History Film / TwentySevenDresses

* BitterWeddingSpeech: The main character gives a very sarcastic and bitter speech (which was actually written by the sister to be said under different circumstances so that the main character wouldn't "embarrass" her) at her sister's rehearsal dinner, revealing to her sister's fiancé that she (the sister) has been lying to him about various things and causing him to break off the engagement.

* SiblingTriangle

* GiantPoofySleeves: Many of Jane's dresses have giant pouffy sleeves, like the southern belle dress and teal dress.

The story follows Jane Nichols (Heigl), a young woman in love with her boss George, but she [[CanNotSpitItOut does not have the courage to tell him.]] A notorious doormat, she has been a bridesmaid in 27 weddings, usually shouldering much of the responsibility for planning the weddings as well. We're introduced to Jane the same night she meets Kevin Doyle (Marsden), a cynical young man who covers weddings for the local paper (though Jane is unaware of this). He is intrigued by the fact that she seems to be in two different weddings on the same night. Through a bizarre set of circumstances, they share a taxi ride home. Jane accidentally leaves her planner/calendar behind. Kevin finds it and realizes her bridesmaid duties are a regular phenomenon.

Soon after, Jane's spoiled and vain younger sister Tess (played by Malin Akerman), comes home to visit. She [[BoyMeetsGirl meets and falls in love with George,]] despite the fact that they are complete opposites. Tess continually lies to George to convince him that they are soulmates, much to Jane's dismay. Meanwhile, Kevin has been using Jane's calendar to find her and continually hound her for a date. Unfortunately, he has an ulterior motive. He is planning to write a story on the "perpetual bridesmaid", a piece that he believes will further his career.

* BigAppleSauce: Set in New York, with the wedding to be held in Central Park.

* CannotStandThemCannotLiveWithoutThem: Part of Jane's speech to [[spoiler:Kevin.]]

* CynicismCatalyst: Kevin's cynicism regarding weddings is because [[spoiler:he had his big fancy wedding planned, but then his bride left him for his roommate.]]

* NoSparks: Jane and [[spoiler:George.]]

* RageBreakingPoint: Jane's personality and upbringing are the reasons she can stay so calm throughout the whole movie, even when she's grinding her teeth to respond, but when [[spoiler:she finds out that Tess cut up their deceased mother's wedding dress to make it more "modern"]] she finally [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech cracks.]]

* [[BlondesAreEvil Blondes Are Selfish]]: Tess.

* {{Mondegreen}}: An excellent lampshading of this occurs after Kevin and Jane get wasted in a bar and both demonstrate that they have no idea what the real lyrics are to "[[Music/EltonJohn Benny and the Jets]]". But that doesn't stop them from singing and dancing to it anyway.

* IMissMom: Even though it's shown that Jane and Tess were younger then toddlers when their mother passed away, her loss is implied to be a huge factor in Jane's personality, a cause of sadness in the family (especially for their father), and a significant contributor to several plot points.

* KimonoIsTraditional: One of Jane's bridemaids dresses is a purple kimono that she wore at traditional Japanese wedding.
* MeaningfulName: Jane is supposed to your typical "plain Jane" type.
* MissingMom: Jane/Tess' mom died when they were young.

* IMissMom: Even though it's shown that Jane and Tess were younger then toddlers when their mother was lost, her loss is implied to be a huge factor in Jane's personality, a cause of sadness in the family (especially for their father), and a significant contributor to several plot points.

* RageBreakingPoint: Jane's personality and upbringing are the reasons she can stay so calm the whole movie, even when she's grinding her teeth to respond, but when [[spoiler:she finds out that Tess cut up their deceased mother's wedding dress to make it more "modern"]] she finally [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech cracks.]]

-->'''Jane:''' It's like finding out my favorite love song was written about a sandwich

Eventually the girls' father forces them to see each other and work out their differences. Tess learns that she needs to be less selfish and more compassionate before she deserves a guy like George. Jane realizes that Kevin was right, and she needs to learn to take care of others without completely ignoring herself. Later that evening George invites Jane to a charity event, as he needs a date. She meets him at the office, where she finally confesses her feelings for him. He kisses her, [[spoiler: but they both realize they have zero chemistry.]], which sets up the finale. [[spoiler:Jane realizes Kevin is actually the right guy for her, and she [[TheyDo ends up with him instead]].]]

The movie was considered so-so by critics (41% at RottenTomatoes), but well-received by its [[ChickFlick target audience]]. It was considered a financial success, grossing over $160 million worldwide, while only costing $30 million to make. The low production budget can be attributed to the strong, but not terribly well-known cast.

* AtomicFBomb: Jane becomes so pissed off about the fact that Kevin sent her flowers instead of George that she leaves the party temporarily to scream one in the hallway. The consequence that follows moments after could very well be a CrowningMomentOfFunny.

* DawsonCasting / PlayingGertrude: Malin Akerman, playing the younger sister, is actually older than Katherine Heigl.

* {{Mondegreen}}: An excellent lampshading of this occurs after Kevin and Jane get wasted in a bar and both demonstrate that they have no idea what the real lyrics are to "[[Music/EltonJohn Benny and the Jets]]". But that doesn't stop them from [[CrowningMomentOfFunny singing]] and [[CrowningMusicOfAwesome dancing]] to it anyway.

