It’s hard to believe it’s been 15 years since the cultural phenomenon Bridesmaid was first released in cinemas, and yet that is the case, starring Kristen Wiig, Maya Rudolph, and Oscar nominee Rose Byrne.
The ultimate chick flick is returning to Cineworld for a limited time on the 5th and 6th June. You can book your tickets now, get ready to PAAARTAY with your girl friends, and relive some of the most quotable movie moments in the last decade and a half.
“It’s coming out of me like lava.”
In an attempt to take her maid of honour duties seriously, Annie arranges for a lunch for Lillian and her bridesmaids at a Brazilian restaurant before they head to a luxury bridal-dress boutique where they all end up suffering with symptoms of food posioning. If toilet humour isn’t your thing, then this will likely make you grimace at best, but for those of us on the ‘poo is hilarious’ train, this scene is cinematic gold.
While Megan chooses to defecate in the pristine sink in the shop, screaming “It’s coming out of me like lava”, Lillian – wearing one of the dresses – runs into traffic in pursuit of a toilet. But it’s too late, and she ends up slowly crouching down in the road, skirt splayed, admitting defeat: “It’s happening, it’s happening…”
“Help me, I’m poor.”
There are so many great moments in the plane scene. Absolutely petrified of flying, Helen gives Annie a sedative and a drink. From nervous to messy real quick, Annie infiltrates first class where the rest of the hens are sitting while she has been relegated to economy.
Over and over, Annie attempts to wriggle her way in and defy the flight attendants trying to get her back into her seat. First, an attempt at emotional manipulation. Pouty lips, big, shiny eyes, and the peste de resistance: “Help me, I’m poor.” A moment that has gone down in history as a GIF rolled out at every opportune moment.
“Ooh, this is a very strict plane. Welcome to Germany! Aufwidersein, Asshole!”
When that doesn’t work, Annie is quick to call out the totalitarianism of the class system on the flight. Before she’s apprehended, she likens it to Germany, and delivers an on theme goodbye alongside an impression of Adolf Hitler.
“I’m glad he’s single, because I’m going to climb that like a tree.”
Honestly, Megan is all of us when we see an attractive individual. Played by Melissa McCarthy, Annie is introduced to Megan at Lillian’s engagement party, sister of Lillian’s fiancé.
As Megan rehashes a brutal accident she had falling off a cruise ship, in which she claims to have then been saved by a dolphin, a tall man appears at Annie’s side. Mistaking him for her partner, Annie clarifies they’re not together, to which Megan delivers this hilarious, relatable line.
“At first I did not know it was your diary, I thought it was a very sad handwritten book.”
After her bakery went out of business, Annie had to take a poorly paid job at a jewelry shop and move in with two obnoxious roommates, played by Matt Lucas and Rebel Wilson. They’re an odd pair, and incredibly intrusive.
In a hilarious moment, Brynn (Wilson) admits to reading Annie’s diary. To her credit, she didn’t realise it was Annie’s diary – just an incredibly sad, sad story. Kick a girl while she’s down, Brynn.
“Why can't you be happy for me and then go home and talk about me behind my back like a normal person?”
The Annie versus Helen war hits its climax at Lillian’s bridal shower, and instead of Annie feuding with Helen, it becomes a fight between Annie and Helen, the former jealous of the blossoming friendship she perceives to be forming between the two. The argument ensues when Helen gifts Lillian flights to Paris, an idea that was originally Annie’s.
Annie goes on a tirade, destroying the decorations, including a giant cookie, leading Lillian to explode, accusing Annie of ruining every event that has taken place since she got engaged. And then, like the self-aware queen that she is, she asks why Annie couldn’t just complain about her behind her back. A fair request.
“You're like the maid of dishonor.”
A moment for our king Chris O’Dowd, who plays Officer Nathan Rhodes, a policeman that pulls Annie over for her reckless driving and a broken taillight, and quickly transforms into the perfect love interest.
Not only is he patient with Annie and encouraging of her returning to her passion of baking and opening a new bakery, he also takes her chaos in his stride. In fact, upon telling him about her escapades as Lillian’s maid of honour, he comes out with this corker, and we love him for it.
“I took nine. I took nine. Yeah. I did slightly overcommit to the whole dog thing. It turns out I'm probably more comfortable with six.”
Because Helen is grossly rich and over the top, as a part of the extravagant bridal shower she throws Lillian, there are puppies being handed out as wedding favours.
When Annie storms out of the party following her argument with Lillian, Lillian tells the men handing out she doesn’t get a puppy, with Megan admitting she’d already taken two.
Well, things certainly escalated. Megan overtakes Annie on the drive home from the party and we see her car overrun with puppies. She later admits to taking nine puppies total. This is about to be a 101 Dalmatians situation.
Catch this iconic film when Bridesmaids returns to Cineworld on the 5th and 6th June.
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