Bachelorette (2012)

Three friends are asked to be bridesmaids at a wedding of a woman they used to ridicule back in high school.

Director:

Leslye Headland

Writers:

Leslye Headland (screenplay), Leslye Headland (based on the play by)

Stars:

Kirsten Dunst, Isla Fisher, Lizzy Caplan

1 win & 2 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Kirsten Dunst	...	Regan
Rebel Wilson	...	Becky
Lizzy Caplan	...	Gena
Paul Corning	...	Jack Johnson Guy (as Paul Corning Jr.)
Isla Fisher	...	Katie
Andrew Rannells	...	Manny
Anna Rose Hopkins	...	Club Monaco Customer
Sue Jean Kim	...	Wedding Planner
Horatio Sanz	...	Barely Attractive Guy
Hayes MacArthur	...	Dale
Kyle Bornheimer	...	Joe
James Marsden	...	Trevor
Ann Dowd	...	Victoria
Adam Scott	...	Clyde
Ella Rae Peck	...	Stefanie

Storyline

On the night of one of their old high school friend's wedding three irresponsible and capricious bridesmaids reunite for one last bachelorette bacchanal in the Big Apple. They unintentionally create a mess of their best friend Becky's wedding dress, before she marries her sweetheart Dale. They attempt to repair the situation by spending the evening before and morning of the wedding desperate to get the dress to Becky on time before the wedding starts, whilst discovering themselves and what they truly want from their lives along the way.

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Plot Keywords:

bachelorette party | stripper | wedding dress shop | bachelorette | strip club | 

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Taglines:

With Bridesmaids Like These, Who Needs Enemies?

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Genres:

Comedy | Romance

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for sexual content, pervasive language, and drug use

Did You Know?

Trivia

This is Lizzy Caplan's second movie in which she has a best friend named Katie. The first is Mean Girls (2004) in that film, Lindsay Lohan plays Caplan's bestie, Cady Heron.

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Quotes

Gena: [seeing the torn wedding dress out in the open] What are you doing? Why do you have the baby out of the garbage bag?
Regan: I'm matching the thread color to the dress.
Gena: [mockingly] Uh, it's a wedding dress. I think maybe it's white.
Katie: Oh, actually, it's ivory.
Regan: Actually, it's pearl.
Gena: OK. You know what? Knowing stuff like that does not make you guys cool. It makes you...
Regan: Amazing?
Katie: Gorgeous?
Regan: Incredible?
Katie: God blessed me with perfect tits, it's only right that people should know that?
[...]

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Connections

Referenced in Chelsea Lately: Episode #6.121 (2012)

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Soundtracks

Air on a G String
Written by Johann Sebastian Bach
Arranged by Udi Harpaz
Courtesy of Crucial Music Corporation

User Reviews

Tells irritating

Answer me this, why are all the girls in this so annoying on screen. They're all good actresses but this was scripted such that they come across so annoying and irrational. I suppose it's not too far off from real life.

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook Official site

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

6 September 2012 (Russia)

Also Known As:

Bachelorette

Filming Locations:

Carleton Hotel, New York City, New York, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$3,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$181,494, 9 September 2012

Gross USA:

$447,954

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$12,128,575

Company Credits

Production Co:

Gary Sanchez Productions, BCDF Pictures, Strategic Motion Ventures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

87 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1