At Christmas we get Santa, in the summer you can't move for superheroes and spring sees a raft of white meringue dresses.
The fabulously hideous dresses of the title are used to poke fun at the ridiculous lengths people go to, to plan their "big day".
The premise: eternal bridesmaid with a crush on her boss meets cynical writer with a chip on his shoulder about weddings, and sparks fly, may be flimsy, but this breezy rom-com avoids shameless sentimentality and has a lot of heart.
Critics complain that James Marsden and Katherine Heigl have no chemistry. They banter, they sing drunkenly in a bar followed by a steamy session in their car - what more do you want?
Heigl is dressed in a variety of dowdy outfits, wearing little make-up and is less blonde than usual, presumably to try to make the audience believe her boss hasn't noticed she's stunning. It doesn't work.
Heigl is naturally beautiful, warm and genuinely funny; while Marsden has done the genre before as the "other guy", the one who doesn't get the girl.
It is nice to see him play the lead, he seems completely comfortable. Charming and self-assured but not too cocky, Kevin is the guy you can't help falling for.
Once again the spoilt, selfish younger sister (note to film-makers, we aren't all like that!) causes problems for our heroine.
Swede Malin Ackerman should stick to modelling or take some acting lessons, but Judy Greer is great as Jane's level-headed best friend.
3 1/2 Stars.
First published in the Evening Gazette
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