‘Allowed me to accept my own taste’: why Bridesmaids is my feelgood movie

The latest in our series of writers highlighting their comfort films is a look at an endlessly quotable antidote to bro-focused comedies At this year’s Oscars ceremony, Kristen Wiig , Maya Rudolph, Melissa McCarthy , Rose Byrne and Ellie Kemper lined up on stage to celebrate 15 years of Bridesmaids . Frankly, as awards bits go it was a little hard to watch, and the lineup was missing Wendi McLendon-Covey (recovering from a neck lift, naturally), but I had a small thrill seeing them together anyway: Bridesmaids has been my comfort film for almost half my life. Bridesmaids, written by Wiig and A

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