The movie is already heading to the top of Netflix’s global chart, and for good reason.
Played with scenery-chewing aplomb byGen VsupeLizzie Broadway, Shirley is the archetypal nemesis for a female-led buddy comedy.
To make matters worse,Kinda Pregnant’sLainy lost her momat a young age and is especially touchy about motherhood.
InKinda Pregnant, Lainy ends up ruining the baby shower that Shirley has put on for herself and Kate.
InBridesmaids, Annie destroys the engagement party that Helen is hosting.
It takes anotherbridesmaid, Melissa McCarthy’s Megan, to snap Annie out of her subsequent malaise.
At the same time, these characters aren’t portrayed as evil caricatures but as human beings.
They both work perfectly as buddy comedy villains precisely because neither of them is really villainous.
Nevertheless, they both work perfectly as buddy comedy villains precisely because neither of them is really villainous.
Lainy, envious of her best friend’s pregnancy, dons a false pregnant belly and unexpectedly meets her ideal partner.
Rose Byrne, Melissa McCarthy, Wendi McLendon-Covey, Ellie Kemper, and Chris O’Dowd also star.
Bridesmaids follows Annie (Kristen Wiig), a perpetual underachiever in her thirties who is asked to serve as maid of honor for her friend Lillian’s (Maya Rudolph) wedding. After a string of misfortunes leaves Annie feeling inferior to bridesmaid Helen, she begins questioning her life and her friendship with Lillian. Rose Byrne, Melissa McCarthy, Wendi McLendon-Covey, Ellie Kemper, and Chris O’Dowd also star.
