History Film / Bridesmaids

** Becca and Megan (optimists)
** Helen (realist)
** Rita (cynic)
** Lillian (apathetic)
** Annie (conflicted)

* BlstantLies: Several times, especially:

* GenderFlip: Megan is an obvious one of Alan from ''Franchise/TheHangover''.

%%%* TheIngenue: Becca.

** Jon Hamm's character.

-->'''Lillian:''' [[spoiler:You know what? It IS perfectly bleached! And you know how I know? Because I went to the salon with her, and I got ''MY'' asshole bleached! AND I ''LOVE'' MY NEW ASSHOLE!!]]

%%%* {{Deconstruction}}: Of the "Woman who needs to get her life together and does so over the course of the movie" genre

* OrphanedReference: More like an aborted BrickJoke; during Annie's meltdown at the bridal shower, she sarcastically asks if Lilian and Helen are going to ride around Paris on bikes with baguettes in the front baskets. A deleted scene found on the DVD and Blu-ray release shows a mortified Annie watching an online video them doing just that.

* IkeaErotica: Quite a few of Annie's facial expressions with her boyfriend makes it clear she isn't enjoying anything he is doing with her. his is specially noticeable when he grabs and massages her breast and she just looks around confused.

* TheCloudcuckoolanderWasRight: [[spoiler:Despite repeated denials, Megan was right about the guy sitting next to her being an air marshall]]

* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: Deconstructed, Annie prefers her jerkass fuck buddy rather than the sweet, loving cop she met, but that's just one of the ways her self-destructive tendencies come to surface, she's clearly in love with Rhodes, but can't bring herself to be with him, just as much as she can't bring herself to fix up her life, so she'd rather keep herself in a relationship that she knows sucks and that it's bad for her than going after someone better.

''Bridesmaids'' is a 2011 comedy starring and co-written by Creator/KristenWiig of ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' fame and co-produced by Creator/JuddApatow. Wiig plays Annie, a single, late-thirties woman stuck in a dead-end job and a dead-end relationship. She faces a new source of anxiety when her old friend Lillian (played by fellow SNL alum Creator/MayaRudolph) gets engaged to a rich guy and seems poised to leave Annie behind for her rich, fancy new friends, especially Lillian's prospective new best friend, Helen (Creator/RoseByrne).

* {{Acrofatic}}: Megan is a bit chubby but is ''very'' flexible.

** On the plane to Las Vegas, Annie [[Series/TheTwilightZone sees a woman on the wing]].

* FriendsWithBenefits: Annie and her fuckbuddy, played by an uncredited JonHamm.

* IncrediblyLameFun: One of the bridesmaids wants to throw Lillian a {{Pixar}}-themed bridal shower.

** Lillian's husband's name is [[TheHangover Doug]]ie.

* {{Deconstruction}}: Of the "Woman who needs to get her life together and does so over the course of the movie" genre (she instead makes it steadily worse up until the last minute), as well as a few wedding film tropes on top.

* TheIngenue: Becca.
** Actually seems to be a subtle Deconstruction of one. She tells Rita she's only had sex with Kevin, but is frustrated by his unwillingness to be open sexually, even saying desperately to Rita, "And after we've showered, sometimes he's too tired, so I say I am too, but I'm not tired! I'm not tired!", and the discussion even ends with her and Rita [[LesYay drunkenly making out.]] During the Brazilian meal, Megan is saying Lillian is probably crying about marrying Dougie, "I love him, he's my brother, but he's a fucking asshole!", Becca is seen ''cheerfully nodding along'' with the statement.

''Bridesmaids'' is a 2011 comedy starring and co-written by Kristen Wiig of ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' fame and co-produced by Creator/JuddApatow. Wiig plays Annie, a single, late-thirties woman stuck in a dead-end job and a dead-end relationship. She faces a new source of anxiety when her old friend Lillian (played by fellow SNL alum Creator/MayaRudolph) gets engaged to a rich guy and seems poised to leave Annie behind for her rich, fancy new friends, especially Lillian's prospective new best friend, Helen (Creator/RoseByrne).

''Bridesmaids'' is a 2011 comedy starring and co-written by Kristen Wiig of ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' fame and co-produced by Creator/JuddApatow. Wiig plays Annie, a single, late-thirties woman stuck in a dead-end job and a dead-end relationship. She faces a new source of anxiety when her old friend Lillian (played by fellow SNL alum Creator/MayaRudolph) gets engaged to a rich guy and seems poised to leave Annie behind for her rich, fancy new friends, especially Lillian's prospective new best friend, Helen (Rose Byrne).

Designed as something of a DistaffCounterpart to ''Film/TheHangover'' and other films of its ilk, and was a massive success, showing that female-driven buddy comedies could be hits and [[GenreRelaunch launching others in its wake]]. It was also a StarMakingRole for many of its actresses, especially [[Creator/MelissaMcCarthy Melissa McCarthy]].

** Which is also a ShoutOut to ''TheBradyBunch''.

** "[[GirlfriendInCanada His name is]] [[TheBradyBunch George...Glass]]."