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27 Dresses [2008] | ![27 Dresses [2008]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51ElaR07FXL._SL75_.jpg)
 enlarge | Director: Anne Fletcher
Actors: Katherine Heigl, James Marsden, Edward Burns, Judy Greer, Malin Akerman
Studio: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Category: DVD
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Avg. Customer Rating:  7 reviews
Sales Rank: 19
Format: Pal
Rating: Suitable for 12 years and over
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 107
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.4 x 0.6
EAN: 5039036038232
ASIN: B0017WVSRE
Theatrical Release Date: 2008
Release Date: July 28, 2008 (In 2 Days)
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Amazon.co.uk Review
Katherine Heigl is delightful as Jane, a self-effacing Gal Friday so addicted to organizing weddings in her off time, that 27 Dresses opens with her character juggling two nuptials on the same night. A perpetual bridesmaid, Jane's hobby is discovered by a matrimony reporter named Kevin (James Marsden), who hides a romantic side behind his wall of cynicism. While Kevin gradually develops feelings for Jane, the latter's superficial sister, Tess (Malin Akerman), pursues George (Edward Burns), Jane's boss and the object of her love. This romantic circle could go on forever, except that Jane is unexpectedly moved by Kevin despite her general irritation with him and without knowing that he's on the verge of sandbagging her with a ridiculing article in his newspaper. The situation is absurd, but the emotions are not. Heigl is very good, rooted in a long tradition of comely comediennes playing characters who fly under the radar of life. She makes Jane's pain palpable and conveys her character's inability to say no without making her look unappealing or weak. Marsden perfectly captures the part of a rumpled, underdressed writer with repressed passions, Akerman is as convincingly shrewish here as she was in The Heartbreak Kid, and Burns is fine as one of those guys so busy saving the world he barely pays attention to the people in his life. The script by Aline Brosh McKenna (The Devil Wears Prada) is fun if predictable, and Anne Fletcher's direction is vibrant. --Tom Keogh
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 fantastic chick flick July 12, 2008
All I can say is watch it!!! Absolutely fab!! loved it!! I cryed, laughed a typical boy meets girl, if you love the typical chick flick and a wedding theme this is for you!! I am definately adding this to my dvd collection. enjoy!!!!
Funny, sweet and touchingly warm July 9, 2008
I don't want to repeat the movie plot, etc., etc... to summarize, it is a funny, sweet and touchingly warm. I like the movie, the actors/actresses, and the ending. Go and watch it with your girl friends or boy friends or any friends. Have fun!
27 dresses July 9, 2008
this is a very good movie i have the american dvd if you a katherine heigl fan as i am you will enjoy this film
Sweet, frothy & fun. June 22, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Assessed within its genre - fluffy romantic comedies - this is one of the best I've seen in a long time. Don't expect an arcane glimpse into the nature of love, but rather, a slightly far-fetched love story about a woman who is obsessed with weddings, yet never gets to be the bride. Enter the cynical journalist who rubs her up the wrong way but could just be a super bloke (and is played by super-sexy James Marsden), the boss she thinks she's in love with, and the obligatory selfish sister who gets it on with said boss, to the expense of our lovely heroine, Katherine Heigel.
A few slightly weepy moments, a great drunken scene singing "Benny & the Jets" and of course, they all live happily ever after....
Definitely recommended!
 27 Dresses June 3, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Weddings and romantic comedies have much in common. Everyone knows the routine of both off by heart. There will be slushy moments, peppered with moments of misfortune, and some tears for the emotionally unstable. And both, despite being pitched as different from any other you've ever seen, end up entirely predictable.
Jane (Katherine Heigl) is the old cliché personified - always the bridesmaid, never a bride. And she's got the 27 dresses crammed into her wardrobe to prove it. She is also heartbroken when her younger sister (Malin Akerman) swoops in on boss George (Edward Burns), who Jane has been pinning over for years. While reluctantly organizing their wedding, she is completely oblivious to the interest wedding journalist (yes, you heard that right, wedding journalist) Kevin (James Marsden) as been paying in her and her sad obsession.
The original story comes from Aline Brosh McKenna, who adapted The Devil Wears Prada for the big screen. She keeps the same sassy dialogue as seen in her previous film, and the love/hate sniping between the two leads is fun, though slightly laborious at times - why does Jane continue to snub the approaches of dishy journalist Kevin?
However, McKenna then returns to the old formula for a romantic comedies, cramming in all the clichés you'd expect- the wise-cracking, straight talking friend (Judy Greer), the mad dash at the end of the film, and an entirely predictable final line. She is also responsible for one of the sickliest lines you're likely to ever hear at the cinema. When talking to Jane about her obsession, journalist Kevin tells her, "You'd rather focus on other people's Kodak moment than make one of you own!" - please feel free to vomit. The development of the relationship between the younger sister and Jane's boss is also non-existent, and simply there to allow the rest of the plot to develop.
Katherine Heigl, last seen by most film fans crowning in last years Knocked Up, carries off the role well, although it would be nice to see her given something which she can get her acting teeth into. Opposite her James Marsden, who seems to be becoming Hollywood's new Prince Charming after appearances in both Hairspray and Enchanted in the last year, doesn't really have to do much apart from smile and swagger on screen. When he enters the film in the first ten minutes, everyone knows how the film is going to end, and it's just a matter of going through the motions for the next 100 minutes. There is an attempt to flesh out his character, but the sub-plot is quickly forgotten about.
Probably the funniest moment of the film is Jane trying on all 27 dresses from the other weddings she has been to. Ranging for cowboy, to oriental, to underwater, to just plain horrendous, the costume department obviously had a field day. But how does such as down-to-earth women know so many bizarre people.
Cute and fun, but entirely predictable, and by the time you've gone to see you're next rom-com, you'll have forgotten about 27 Dresses.
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