You've all seen your fair share of romantic comedies.  Either by choice or the choice of your girlfriend, you've had to sit through the story of the woe-begotten girl who has to suffer through humorous antics to get the guy of her dreams.  And she always does.  But sometimes, a little bit of magic accompanies this cliched tale and you actually believe the story.  And whether male or female, some sappy emotion has been created within you leaving you feel just a little bit happier than when you entered the movie theater. The only thing "27 Dresses" creates, on the other hand, is a new appreciation for action movies; at least in those films, the brainless dialogue is followed by some awesome explosions.  The film's dialogue is just followed by more idiotic dialogue.  And yes, there's some nice eye candy, but even that can't make you stop pondering over how many brains cells were destroyed during the past 107 minutes.   

The movie follows Jane, played by Katherine Heigl, who as the saying goes, is always a bridesmaid and never a bride.  She's a workaholic who's in love with her boss and doesn't know how to say no; basically the definition of woe begotten.  But her world becomes even more woeful when her younger sister becomes engaged to none other than Jane's boss.  Hired to write the wedding announcement in the newspaper is Kevin, portrayed by James Marsden, who follows Jane and the happy couple around to get quotes for his story.  Jane comes to realize that always being a bridesmaid will not make her happy and neither will the life she has created for herself.  And Kevin may just be the person to help her change that. 

But a change is what this movie desperately needs.  It needs to be something different, but like all the countless ones before, it has achieved only the blasé.  The humor is repetitive and the acting is superficial.  "27 Dresses" never creates the emotion that is needed for the audience to even care about Jane and her plight as a single.  What makes her life so hard?  She lives in an apartment that could fit mine into it four times and has the looks of a Scandinavian model.  The only redeeming quality is Marsden, whose glowing grin brings a measure of sunlight to the dismal film.  The best scene occurs in a bar when he and Jane get drunk and he breaks out in song to Elton John. 

Perhaps the good romantic comedy is a thing of the past.  All the original, quirky tales have already been told, leaving us nothing but copycats.  These new stories still remain nothing more than the old ones with cheap facades and more expensive wardrobes.  If "27 Dresses" had thought outside the box it could have made magic.  Instead it opted for the safe route, the route that doesn't involve any thought.  Because it's thoughtless that a girl looking like Heigl never got a date for the 27 weddings she went to. 

If this is how bridesmaids act, I hope all of my friends elope.