Bachelorette (2012)
Average Rating: 5.4/10
Reviews Counted: 78
Fresh: 43 | Rotten: 35
It has its moments, but Bachelorette ultimately plays it too safe with its trio of unlikable leads, betraying them with a predictably sentimental final act that undermines the bracingly honest humor preceding it.
Average Rating: 4.7/10
Critic Reviews: 28
Fresh: 15 | Rotten: 13
It has its moments, but Bachelorette ultimately plays it too safe with its trio of unlikable leads, betraying them with a predictably sentimental final act that undermines the bracingly honest humor preceding it.
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On the night before an old friend's wedding, three frisky bridesmaids go searching for a little fun but find much more than they bargained for. With lovely Becky (Rebel Wilson) set to marry her handsome sweetheart, Dale (Hayes MacArthur), the remaining members of her high school clique reunite for one last bachelorette bacchanal in the Big Apple. Regan (Kirsten Dunst) is an overachieving, ueber-Maid of Honor who's secretly smarting over the fact that she's not the first to marry, while Gena
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Cast
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Kirsten Dunst
Regan -
Isla Fisher
Katie -
Lizzy Caplan
Gena -
James Marsden
Trevor -
Adam Scott
Clyde -
Kyle Bornheimer
Joe -
Hayes MacArthur
Dale -
Rebel Wilson
Becky -
Paul Corning Jr.
Jack Johnson Guy -
Andy Rannells
Manny -
Anna Rose Hopkins
Club Monaco Customer -
Sue Jean Kim
Wedding Planner -
Horatio Sanz
Barely Attractive Guy -
Ann Dowd
Victoria -
Ella Rae Peck
Stefanie -
Megan Neuringer
Singing Cousin 1 -
Leslie Meisel
Singing Cousin 2 -
Jenn Schatz
Geeky Bridesmaid -
Beth Hoyt
Anorexic Bridesmaid -
Shauna Miles
Theresa -
Arden Myrin
Melissa -
Melissa Stephens
Wasted Stripper -
Chris Cardona
Scores Bouncer -
June Diane Raphael
Cool Stripper -
Candy Buckley
Sheila -
Alden Ford
Photographer -
Erik Parian
Band Singer
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All Critics (78) | Top Critics (28) | Fresh (44) | Rotten (35) | DVD (1)
The women's dialogue is pungently ribald but diffuse; too often, shouting and shrieking and gesticulating take the place of engaged performance.
Top CriticA nasty little piece of work -- a phrase I use not with contempt but with grudging admiration.
Its actresses - particularly Dunst - are terrific. Headland has a nice feel for music, too, and takes some editing risks.
I don't see why women being as slobby and gross as the guys is such a feminist breakthrough -- especially since, as in Bachelorette, the slobbiness and grossness is witless.
As smart and popreferential as Headland's writing is, it's a little underwhelming when it comes to delivering on laughs.
It's a sour, only fitfully funny affair, wasting the abilities of its otherwise talented cast, which includes Kirsten Dunst, James Marsden, Adam Scott and Isla Fisher.
It would be a major mistake to think that Bachelorette is simply a rip-off of Bridesmaids with a healthy dose of Mean Girls stirred into the mix. This comedy clearly marches to its own beat.
Self-consciously raunchy, and simply more loud and annoying than funny, Bachelorette serves as ample evidence that women can do stupid and crude as well as men, if pushed to it.
Bachelorette is all about these very fine actresses playing some pretty sad, desperate women who have some pretty funny lines to say.
The performances and characters are the best thing about Bachelorette, which tries to walk a fine line between bawdy gross-out comedy and introspective "what have I done with my life?" drama for 30-somethings.
"It may be wrapped in the pretence of a comedy, but scratch beneath the shiny facade and sharp one-liners, and there's a dense and dark core."
A comedy with an almost cruel level of honesty that explores not just the weird dynamics of long-term friendships but the deeper forces that operate inside each individual.
Limp, lazy, unfocussed...about as funny as flat champagne.
The material becomes increasingly uncomfortable since it mainly comes from sad and traumatic places. This is what gives the film its edge.
Leslye Headland's bitterly unfunny Bachelorette not only squanders a talented cast of comic performers, but also chastises the audience for revelling in the unfiltered awfulness of their characters.
Unpleasant, repellent viewing that, surprisingly, offers only repugnant characters and toxic protagonists, nothing more.
Lacking the charm and genuine heart of Bridesmaids, Bachelorette feels like a bouquet of wilted flowers - brittle and less than lovely, outstanding performances notwithstanding
The actresses are thoroughly committed to the memorable roles they boldly inhabit, but the performers as well as the characters deserve a less compromised vehicle.
Bachelorette is a thoroughly off-putting misfire that squanders its talented cast with horrible writing and an overabundance of bitter fights, vulgar language and general bitchiness.
The funny stuff is impertinently delightful and honest, and delivered expertly by this female ensemble. Material this hilarious and astute is a rare thing in the few comedies that dare to be dominated by women
Did you enjoy "Bridesmaids" last year, but wish it had been a bit more cynical, mean-spirited, and druggy?
Bachelorette is a poor-woman's Bridesmaids, in need of a bit more laugh-inducing moments...
...there's no soft center here, no sweetness lurking to cut the tart. This is a raw and genuinely brave film that falters here and there, but gets up swearing and snarling, a razor in its pretty little hand.
Dunst ... seems liberated in playing this shrill, tightly wound woman who comes unhinged when her dreams of a perfectly staged wedding - even if it's not her own - start slipping away.
What's the point of creating such defiantly unlikable characters if you're just going to declaw them and give them hearts of gold before the closing credits roll? A better title might have been Girls Gone Mild.
Audience Reviews for Bachelorette
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Decent funny movie! This movie is funny once you get it. There is a big dip in quality the middle of the film and it gets below average, but the writing upkicks again and it ends well. The overall trouble with this film is the characters and friendships are not established very well. As a result, it takes a while for the viewer to believe the premise of the movie. Overall, 'Bachelorette' is a smart and a darkly funny story of flawed but vulnerable ladies in a one crazy night.
On the night of one of their old high school friend's wedding three irresponsible and capricious bridesmaids reunite for one last bachelorette bacchanal in the Big Apple. They unintentionally create a mess of their best friend Becky's wedding dress, before she marries her sweetheart Dale. They attempt to repair the situation by spending the evening before and morning of the wedding desperate to get the dress to Becky on time before the wedding starts, whilst discovering themselves and what they truly want from their lives along the way.
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- Katie: Just a little lick. Like a cat lick!
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- Katie: What do you call a bachelorette party without a bride?
- Gena: Friday.
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- Trevor: I just want to give you what you want.
- Regan: What do I want?
- Trevor: You want someone to put you in your place.
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I actually liked Gena and Clyde when they were off by themselves. I think Lizzy Caplan and Adam Scott were the only good things to come out of the film. I love Rebel Wilson, but she was not used nearly enough in this film. It's not something I would see again.