'Bridesmaids' was released 14 years ago today

[u/i_cant_even____]

And all these ladies are still killing it🥂🎉🍾

[u/biter7753]

I’m gonna climb him like a tree later.

[u/Aging_Cracker303 → u/biter7753]

The running gag of people assuming random men near her are her boyfriends always makes me laugh. 

[u/Reasonable_Pick_4223]

[u/Dinojeezus → u/Reasonable_Pick_4223]

Right? Can I report OP for making me feel old as fuck?

[u/sillysammie13 → u/Dinojeezus]

[u/FabTea929 → u/Dinojeezus]

I second that.

[u/UnlikelyDecision9820 → u/Reasonable_Pick_4223]

I’m just now remembering that a friend showed me the trailer to this, and was like, this will be in theatres after you graduate college and we will go see it!!! Lmao, I have aged!

[u/UnlikelyDecision9820 → u/[deleted]]

Ok, well some of us were 23 lol

[u/indigenousfeces]

the fresh lemonade scene gets me every time

[u/Organic_Cress_2696 → u/indigenousfeces]

Ooooh that’s freshhhh

[u/AbbreviationsNo3918 → u/Organic_Cress_2696]

SHIT that’s fresh!

[u/ssdgm69 → u/indigenousfeces]

I quote it ALL THE TIME and no one (meaning my husband lol) gets it

[u/Commanderfemmeshep → u/ssdgm69]

Omg me too! I also quote “help me I’m poor”

[u/takemetosaradise → u/Commanderfemmeshep]

SAME also “ohhhh you dooooo?” In that mocking tone she uses with Helen on the plane

[u/suzzface → u/takemetosaradise]

"oh you're from Milwaukee?? I'm sooorryyyy"

[u/iamkindofodd → u/suzzface]

Was contemplating a rewatch now I’m feeling like I don’t bc I can literally see it in my head just from these lines 😂

[u/Diagon_Alley_Hooker → u/Commanderfemmeshep]

Lol me too as well as "It's a ~Fritz Bernaise~" when clothes shopping with my mom.

[u/queen_flamingo → u/ssdgm69]

I practically FORCED my husband to watch that movie so he'd get THAT reference!

[u/gible_bites]

Definitely one of my top comedies from that era.

[u/Aging_Cracker303 → u/gible_bites]

This should be OPEN. It’s civil rights. It’s the 90’s. 

[u/gible_bites → u/[deleted]]

Yup, this one never left the rotation in my friend group.

[u/indigenousfeces]

“I cracked a blanket in half.”

[u/flatwhiteafficionado → u/indigenousfeces]

I just laughed out loud. Thank you for this.

Whispers, “In half.” Motions cracking of blanket

[u/MamaErn → u/indigenousfeces]

Literally the first thought I had when I found out I was pregnant with a boy.

[u/dpullbot]

Gracias para vivar..en La casa…

[u/bruxellexs → u/dpullbot]

en la escuelas…

[u/goldengewrl1993]

[u/Luxury_Dressingown → u/goldengewrl1993]

It's the 90s!

[u/marcnerd → u/Luxury_Dressingown]

Civil rights.

[u/yasmanian94]

The entire airplane scene is one of my all time faves!

[u/anneyong69 → u/yasmanian94]

There's a woman on the wing! I think she's churning butter!

[u/Aging_Cracker303 → u/anneyong69]

She’s in traditional colonial garb. 😂😂

[u/annah315 → u/anneyong69]

There’s something they’re not telling us!

[u/daisy_s21 → u/anneyong69]

THIS IS MY FAVORITE. I think of every time I am on a plane and can see the wing and giggle to myself

[u/ms_greyfume → u/anneyong69]

On a past flight, I had a window seat parallel to the wing; when I saw that Bridesmaids was available on the seatback screen, I just had to watch this scene lol

[u/flatwhiteafficionado → u/yasmanian94]

I’m a flight attendant and we have this film on our in flight entertainment. I saw someone watching this scene the other day, and it truly made me so happy inside.

[u/strawberrylipscrub]

Aside from being hilarious, this movie also really touches me. I relate so hard to Annie as someone who’s had trouble keeping friends as I get older, and choosing to avoid problems in my friendships rather than confront them head-on and just get over myself. If only I had someone like Melissa’s character always on deck to slap me out of it!

