Bridesmaids

"Save the date."

2011 2h 5m EN

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6.5

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★6.5TMDB · 4,794

ComedyRomance

Synopsis

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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.

“Save the date.”

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Cast

Kristen Wiig
Annie
Maya Rudolph
Lillian
Rose Byrne
Helen
Chris O'Dowd
Rhodes
Melissa McCarthy
Megan
Wendi McLendon-Covey
Rita
Ellie Kemper
Becca
Jill Clayburgh
Annie's Mom

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Paul Feig
Writers: Annie Mumolo, Kristen Wiig
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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1 / 8

MONEY

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Made its money back 8.9× over at the box office.

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2 / 8

ERA

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Released 15 years ago.

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3 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Paul Feig, shot by Robert D. Yeoman. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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4 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Michael Andrews. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Michael L. Sale shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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6 / 8

CAST

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Kristen Wiig and Maya Rudolph and Rose Byrne carry the top of the cast.

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7 / 8

FACT

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Marketing tagline: "Save the date.".

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8 / 8

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt1478338 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Paul Feig directs. Robert D. Yeoman behind the camera. Michael Andrews scores. Michael L. Sale cuts. Made its budget back several times over at the box office. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

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1Made its money back 8.9× over at the box office.
2Released 15 years ago.
3Directed by Paul Feig, shot by Robert D. Yeoman. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
4Original score by Michael Andrews. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
5Editor Michael L. Sale shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
6Kristen Wiig and Maya Rudolph and Rose Byrne carry the top of the cast.
7Marketing tagline: "Save the date.".
8IMDB entry: tt1478338 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
9The top-rated still from this film on TMDB has multiple community votes — a signal the frame composition stuck with viewers.
10Classified under 24 themes, including "jealousy", "parent child relationship", "fight", "competition".

The technical file

Cinematography: Robert D. Yeoman
Original score: Michael Andrews
Editing: Michael L. Sale
Production design: Jefferson Sage
Costume design: Christine Wada
Makeup / hair: Jose Zamora
Sound: Adam Jenkins
Runtime: 125 min · 2h 5m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $32,500,000
Box office: $288,383,523
Return: 887% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): R
IMDB: Bridesmaids (2011)

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Andres Gomez2016-02-15
★ 5/10
I think the election of the cast is good and works well and the proposal for a story should work but this movie is just not funny ... or I don't fit in the profile of the target spectator.
Andre Gonzales2023-05-19
★ 8/10
Really funny chick flick. It's amazing what women fight about. To a guy none of what happened in this movie would make us act like that. Very entertaining to watch though.
CinemaSerf2026-01-06
★ 6/10
When best friend “Lilian” (Maya Rudolph) announces that she is to marry, “Annie” (Kristen Wiig) is determined to be her maid of honour. Problem? Well her life is a shambles. She is having a relationship with the wealthy Porsche driver, her job isn’t exactly going well and she hasn’t two cents to rub together. Everyone knows that getting married is an expensive business and with the bachelorette party amongst the myriad of responsibilities she is vying to take, she is going to have to improvise! Just to add to her problems, she is pulled over by policeman “Rhodes” (Chris O’Dowd) for having dodgy brake lights. Now we have all the information we need to predict the rest of this really well-padded two hours of romantic comedy. Except, well, I just didn’t find much of it very funny. There is a short purple patch between her and “Rhodes” but otherwise it’s a fairly savage indictment of the culture of being BFFs, of bitchiness and misplaced loyalties and it also contrives to present us with a matrimonial scenario (with little input from the groom) from hell. Indeed, if this is what folk have to go through to get hitched in Milwaukee, then perhaps Matt Lucas’s “Gil” had the right idea. As usual, you can rely on Melissa McCarthy to deliver and her “Megan” character saved the day on a few occasions for me, but in the main this is really all a bit too join-the-dots with fickle friendships that haven’t the value of a soggy giant cookie. It’s formulaic stuff that I doubt I shall ever recall.