May the best bride win
DVD Review: 'Bride Wars'
Kimberly Tsao
Issue date: 5/7/09 Section: Arts & Entertainment
Here come the brides …
In the new DVD release, "Bride Wars," Kate Hudson ("How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days") and Anne Hathaway ("The Devil Wears Prada") star as best friends - until their weddings are scheduled on the same day at a much coveted venue - The Plaza Hotel. They turn into mortal enemies and the fun begins.
However, the fun starts and ends with the film. The DVD could have included more special features. It only has the deleted scenes and a featurette on wedding dresses, which isn't as interesting as it may sound to fashionistas.
They could have done any number of things: a commentary by Hudson and Hathaway, music videos, a guide to wedding planning or a behind-the-scenes look at the movie.
In the film, Hathaway turns Hudson's hair blue while Hudson gives Hathaway an orange spray tan. Hathaway goes as far as to crash Hudson's bachelorette party, initiating a dance-off, which, by some miracle, she ends up winning. Hathaway shells out a cringe-worthy dance that was hoochie-like in all the wrong ways.
I do like Hathaway, but I don't think she's ever in her element in romantic comedies, especially this one.
She's better when she's channeling older characters or people from different time periods than playing the girl next door who falls for the boy two doors down.
Her performances in "Becoming Jane" and "Get Smart" surpass her attempt at acting in "The Princess Diaries." It's a head scratcher that MTV would nominate Hathaway for Best Actress in this movie and not Hudson.
"Bride Wars" is more of Hudson's forte in the same vein as her mother, Goldie Hawn, arguably the queen of romantic comedies. For me, the funniest scene was when Hudson decides to sabotage Hathaway's dancing lessons.
Instead of working with the waltz instructor they hired, Hathaway and her fiancé (Chris Pratt from "Everwood") get stuck with a substitute who teaches moves a la "Bring It On" spirit fingers. Genius.
Hathaway retaliates by sticking huge cut-out shapes on Hudson's dress, which only appears as a deleted scene on the DVD. It's a shame, since the end result of the dress was nothing less than amusing.
In the new DVD release, "Bride Wars," Kate Hudson ("How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days") and Anne Hathaway ("The Devil Wears Prada") star as best friends - until their weddings are scheduled on the same day at a much coveted venue - The Plaza Hotel. They turn into mortal enemies and the fun begins.
However, the fun starts and ends with the film. The DVD could have included more special features. It only has the deleted scenes and a featurette on wedding dresses, which isn't as interesting as it may sound to fashionistas.
They could have done any number of things: a commentary by Hudson and Hathaway, music videos, a guide to wedding planning or a behind-the-scenes look at the movie.
In the film, Hathaway turns Hudson's hair blue while Hudson gives Hathaway an orange spray tan. Hathaway goes as far as to crash Hudson's bachelorette party, initiating a dance-off, which, by some miracle, she ends up winning. Hathaway shells out a cringe-worthy dance that was hoochie-like in all the wrong ways.
I do like Hathaway, but I don't think she's ever in her element in romantic comedies, especially this one.
She's better when she's channeling older characters or people from different time periods than playing the girl next door who falls for the boy two doors down.
Her performances in "Becoming Jane" and "Get Smart" surpass her attempt at acting in "The Princess Diaries." It's a head scratcher that MTV would nominate Hathaway for Best Actress in this movie and not Hudson.
"Bride Wars" is more of Hudson's forte in the same vein as her mother, Goldie Hawn, arguably the queen of romantic comedies. For me, the funniest scene was when Hudson decides to sabotage Hathaway's dancing lessons.
Instead of working with the waltz instructor they hired, Hathaway and her fiancé (Chris Pratt from "Everwood") get stuck with a substitute who teaches moves a la "Bring It On" spirit fingers. Genius.
Hathaway retaliates by sticking huge cut-out shapes on Hudson's dress, which only appears as a deleted scene on the DVD. It's a shame, since the end result of the dress was nothing less than amusing.
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Caroline
posted 5/07/09 @ 8:21 PM PST
I agree with your thoughts on Anne - she's not a girl next door, but a channel-er of Hollywood past. She's a beautiful, young woman that i had the pleasure of seeing at the MET here in NYC on Monday. (Continued…)
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