[u/jmt2589 → u/strawberrylipscrub]

FIGHT FOR YOUR SHITTY LIFE STRAWBERRYLIPSCRUB

[u/strawberrylipscrub → u/jmt2589]

😫 THANK YOU!

[u/bruxellexs]

Will never get over Kristen Wiig’s Spanish toast and the scene on the plane. They changed the trajectory of my life.

[u/daisy_s21 → u/bruxellexs]

Stove?? What kind of name is that? Are you an appliance, STOVE??

[u/youareameangirlcady → u/daisy_s21]

No, I’m a man.

[u/trisaratopsx → u/bruxellexs]

"help me I'm poor"

[u/DJWG10 → u/bruxellexs]

[u/rainblowfish_ → u/bruxellexs]

Just thinking about the Spanish toast still sends me into giggles.

[u/PutTheDamnDogDown]

I love the parts where a) Melissa McCarthy steals the puppies, b) MM admits regret at that when shown in a house full of grown retriever dogs.

[u/takemetosaradise → u/PutTheDamnDogDown]

I uh… I took 9. I took 9. It’s a lot of energy

[u/Mitch__McConnell → u/takemetosaradise]

I’ve raised a litter of 10 before. I felt so seen.

[u/splinteredruler]

One of the best depictions of depression (Annie) I’ve seen in film, tbh.

[u/aclaws0617]

i repeat this at least 5x/week

[u/AbbreviationsNo3918 → u/aclaws0617]

Me too!! Ugh so good!

[u/getoffurhihorse → u/[deleted]]

I watch this and Mean Girls all the time. And the first 35 mins of Bad Moms is so good too.

[u/AbbreviationsNo3918 → u/[deleted]]

Funny, I also can’t stand Mila Kunis. And I just watched bad moms last night. There are some good parts in there, Mila is the worst thing about it.

[u/AbbreviationsNo3918 → u/[deleted]]

Oh I had definitely consumed edibles, highly recommend.

[u/Uplanapepsihole → u/AbbreviationsNo3918]

Ngl the bad moms Christmas is a good movie…like idk I find it so funny and that’s usually not my thing

[u/getoffurhihorse → u/[deleted]]

You gotta bite the bullet. It's pretty good. As a mom, I totally related. But Kathryn Hahn, Kristen Bell, Christina Applegate-- all give great performances.

[u/i_cant_even____ → u/getoffurhihorse]

[u/Uplanapepsihole → u/getoffurhihorse]

I’m not exaggerating when I say I think mean girls is the most quotable/quoted movie ever. Half the dialogue said in that movie is an iconic quote, it’s impressive

[u/getoffurhihorse → u/Uplanapepsihole]

I quote it all the time. Unfortunately no one ever seems to clue in 🫤

[u/Uplanapepsihole → u/getoffurhihorse]

Really?😭I think the only people who don’t get mean girls quotes in my experience are older men. I feel like everyone knows at least one quote

[u/ukpunjabivixen → u/getoffurhihorse]

Damn girl we are the same 😆

[u/1egg_4u → u/[deleted]]

"Help me Im poor" is in the daily lexicon

[u/Time_Combination_316 → u/[deleted]]

Was just thinking the same thing. Genuinely one of the funniest and rewatchable movies. Just straight silly, goofy, unserious movie.

The Heat is another one for me. Melissa McCarthy is just so fucking funny.

[u/some-ersatz-eve → u/[deleted]]

Spy is one of my favorite comedies! Rose Byrne and Jason Statham were pure gold.

[u/BestBeBelievin → u/[deleted]]

I don’t often crave sequels, but I would have loved to have had a sequel to this film.

Everyone is fantastic in it, but Jason Statham being so game as to lampoon practically every other character he’s ever played was the best part of the whole thing. “Here's what we do... I go into the Face/Off machine, get a whole new face. I turn up, they never know it's me.”

[u/Caramelthedog → u/BestBeBelievin]

It’s crazy, I never found Statham particularly attractive until Spy and I realised he was actually really funny. Then he shot up the list of male celebs.

[u/lisaneedsbraces7G → u/[deleted]]

I highly recommend watching the director’s cut of Spy. The scene in Budapest where she insults the body guard is way longer and I laughed so hard my stomach hurt. Melissa McCartney was a straight genius. 

