![]() ![]() Īctresses Mumolo and Wiig wrote the screenplay after the latter was cast in Apatow's 2007 comedy film Knocked Up, and budgeted at $32.5 million. Upon its opening release in the United States and Canada on May 13, 2011, Bridesmaids was a critical and commercial success. The film made $26 million in its opening weekend, eventually earning over $288 million worldwide, and surpassed Knocked Up to become the top-grossing Apatow production to date, and served as a touchstone for discussion about women in comedy. ![]() īridesmaids was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy. In 2012, the film was nominated for both the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for Melissa McCarthy and Best Original Screenplay for Wiig and Mumolo. This made Bridesmaids the first Apatow-produced film to be nominated for an Academy Award.Īnnie Walker is a single woman in her mid-thirties, living in Milwaukee. Her bakery failed during a recent recession, wiping out her savings, and her boyfriend subsequently left her. Having lost her passion, she works at a jewelry store and shares an apartment with eccentric British immigrant siblings Gil and Brynn. Annie has a casual sexual relationship with the wealthy and self-absorbed Ted, but hopes for something more from him. The only positive presence in her life is her lifelong best friend Lillian. When Lillian becomes engaged to her boyfriend Doug, she asks Annie to be her maid of honor.Īt the engagement party, Annie meets Lillian's bridesmaids: Lillian's long-married and cynical cousin Rita Lillian's naïve newlywed coworker Becca Doug's blunt, foul-mouthed but friendly sister Megan and the wealthy and snobby Helen, Doug's boss' trophy wife. Annie and Helen are instantly jealous of each other's friendship with Lillian and become increasingly competitive for her attention.Īnnie takes the bridal party to a Brazilian steak restaurant before visiting an upscale bridal shop, where Helen uses her influence to gain entry as Annie failed to make a reservation. While trying on gowns, the entire party – except Helen, who chose not to eat – begins vomiting and experiencing uncontrollable diarrhea from food poisoning, with Lillian voiding her bowels in the middle of the street while wearing a wedding dress.Īnnie's suggestion for a bachelorette party at Lillian's parents' lake house is overruled in favor of a Las Vegas trip planned by Helen. Unable to afford a first-class ticket and too proud to allow Helen to pay, Annie books a ticket in economy class. The plane makes an emergency landing and the party takes a bus back home.Īnnie accepts a sedative and liquor from Helen to calm her massive fear of flying and she begins to hallucinate, ending in a paranoid outburst leading to her being apprehended by a U.S. ![]() ![]() Annie apologizes, but Lillian decides it's best if Helen takes over planning the bridal shower and wedding.Īnnie grows close with Nathan Rhodes, an Irish-American Wisconsin State Patrol officer who lets her off without a ticket for broken brake lights. Nathan, who had been a customer at Annie's bakery, repeatedly encourages her to open a new bakery. ![]()
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