Not funny at all.
Finally watch it and I'm not impressed. Don't know what all the fuss is about.
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Omg this movie is so unfunny it's ridiculous. There is nothing at ALL funny about throwing up in each other and crapping in a sink. I tried watching it on TV a couple weeks ago and couldn't even watch 15 mins. Gave it another try today (a diff part) and still..I don't get it. I really don't know how this was a hit.
shareWow! I'm the odd poster out...at least for awhile.
I thought it was hilarious. I'd never seen Kristen Wiig on TV, but she is a very funny lady and gathered an equally funny group of colleagues around her. Great to see Rose Byrne cutting loose after a series of dramatic roles and Chris O'Dowd made a terrific Officer Rhodes.
"This is kind of high octane stuff that really made me want to become a cop. Missing girl found at her apartment... it's adrenaline pinching."
Wow! I'm the odd poster out...at least for awhile.
I thought it was hilarious.
So did I and I avoided seeing it. I was so sick of everyone raving over it. Then my boyfriend kept playing the plane scene and I decided to watch it from the beginning. I loved it... share
To me, Kristen Wiig's character was the only one that annoyed me. All the other women were hilarious. I felt sorry for her for losing her bakery business, but that was it. She got the prestigious honor of being her best friend's maid of honor, and she's not grateful; all she can think about is how crappy her car is and how she doesn't make enough money (even though I'd love to work in a jewelry store like she did). Okay, so Helen was obnoxious, but I do think her character meant well. All in all, I gave the movie 6 out of 10 stars because the first half was entertaining. The second half, not so much.
shareOkay, so Helen was obnoxious, but I do think her character meant well.
I wish I could share that opinion. I feel she was manipulative and mean. Annie was a downer for sure. But Helen had a big hand in ruining things for Lillian by playing around with Annie's emotions.
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Annie was an *beep* She was so focused on her own self-pity that she'd lost all regard for everyone else around her and consistently treated them horribly. It's a real trick for both a screenwriter and an actor to portray a character like that in such a way that the audience still cares about them through all of their bad behavior to their ultimate redemption. I think this film pulled the trick off quite successfully, a testament to Kristen Wiig's skills.
shareI'd never seen Kristen Wiig on TV, but she is a very funny lady
I agree she's funny, but didn't like the content and didn't buy her in the role. Frankly she was too skinny and pretty for the role she was playing. I found it sad that Hollywood can't hire a frumpy girl even when the role clearly calls for that. The jokes bout her being unattractive, a mess, unable to get a guy and in one scene comparing her body to another skinny woman's and we're supposed to feel like Wiig wasn't skinny?--sorry just totally didn't work. share
Omg this movie is so unfunny it's ridiculous. There is nothing at ALL funny about throwing up in each other and crapping in a sink. I tried watching it on TV a couple weeks ago and couldn't even watch 15 mins. Gave it another try today (a diff part) and still..I don't get it. I really don't know how this was a hit.
Perhaps if you actually sat down and watched the entire movie from the beginning, you might feel differently about it. The bathroom scene wasn't the only comedic scene in the film and to judge the whole movie based on one or two scenes that you briefly saw, is a bit silly.
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Agree. I laughed a few times, but that's it.
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Though I agree with most of your post, I have to say crapping in a sink WAS HILARIOUS in King Pin.
shareI thought it was hilarious. Everyone's entitled to their opinion and sense of humor, but you guys seriously didn't even crack a smile while watching this? How?
shareBecause it was so cliched and trying so hard, and because I've seen truly funny movies, which makes watching things like this just saddening.
shareHow is this movie clichéd and "trying too hard?"
shareIMO it would have been more effective if they toned it down a little. I feel like they dumbed the movie down by spelling things out so overtly. They could have made the movie a bit shorter and used a bit more subtlety and it would have been a better movie IMO.
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There's no sense trying to argue with people about what is funny and what's not..what's great and what's not. It is all subjective, and people would be wise to remember that. No there's not a lot of high brow humor in this. So what. There are other movies and venues for that. I loved it. I can't always explain why something is funny to me. I also love plays and foreign movies and musicals and operas and ballets. If it offends you, don't watch it. There are sooooo many movies and forms of entertainment, why waste your time watching something you don't like and then waste some more time writing about it?
I loved Melissa McCarthy the first time I saw her in a movie, which was this one. There's something about her, no matter how crappy the movie, I'll always watch it just to see her. And the gross out scene for me was funny BECAUSE of where it took place. They were in the equivalent of a church. For the women that owned that store, it was a holy place where you almost expected to see someone genuflect and where never a burp was uttered, much less a dump in the sink. Sometimes taboo things make people laugh. I'm occasionally surprised and sometimes embarrassed at the silly stuff that makes me laugh. I want to laugh sometimes simply because I'm not supposed to. Irreverence and all that. I thought I was going to die when Sacha Baron Cohen took a crap in the flower bed in front of Trump Tower in "Borat.....", crude as that was. The look on the lady's face walking by- absolute horror. It's crude, it's slap stick, which I usually don't like, but there was something about it. And you can't say he didn't have good taste in his choice of building. How could he have known?
I'm with the OP. Don't get me wrong there were some funny scenes but overall not too funny. I saw it on tv for the 2nd time bc my mom never saw it and I refused to waste money to rent it. I had more empathy towards Annie bc it's not nice to feel like u are losing your best friend but i lost it at the final bridal shower. There is no @$#&% ?? way a true friend would behave in such a way and embarrass you like that. I wouldn't do that to someone I didn't like let alone my best friend. I actually liked BACHELORETTE with Kirsten Dunst and Rebel Wilson better.
shareI wouldn't say it wasn't funny at all--it had a great premise and good cast, but too often scenes veered into territory where I thought "okay--they couldn't figure out what to do there--let's crap in a sink!"
For example, the scene where the bridesmaids are trying to outdo each other with the speeches was funny--twice. And then it went on and on. Sometime brevity is the soul of wit.
I laughed the loudest when Melissa went driving past with a van full of puppies.
This could have used some serious editing and rethinking--I think all involved are very talented but just need a bit more experience.
Yep,not at all funny, it actually made me quite annoyed after all the hype. An hour and a half of my life that I want back!
I have loved this movie from day one. I think it's hilarious and the movie has the best cast it could have. I also love Wiig as an actress; she has a great, dry sense of humour. Her timing is impeccable! X
shareI LOVED this movie. I admit I was not happy about the bathroom scene but otherwise it was hilarious ! The whole cast was great!
I am at a loss as to WHY anyone would not enjoy this? It Is COMEDY! Sometimes it is inappropriate but it is FUNNY! Laughter is the best medicine. I would much rather laugh than cringe when watching profane, violent, crude, dark films. There are too many dark and violent films out there lately.
Guess u didn't watch it all its over 100 minutes
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i kind of agree with you. i found bits and pieces funny but the film as a whole, not really. the plane scene was hilarious and bits and pieces of it like driving with the puppies and trying to catch the police guy's attention, plus the teenager in the shop was good. getting pulled over for doing an imitation of helen was also pretty funny. but the speeches dragged on, it would have been funnier if they had stopped at twice. they overplayed it a lot and i didn't care for the bride shop moments
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