In the new DVD release “27 Dresses,” Jane (Katherine Heigl) is in love with the idea of love. She’s also in love with the idea of being needed, being important, and being there for everyone in her life. She has a huge crush on George (Edward Burns)her boss, but can’t get up the nerve to tell him, choosing instead to be indispensable in the hopes that he’ll realize how important she is to him.
One night, while literally dashing back and forth between two weddings where she is bridesmaid, she meets Kevin (James Marsden) a cynical young man who asks her just what the big deal is about weddings. She can’t believe that someone could so callously disregard what is obviously the most wonderful event two people can experience. What she doesn’t know is that Kevin writes about weddings in the local newspaper and has become jaded by the lack of hard-hitting investigative reporting in his job. He wants to take his writing to a new level, but he’s stuck where he is.
He can’t believe that Jane really spends her time coordinating weddings for other people when she, herself, has no prospects, and he decides she’d make a perfect subject for a new kind of article, one that will allow him to use his skills to their full potential.
When Jane’s sister Tess (Malin Akerman)comes for a visit, Jane is thrilled, but when George asks Tess out and their relationship becomes serious, Jane is crushed. As Kevin begins a story on Tess’s wedding, using his new access to the family to secretly interview Jane, he learns about Jane’s crush on George and urges her to stop being a doormat. But when Jane finally does stand up for herself, things go just a little too far.
This was a cute movie. I liked the storyline and the romance quite a bit. However, there was a bit of language, including one innuendo in particular that didn’t need to be there. This is just one of those movies that you need to feel out for yourself, based on your own content concerns. This film was rated PG-13.
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