Bridesmaids is brilliant for three main reasons: it has one of the best-written (and best-delivered) comedy scripts in ages; Kristen Wiig (who also co-wrote) finally gives the fantastic performance that cinema audiences have been waiting for and she carries the film superbly; and the eclectic and often surprising supporting cast (Jon Hamm, Jill Clayburgh, Matt Lucas and a wonderfully-judged character turn by Chris O'Dowd) uniformly delivers superb timing and delivery. Bridesmaids is much more than a female version of The Hangover that the well-constructed trailer suggested: there is a real exploration of both friendship and loneliness that gives the characters and relationships genuine foundations for the laughs and the the pathos. It can be crude and profane at times - witness the astonishing pay-off to the bridal shop scene shown in the trailer - but for the most part the comedy is almost gentle and understated, making the humour that much stronger and more satisfying. The film is consistently funny both verbally and visually, and perhaps the only mis-step is that a couple of the actual bridesmaids ensemble are underwritten as their characters fizzle out, but this is a minor quibble in a film that is so well-acted, well-written and well-directed that it is easily one of the best films of 2011 so far.
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