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“Bridesmaids” is a combination of “The Hangover” and Saturday Night Live, but in a romantic comedy setting.

Director Paul Fieg tells the story of 30-something Annie (Kristen Wiig, “Knocked Up”) whose life is headed on a downward spiral.

Her roommates are terrible, her job sucks and her love life is is a mess of meaningless sexual escapades, most interestingly with a man named Ted (Jon Hamm, AMC’s Mad Men).

So where do the bridesmaids come in? Annie’s best friend forever Lillian (Maya Rudolph, “Away We Go”) asks Annie to be her maid of honor after finally getting engaged to her boyfriend.

This brings Megan (Melissa McCarthy, CBS’s Mike and Molly ), Becca (Ellie Kemper, NBC’s The Office), Rita (Wendi McLendon-Covey, Reno 911!: Miami) and Helen (Rose Byrne, “Get Him to the Greek”) into the picture, making Annie’s life even worse.

Helen wants to take over the bachelorette party and shower planning, while the other three are distinctively crazy in their own way.

This makes the bridesmaids the dysfunctional, hilarious characters that they are.

However, Wiig is the star and her performance in “Bridesmaids” will help to send her comedic star to the top of Hollywood.

Wiig intertwines outrageous humor with heartfelt, mild drama in order to create a very interesting character in a comedic hit that she co-wrote.

The writing is able to keep the audience busy for the film’s two hour duration.

Usually comedies bordering the two-hour mark have a hard time doing this, as the jokes become cliché and the story’s plot is prolonged.  

However, producer Judd Apatow (“Funny People”) keeps the film at a reasonable length and keeps the audience interested.

Audiences expecting to see a chick flick have no idea what they are getting themselves into with “Bridesmaids,” and if they cannot handle the film’s raunchiness, it will be a painful two hours. Full of humor, wit and a lots of wild women, “Bridesmaids” is a surprising success.