The one thing I learned living in L.A.: Never pretend you like hiking to woo someone, because you’ll eventually be found out. They all go to Pedro’s baseball game, and Tess pretends to be a vegetarian who hikes, because George is those things. Being the ultimate Nice Guy, George is a member of the Big Brother program, and Tess is very weird and racist to his Little Brother, Pedro.Kevin correctly questions how Jane manages to pay for so many wedding gifts and calls it “sad.” (Yep.) Then he asks her out, she says no, and he keeps trying, in that persistent way that’s cute in rom-coms and annoying bordering on creepy in real life.Oh, no! George falls for Tess! Scandal! Jane is clearly pissed but suppressing it (not very well).Man, only in a late-aughts rom-com is Katherine Heigl framed as the ugly duckling.Tess is blonder than Jane, so clearly she’s happier, better adjusted, and more popular.Judy Greer encourages her to go for it, as Judy Greer is wont to do, but Jane is too focused on picking up her baby sister, Tess (Malin Ackerman), from the airport. Oh, God, just to complete sad-girl bingo, Jane is in love with her boss, George.He gets his way, but the stakes are high. Kevin pitches a front-page story about Jane, but his mean boss, played by Melora Hardin ( Jan!), isn’t into it.Okay, yes, Jane does in fact have a full-time job.They share a cab, she forgets her day planner, and he realizes she’s a wedding nut. Classic rom-com moment: Jane passes out and hits her head at one of a parade of weddings, and Kevin gets her back on her feet.Seriously, if I plan my friend’s entire wedding and all they do is thank me in a speech, I’ll be pissed.Take a hint from J.Lo in The Wedding Planner, queen! Not to be a knee-jerk capitalist, but Jane should really be getting paid for her wedding doula work.James Marsden plays Kevin, a wedding columnist(?) who is immediately spellbound by Jane, the Wedding Helper.Jane sailing across the Manhattan Bridge in a cab is making me realize I haven’t been to Manhattan in forever.Question: How do you fit this many weddings (27, even!) into normal life? Does Jane have a job?.Katherine Heigl plays Jane, an always-the-bridesmaid-never-the-bride type who we know is not living up to her full potential because she has brownish hair.Will I ever be able to watch a wedding scene in a movie again and not think of it primarily as a potential super-spreader event?.To that end, today’s rom-com recap revisits the 2008 classic 27 Dresses. This is a time-honored tradition that is best enjoyed with a bagel and iced coffee in hand, and the schmaltzier the rom-com, the better. Spring is in the air (sort of, depending on where you live), and as more and more people receive their COVID-19 vaccines, it’s possible that nights out will soon be back on the horizon-which means, of course, the return of the Hungover Sunday Rom-Com Viewing Experience.
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