Movie Review: 27 Dresses

Okay, so I"m not supposed to like this because it's a girl flick (that's never stopped me) plus it's supposed to be kind of superficial. You know what (now I sound like Simon Cowell), I like this one. Katherine Hegl stars as Jane Nichols. She is the person who never does anything for herself. From the day her mother has died she has taken care of everyone expecially her little sister and she is absolutely horrible at doing anything to get her own needs met. In fact, she works as the assistant to a man whom she has a major emfatuation for and he has absolutely no idea. She carries this role of servant on further by keeping a busy social calendar as the bride's maid at various weddings. She has done something like 27 or so weddings as a matter of fact and the title refers to the many dresses that she has kept as a "reward" for these weddings.

Okay, so the plot's kind of cliche. Another man comes along and she learns for the first time how to say no to this other man and finally she discovers that she CAN say no and that she CAN take care of her own needs and, of course, she falls in love with this other man.

I guess I like this movie for two reasons. First, I can relate to it. I tend to be a giver myself. I also tend to live by the rule "don't sweat the small stuff" (and I really do believe that everyone else should live by that rule too). As a restaurant manager, it's kind of inevitable in this day and age that I'd be a giver but I also play the same role at home without much recognition or thanks.

When I do want for myself, it tends to be too late and I tend to get upset. That makes me look kind of selfish and childish (oooh, bad thing to admit). It thus becomes a never ending cycle. I thus like the movie because I see myself in it.

I also like the movie, however, because it is really not overstated or over dramatic. The message is presented and the issue is resolved without too much drama. When we overdramatize our problems, these problems become mountains rather molehills and they look like they are too high and too difficult to be climbed.

"Nuff said. It's a good watch. There are some delightful visuals in here as well like when Katherine Hegl opens her closet and shows the man that she later falls in love with all of the dresses that she has collected over time.