from Film Journal:
Founding “Saturday Night Live” producer Lorne Michaels has called Kristen Wiig one of the top three or four performers in the 36-year history of the show, and while that opinion can be debated endlessly, there’s no denying she’s one of the standouts of the current cast, a chameleon with a large repertoire of zany (and sometimes highly irritating) characters. But Wiig’s brief sketches on “SNL” give no indication whether she’s capable of carrying a feature film as the leading lady.
Fortunately, the faith of her first starring movie’s producer, Judd Apatow (another comedy heavyweight), has been justified: Bridesmaids, which Wiig wrote with her friend Annie Mumulo, is a solid and very funny vehicle for a newly minted big-screen star.
It seems like every other female-driven comedy these days has a wedding theme, but Bridesmaids is something of a riposte to that cliché. It’s not really about the sentimental allure that marriage rituals have for many women, but what a grind the process can be. And more than that, it’s a film about female bonding, and how a life-changing event can impact a longtime friendship.
Of course I already liked Wiig from when she did MacGruber with Will Forte. If you haven't seen that movie then I don't ever want to speak to you again and I'm keeping the dog.