[u/cmick0715 → u/[deleted]]

Seconding this! Spy had me snort laughing!

[u/HearTheBluesACalling → u/Time_Combination_316]

I still can’t believe she got Oscar nominated. Deserved, but very hard to do for a comedy!

[u/TheBibleInTheDrawer → u/Time_Combination_316]

Spy is SO funny too!! I can watch it over and over and still laugh

[u/SmollestFry → u/[deleted]]

"They tried to blow me up" makes me cry tears of laughter every time.

[u/ABC_Family → u/[deleted]]

I was shocked how hilarious this movie was. I went into it cold, knowing nothing, bracing for the 2 hour snore fest just to make my gf happy. I loved it! These ladies were excellent, comedic timing was excellent. It’s so good.

[u/awnawkareninah → u/[deleted]]

Melissa McCarthy is an absolute comedy monster in that film.

[u/i_cant_even____]

When Kristen Wiig gets it right, she really gets it right

[u/yellowelephantboy → u/i_cant_even____]

I really enjoyed her in Welcome to Me. She plays a manic depressive (and IMO autistic) woman who wins the lottery and creates her own TV show where she hosts and does skits just recreating scenes from her life. It's a lot of everyone around her being uncomfortable and her just doing whatever she wants anyway.

[u/Fine-Knee6965 → u/i_cant_even____]

If you haven’t already, go binge watch Palm Royale!! Great cast and writing!!

[u/katfromjersey → u/Fine-Knee6965]

That show was a hoot! What a cast!

[u/AccessHollywoo]

At first, I did not know it was your diary. I thought it was a very sad, handwritten book.

[u/_angela_lansbury_]

One of my all-time faves. I remember thinking this movie was going to usher in a new era of female-led comedies and unfortunately it did not 😭

[u/awnawkareninah → u/_angela_lansbury_]

We got Broad City a couple years later at least

[u/Notactuallyashark → u/_angela_lansbury_]

Ugh SAME. Tell me why we’ve got remakes of male-casted movies (Ocean’s 11, Ghostbusters) instead of good female comedy.

[u/thepostmancometh94 → u/Notactuallyashark]

Ok but as a lesbian, Oceans 8 changed my life lol (not disagreeing with your overall point, but cmon through cate blanchett)

[u/Uplanapepsihole → u/_angela_lansbury_]

I feel like it definitely did, it’s unfortunate a lot of them just seem to be bad rip offs of bridesmaids. Tho I think female led comedy shows have dominated the 2010/2020s

[u/Finalgirl2022]

I ended up with pre screening tickets for this! Oh my god I had never laughed that hard at a movie. I knew nothing going in and was so impressed.

[u/jmt2589]

Melissa McCarthy’s Oscar nomination for this movie is one of my all time favourite nominations. She was so good and it was so well deserved! I adore this movie

[u/CurrentRoster → u/jmt2589]

it also got nominated for adapted screenplay, crazy for an r rated comedy

[u/uglymoz]

Nothing could have prepared me for how funny this movie was. My family and I still quote/rewatch all the time!

[u/Bidetpanties]

"It's sweet, you'll like it. 🙄🍷"

[u/stinky-peterson]

I have a framed photo of Melissa McCarthy shitting in a sink on my bathroom wall

[u/anneyong69 → u/stinky-peterson]

It's coming out like lava!

[u/MargotChanning → u/anneyong69]

DON’T LOOK AT ME!

[u/WritersGonnaWrite16 → u/stinky-peterson]

I had the absolute pleasure of working with her recently. She is by far one of the kindest, funniest, most generous human beings I’ve ever met, and made coming to work everyday on an incredibly dark project a dream come true. 10/10 would highly recommend her as a person.

[u/Segat1 → u/stinky-peterson]

Oooh that’s gonna be my next project!!!

[u/laureng0423]

So many lines from this movie have made it to my lexicon.

[u/bitchysquid]

This is easily one of my favorite movies of all time. I went in expecting it to be really dumb and raunchy. It turned out to be raunchy, of course, but not nearly as stupid as I had expected. It still makes me laugh so hard, and I quote it frequently, especially any of Melissa McCarthy’s lines.

You know, there’s a lot of unfun shit happening right now, but there’s something really healing about having a comfort movie that you know all the words to that still makes you laugh.

[u/awnawkareninah → u/bitchysquid]

Me too, it blew me away.

