Contest Closed. Congrats to Robbie!
In honor of DIY Bride’s 8th anniversary, we’re celebrating with one giveaway a day from August 29 until September 29.
Wedding stress got you down, sister? Well, it’s time to let off a little steam, take a couple of hours to sit back and laugh. Today’s giveaway is a copy of the Bridesmaids DVD. {Note: The release date is September 20, so it won’t ship to you until then.}
DVD Review (Amazon):
The delightful Kristen Wiig, who’s shone in dozens of supporting roles and on Saturday Night Live, hits a bull’s-eye with her first lead role in Bridesmaids. Annie (Wiig) isn’t doing so well; her bakery failed and she keeps sleeping with a good-looking louse (Jon Hamm, Mad Men), but she’s always had her best friend Lillian (Maya Rudolph, Away We Go) to buoy her up… until Lillian gets engaged. Annie becomes maid of honor, but another friend of Lillian’s–the rich and lovely Helen (Rose Byrne, Get Him to the Greek)–wants to take over that position. Misadventures with bad Brazilian food, dress fittings, an unfortunate flight to Vegas, and a sympathetic traffic cop (Chris O’Dowd from British TV comedy The IT Crowd) follow, with increasingly hilarious results. Bridesmaids successfully balances raunchy comedy and character portrait. The embarrassing and socially catastrophic stuff, which in too many movies balloons into absurdity, is here kept in check just enough to allow Annie and the other characters to be multidimensional people–without the movie losing its comic capacity for cringe. (Actress Melissa McCarthy, of Mike & Molly, works miracles with a character than in most hands would be pure cartoon.) Wiig’s enormous appeal keeps Annie sympathetic, even as she becomes more and more of a train wreck. Bridesmaids is both smart and dumb, raunchy and earnest, and altogether enjoyable. –Bret Fetzer
[NOTE: We had some problems posting, so the deadline to enter has been extended. See Below.]
To Enter: Simply reply to this post by 7 a.m. PST (California time, y’all) September 15. 1 winner will be selected via random draw. One entry per person. Open to all.
[Disclaimer: DIY Bride is not affiliated with nor receives compensation from the company listed above. Prize is paid for directly out of my pocket.]