* ArmorPiercingSlap: One PlayedForLaughs from Casey to Jane when she's mooning over George. Later on, Jane herself gives on to Kevin after she finds out about the article.

* SiblingYinYang: Jane is smart, responsible, and selfless,while Tess is irresponsible, selfish, and carefree/

* AnguishedDeclarationOfLove - Jane couples George's with a "quitting my job" speech, then gives [[spoiler:Kevin a real one minutes later.]]
* BigAppleSauce - Set in New York, with the wedding to be held in Central Park.
* BitterWeddingSpeech - The main character gives a very sarcastic and bitter speech (which was actually written by the sister to be said under different circumstances so that the main character wouldn't "embarrass" her) at her sister's rehearsal dinner, revealing to her sister's fiancé that she (the sister) has been lying to him about various things and causing him to break off the engagement.
* BlondeBrunetteRedhead - Tess, Jane and Casey respectively. Each with typically associated personalities.
* [[BlondesAreEvil Blones Are Selfish]]- Tess.
* BouquetToss - One of these gone wrong is how Kevin and Jane meet.
* {{Bridezilla}} - Tess. Oh God, Tess. It even gets mentioned by name in the article Kevin writes.
---> Tess: Someone alert sky traffic because Bridezilla is on the loose!

* CannotStandThemCannotLiveWithoutThem - Part of Jane's speech to [[spoiler:Kevin.]]
* CaughtInTheRain - This is exactly how Jane and Kevin first hook up.

* DeadpanSnarker - Kevin.

----> Jane: Do you also go around telling small children that Santa Claus doesn't exist? 'Cause someone needs to blow that shit wide open.
* EveryoneCanSeeIt - Everyone knows how Jane feels about George.

* ExtremeDoormat - Jane, of course.

* FourthDateMarriage - Tess and George go from dating to engaged to wedding in an alarmingly short time.

* GentlemanAdventurer - George is a well-done modern version of this.
* TheGloriousWarOfSisterlyRivalry - Jane's PromotionToParent averted this when they were young, but said war is declared and played straight during the movie's events.
* Goth: Gina, the secretary at Jane and Casey's job. Even her wedding is gothic.
* PoofySleeves: Many of Jane's dresses have giant pouffy sleeves, like the southern belle dress and teal dress.
* IDidWhatIHadToDo - Jane's justification for publicly humiliating Tess. It's clear that even she doesn't buy this explanation and realizes there were other methods to achieve her goal.

* MeaningfulName - Jane is supposed to your typical "plain Jane" type.
* MissingMom - Jane/Tess' mom died when they were young.
* MomentKiller - Kevin. Jane's overreaction is what makes him realize she has feelings for George.
* {{Mondegreen}} - An excellent lampshading of this occurs after Kevin and Jane get wasted in a bar and both demonstrate that they have no idea what the real lyrics are to Benny and the Jets. But that doesn't stop them from [[CrowningMomentOfFunny singing]] and [[CrowningMusicOfAwesome dancing]] to it anyway.
* NoSparks - Jane and [[spoiler:George.]]
* PairTheSpares - Jane's loose friend Casey and Kevin's girl-crazy co-worker Trent are implied to hook up at the end.
* PimpedOutDress - Some of Jane's bridesmaid gowns, a few of them pimped to [[ImpossiblyTackyClothes truly epic/horrific proportions]].
* PluckyComicRelief - Casey. She does give Jane some much needed advice more than once in the story, though.
* PromotionToParent - Jane.
* RaceForYourLove - Jane uses a taxi and jumps a boat ramp in high heels during her race [[spoiler:to get to Kevin]] at the end of the movie.
* ReallyGetsAround - Casey, unashamedly so.

* TestKiss - Jane and George, after Jane finally confesses her feelings for him; [[spoiler: they mutually decide there's no spark.]]
* WasItAllALie - Jane asks Kevin this after she sees his article about her. She doesn't believe him when he says "no".

* PoofySleeves: Many of Jane's dresses have giant pouffy sleeves, like the southern belle dress and teal dress.

* BlondesAreEvil - Tess.

* PluckyComicRelief - Casey.

* ReallyGetsAround - Casey.

* HollywoodHomely - And how! Katherine Heigl plays the "plain" sister... the same woman who plays a former underwear model on ''GreysAnatomy''.

* PlotHole - This troper finds it hard to believe that Jane, given her intense love of all things wedding-related, would not have simply become a wedding planner, as opposed to a secretary.

** YourMilageMayVary: It's possible that Jane didn't realize how very much she loved weddings (and how good she was at planning them) until her friends started getting married in droves. By that time, she was working as a personal assistant and in love with the guy she worked for, so she didn't consider changing careers. And she's darn good at being a PA, as well.

* PairTheSpares - Jane's loose friend Casey and Kevin's girl-crazy co-worker Trent hook up at the end.

* BitterWeddingSpeech - The main character gives a very sarcastic and bitter speech at her sister's rehearsal dinner, revealing to her sister's fiancé that she (the sister) has been lying to him about various things and causing him to break off the engagement.

''[[{{ptitlepkcob0i7}} 27 Dresses]]'' is a RomanticComedy, released in 2008, starring Katherine Heigl and James Marsden.