Spring doesn't just mean hay fever and denim bomber jackets: weddings come back in season once the sun comes out to play again. Instantly the passive aggressive mine-was-better social media photo shares start flowing freely, and while for the most part it's lovely to see people celebrate a long-awaited union, sometimes, it can get a little cloying. I'll say what we're all thinking: more than once I've chastized myself for rolling my eyes at a real wedding, but without fail, I've shed a tear at more than a dozen on-screen weddings which don't even concern real people. It's a problem that I'm hoping other people share, because while friends are responding to RSVPs and trying to decide what to wear, I'm still thinking of my top on-screen movie moments instead:
Remember that time you watched the movie Bridesmaids and actually forgot by the end that a wedding was about to happen? I do too: the ensemble cast in this team is solid gold, thanks in a large part to Kristen Wiig’s spirited angst and Melissa McCarthy’s gruff non-sequitor comebacks, but seeing them in their uniform bridesmaid dresses at the end is a necessary reminder that nobody likes to stand on the altar alone. The wedding goes off without a hitch, but that’s not what lands it on this list: with movie after movie portraying weddings as a chance for women to engage in rudely competitive behaviours (ahem, Bride Wars) or experience depression first-hand (ahem-hem, 27 Dresses), it’s nice to have a wedding-themed movie remind you that you need your sister-friends in the life that’s coming ahead. Sure, you’re marrying some other dude, but your bridesmaids were there for you well before him, in most cases, and it doesn’t do to forget them on momentous occasions.
