DVD : 27 Dresses [Blu-ray] [2008]

Rating: - Modern Classic
Katherine Heigl plays a brilliant love-sick assistant who is waiting in the wings for her boss to fall for her. I love her in Grey's Anatomy but have to admit not a fan of Knocked Up so was overjoyed that she fitted into her role in this film. Everyone else was excellent but you cannot sit through a rom-com if you don't like the central character. The only negative there can be about this film is the scene before the last, I won't ruin it, but the main male character's reaction should have been reworked. This however can not bring a good film too far down; especially as it has what I have been rooting for for ages- the female to male slap. Yes it sounds silly but in real life there are circumstances where women will more than willingly react by slapping a man and they deserve it. This action also marks the crescendo of emotion and without it there are plenty of scenes in other movies that just lose the momentum they have built up for a female character's anger. I think they cop out because women are supposed to be 'women', which as we have been trying to tell men for decades is wrong. And this part of the script just highlights the beauty of the entire film; its real and everyday in the sense of the characters even if the storyline is a one in a million.

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Rating: - Dressed to Impress
Romantic comedies rise and fall on the chemistry of the two leads. Thankfully then for '27 Dresses' the cast is well catered for with the excellent Katherine Heigl as the lead and James Marsden as the charismatic love interest. Heigl plays Jane a woman who has become so adept at being a maid of honour that she has been a bridesmaid 27 times. Marsden plays Kevin a journalist who meets Jane by chance at a wedding; he sees in her a potential story about a woman who is always a bridesmaid never a bride. They instantly dislike one another but they are forced to get along when Jane's sister falls for Jane's boss and they plan to wed. Jane now finds herself organising the wedding for her spoilt sister to the man she has secretly pined after for years. Can she juggle the wedding and her own feelings whilst trying to cope with the pesky journalist?

'27 Dresses' was great fun. This is a film that follows the rules of the romantic comedy to the letter and although as a viewer you know what is going to happen you enjoy it none the less. It is the light and fun script that starts the ball rolling, but the cast are what really shine. Heigl and Marsden are very good and the chemistry is excellent between them after a shaky first ten minutes. The supporting cast are not quite as strong but when you have a talent like Heigl at the front this is not such as issue. I did feel that the film added nothing to the genre, but as a generic romantic comedy it was a feel good film I enjoyed.

In terms of BluRay the film benefited slightly, but not a huge degree. There are no added extras on the disc worth having so a DVD purchase would suffice.