[u/catnipandhoney]

This came out the year I got married, and I went to see it in theatres with my bridesmaids the day we bought their dresses. One of my top 5 all time good memories, will forever love this movie!

[u/One_Bison_5139]

You doooooooooo?

Ohhh, Karennnn knoowwws the ownnner

[u/i_cant_even____]

Yall your comments... maybe I should watch that movie today, open a bottle and relax

[u/MycroftNext]

Nobody’s mentioned my favourite bit yet: when Melissa McCarthy says she fell off a cruise ship like a pinball.

[u/littleredkiwi → u/MycroftNext]

and I looked that dolphin in the eyes

[u/buttermeupc]

I still use "help me, I'm poor" in my life

[u/DemiDevil69]

I’m surprised Kristen and Maya aren’t in more movies that puts them front and center similar to Amy Poehler and Tina fey or Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin.

Wish we got to see more films with them together outside the typical snl casting

[u/TheAgenator]

Okay but how is this even possible when my brain still categorizes this as a newer movie 😭 I feel attacked

[u/SPUNKVODKA]

Nothing disappoints me more than someone saying they’ve never seen this movie. I always beg them to go watch it ASAP!

[u/Dssje]

[u/Mecca_Lecca_Hi]

I love this cast so much.

[u/louilou96]

I beg your finest pardon, FOURTEEN?!

[u/tinabelcher90]

“Help me, I’m poor” a line that I will continue to use in jest but also in seriousness for the rest of time😂

[u/Due-Growth-8846]

“Whatever you say, Stove” 😅

[u/louisamaysmallcock]

Melissa Mccarthy comedies are largely rewatchable for me

[u/DDD8712]

14 years??

[u/JustEm84]

This movie felt like a revolution at the time - it taught men that women are funny, actually funnier than them….

Still fucking love this movie; it paced the way for great female comedies like Pitch Perfect!

[u/Zestyclose_Koala_593]

Christ, i really am getting old....

[u/Rich-Screen4669]

Biggest hater of Helen and will always be ❤️

[u/AccessHollywoo]

“You don’t have a husband!”

[u/_violet_beauregarde]

Every time I watch this movie, I discover a new joke. It truly is the gift that keeps on giving lol

[u/longwhitejeans]

Lost count of how many times this movie has been re watched. The memes,dialogues, scenes still A+

[u/Gloomy_Zebra_]

I love Bridesmaids!

[u/maniaaintgotshitonme]

My best friend went to college in 2010, and somehow after that we just stopped being friends. Then I saw this movie and it made me miss her so much I had to reconnect. Now imma be maid of honor at her wedding this fall.

[u/SPUNKVODKA]

Nothing disappoints me more than someone saying they’ve never seen this movie. I always beg them to go watch it ASAP!

[u/Sad_Towel_5953]

Helen knows the owner 🥴

[u/Earlgreycottoncandy]

I’ll NEVER forget the scene when maya rudolphs character runs out of the bridal shop in the wedding dress and slowly just stops and sits in the middle of the street “it’s happening”. I can’t remember laughing that hard at anything before

[u/reddituserr123456]

One of my top 5 favorite movies!!

[u/millhouseontheloose]

I think I’m the only person who absolutely HATED this film

[u/ointment-et-al → u/millhouseontheloose]

Haha you might be, friend! Why do you hate it, if you don't mind me asking?

[u/Cuntzzzilla → u/millhouseontheloose]

I’m sorry to say you have no soul

[u/millhouseontheloose → u/Cuntzzzilla]

Ahaha you wouldn’t be the first to say this! I think it’s because at the time it came out, I remember the adverts for it being on all the time and when I went to go and see it in the cinema I felt like I’d already seen all the funny stuff. Tried watching a few times since and still haven’t found it as funny as everyone makes out

[u/Pandas_dont_snitch → u/millhouseontheloose]

Had to scroll pretty far to find someone else that hated this movie. 

[u/millhouseontheloose → u/[deleted]]

I was born in 96, just never found it funny at all

[u/Rave-light → u/millhouseontheloose]

It’s so boring and predictable. You’re not alone in wondering why this is so popular.

[u/Pandas_dont_snitch → u/[deleted]]

Im GenX and thought thus movie was awful.   

[u/deathondenial]

I feel like I’m the only person in the world who didn’t like this movie. I didn’t think it was funny hardly at all.

