I was wildly attracted by this poster at Level 1 of Lido when it must have first made its appearance about 3 months ago. First, there is an attractive woman in her svelte figure. Second, there is an element of pink in the poster. Third, it talks about dresses! And all 27 of them, what’s there to not like about it? I am a sucker for beautiful women in beautiful dresses with a secret fantasy that one day, i will join the club. So when there was a sneak preview for it on the 19th, i immediately bought tickets. I am even willing to overlook the exorbitant cab fees that I am saddled. I want instant gratification. Show me her dresses, all of them.

It’s not like i have not already guessed how the storyline is going to be like. “Always a bridesmaid, never the bride” How can they let the heroine of the movie suffer such an ignominious fate especially when she is attractive with a winning smile? It’s not like she looks like the Bride of Chucky to begin with (no pun intended, although Katherine Heigl did, in fact, star the horror sequel of the Bride of Chucky in 1998). And so appears the hero in the form of a journalist, Kevin Doyle, who does write-ups on married couples under the pseudonym “Malcolm Doyle” whom Jane (Heigl) thinks spews the most beautiful stuff.

So yadahyadah, the pair meets under extraordinary circumstances, crosses paths regularly with crossfire because the heroine is always always careless enough to leave behind evidences of her whereabouts, in this case a red Filofax which records all the wedding engagements Jane will attend. The plot develops in such a manner that Jane’s younger sister turns up, falls in love with the boss Jane has been carrying a torch for all along while leaving Jane to nurse her wounds by herself with some help from Kevin.

And of course, Jane’s impression of Kevin got better because of a shared moment and then there will always always come one incident that puts their relationship to a test. Jane will get very angry and Kevin will be very sorry. Kevin goes after Jane and finally …………….

The Good News – They Got Married.

You ask me what’s not to like about this movie? It has a happily everafter ending that all women like to see. But where are the 27 dresses all these while? With the exception of 2 dresses she wore for a prolonged period of time during the start of the movie, the other 25 dresses are kept in the closet with their frills sticking out and each only granted a brief 5 seconds to show off their glory. Oh purleeeease! I paid to see more of those dresses!