy and Jon Hamm as not too nice
guy but a good sex partner. I still haven't figured out why the roles
of an English brother and sister, room-mates of Annie, are even included
in the film except to add another eww factor.

A surprise was seeing Jill Clayburgh in her last role as Annie's mother and being, looking as classy as ever
though she would die after a long illness as soon as the film was over.

"Bridesmaids"
could have been a really good, funny, touching film but the crudeness
goes too far. There are a couple of laugh out loud moments and of all
the cast I thought only Melissa McCarthy tried too hard.