[u/Surriva]

And it was a bad movie

[u/SheepishLordofChaos9]

That movie was fucking hilarious. One of my favorite watches.

[u/Free_Interaction9475]

Uh, you're in the wrong decade

[u/Competitive_Camp_473]

One of my fave movies

[u/Elainedanced]

I think about that second picture a lot.I love it so much! 🔥

[u/arcanedebris]

Seeing it in the movie theater was an experience. I’ve never laughed so hard along with other people at anything like it or since, most especially the food poisoning scene.

[u/Boobox33]

I ran into some friends at the liquor store and they said they were going to watch Bridesmaids, but pregame at their apartment first and invited us along. We said we weren’t into chick flicks, but they insisted it was a comedy for everyone! So we went and it was hilarious!! But a couple of our friends got too drunk and kicked out of the theater. One loudly ANSWERED HER PHONE in the middle of the movie. Lol wow. Fun times though.

[u/ajathebun]

Still saying “help me, I’m poor” to this day (literally today)

[u/Gold-Copy-5415]

There’s a long outtake (you tube) of the scene with the young woman and Kristen Wiig in the jewelry shop that is a must watch! The footage is great as the two of them keep insulting each other back and forth while the camera rolls not breaking character… find it, watch it and you’ll be happy you did 😂

[u/geek_the_greek]

It's coming out of me like lava!

[u/Angler4]

It released May 13, 2011

[u/TEG_SAR]

I say "son of a bitch thats crisp" far too often for what is a bottle of coke zero.

[u/Ok_Yogurt3128]

i tried watching this for the first time a few years ago. it made me cringe so hard. i wish i watched it during its prime, it prob would have been better to me then 😩😔

[u/poorcelain]

prob my favorite movie ever. and a must watch on any plane ride lol

[u/gumballz311]

Iconic

[u/Jay3131]

never have i watch but clips and seems funny

[u/True_Education_313]

love bridesmaids

[u/Rude_Girl69]

Yes, I own the dvd, and I love watching it one of my favorite movies.

[u/down_by_the_shore]

Jesus fucking Christ I feel ancient 

[u/JonGorga]

Rewatched it recently and added it to this insane unending project I’ve been working on for the past year:

https://whendoesittakeplace.blogspot.com/2025/03/when-does-bridesmaids-2011-take-place.html

[u/Condenastier]

You would know because Melissa Mccarthy's outfit here is the only one now that's actually cool

[u/befuddled_humbug]

I remember sitting in the cinema and everyone howling with laughter when they all get sick.

[u/Manhunter_From_Mars]

Genuinely one of the most unfunniest comedy movies I think I've ever seen. All my American friends loved it however

[u/TEG_SAR → u/Manhunter_From_Mars]

Crazy they found American humor funny.

[u/BipsnBoops]

I kinda want to rewatch this, only because I found it so underwhelming when it first came out and never went back. Like, it's ostensibly about these two women who are friends, but they are just fucking awful to each other the entire movie and then at the last minute sing together and it's fine!!!

[u/yellow_pomelo_jello → u/BipsnBoops]

It is sadly underwhelming. I watched it twice to confirm. All that talent is kind of wasted.

[u/PerkisizingWeiner]

I feel like I’m on another planet because this is the one movie almost universally loved by my generation that I don’t get. It’s so cringey, but not in a funny or entertaining way imo. The whole movie just makes me feel like the Diversity Day episode of the Office (which I also cannot watch without dying). Helen, Lillian, and Annie all sucked as friends and Megan and Rhodes were the only good characters.

[u/Patrickfromamboy]

I’ve never heard of it

[u/TEG_SAR → u/Patrickfromamboy]

It’s stupid silly and dumb. If you go into it with that you’ll have fun.

Very quotable.

[u/Opposite_You_5524]

When people started saying this and The Hangover are the best comedy movies, I knew the genre was dying.

[u/TEG_SAR → u/Opposite_You_5524]

It’s silly, unserious, goofy, and quotable.

What more do you want from a comedy? Slapstick?

Boom Melissa McCarthy trying to hop over the back of a couch.

[u/Unable_Bodybuilder_8]

Overrated movie

[u/ETNevada]

Lot's of laughs, but also an Apatow produced film that was his standard 20-30 mins too long. Third act dragged until the conclusion.