The TV Addict 

Katherine Heigl is a movie star.

Knocked Up was the opportunity that opened the door for her and despite her comments to Vanity Fair, I’m sure she is appreciative to Judd Apatow for everything that movie has done for her. She wasn’t really the star of that movie, but with 27 Dresses, that isn’t the case any more.

27 Dresses is the story of Jane, a woman infatuated with weddings and the person who must have been the inspiration for the phrase “always a bridesmaid, never a bride.” Jane works at the corporate office of an outdoor supply company and is equally as infatuated with her boss, George, played by Ed Burns. In her free time, Jane plays wedding planner, helping her friends (and friends of friends) to manage the stress of planning their special day. She has a closet in her Manhattan apartment filled with nothing but the assorted heinous bridesmaid dresses that she’s collected over the years.

Jane also loves to read and collect the columns of Malcolm Doyle, a writer for the New York Journal newspaper who covers the “Commitments” section of the Sunday edition. Jane doesn’t know that Malcolm is actually Kevin Doyle (played by James Marsden), a man whom she met at one of her weddings who sees tremendous story potential in her after finding her day planner and looking through it. The chemistry between Heigl and Marsden is definitely there. The two spark between their witty and cynical conversations and two scenes at different bars showcase this nicely. One of them features background music by Heigl’s new husband, musician Josh Kelley, and the other features a drunken and hysterical take on an Elton John classic.

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