A romantic, chic comedy that even males can enjoy? "NEVER!", I hear you say. Well 27 Dresses succeeds where others have failed.

Jane has been a bridesmaid twenty-seven times, and still keeps all the dresses. She loves the...
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A romantic, chic comedy that even males can enjoy? "NEVER!", I hear you say. Well 27 Dresses succeeds where others have failed.

Jane has been a bridesmaid twenty-seven times, and still keeps all the dresses. She loves the "commitments" section of the New York Journal and has a secret yearning for her boss, George. Her younger sister Tess arrives and instantly hits it off with George, so much so that George asks her to marry him. Jane is heartbroken. Enter Kevin, the "commitments" journalist Jane adores. Can he teach Jane the value of being able to say "no" before more people walk all over her?

It all sounds very cliched. But 27 Dresses is so full of twists and turns in the plot that it's easy to forget that it's quite cheesy in some places. Just when you think you know what'll happen next, the plot suddenly turns on its head and goes in another direction. Sadly, all of this back and forth can make the movie feel quite dragged out. I was itching to leave well before the end.

The film's only other downfall is that in some places, the characters don't really fit with the plot. George is made out to be a fantastic guy who can do no wrong, who instantly falls in love with Tess, the gorgeous blonde who is obviously fake right from the get-go. It seems as though the film were written twice, once by the character designers and once by the plot writers and somewhere along the line the two stories were merged, leaving everybody a little confused.

Overall, a decent movie with strong performances from the entire cast and none of the smut and sexual innuendos that most people have come to associate with recent romantic-comedies. Definitely worth a look.