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Film: BACHELORETTE

Director: Leslye Headland

Actors: Kirsten Dunst, Isla Fisher, Lizzy Caplan, 

James Marsden, Rebel Wilson, Adam Scott, Kyle Bornheimer

Year: 2012

This flick had a lot of potential, but there were multiple problems along the way. I didn't understand the relationship between the three girls and the bride. It seemed odd and forced. Were they really friends? Why did she ask them to be in her wedding? It seemed like they didn't like her... nor she them. We never delved into the bride's insecurities or reasons for wanting to keep them as friends. Kirsten Dunst's character is very strange too. I can't figure her out. She seems like an unhappy bore. Honestly, I don't even see the connection between the three bridesmaids. Why are THEY friends? All three are good actresses, but the casting seems to be off. They don't seem to like one another. Rebel Wilson (the bride) is totally miscast. She is becoming quite popular, particularly since her American debut in "Bridesmaids", but I'm not on board this train yet. She comes across as a novice. I know... she IS a novice, but a good actor can hide it well. With casting aside, I think the writer/director/producers should have made more of an attempt to build characters. There was a lot of raunchy jokes, but it wasn't enough. You can make up for lack of character depth. "Bridesmaids" worked because there was a real story behind the hilarious antics. This film, though not awful, is really not worth a rental price. Maybe catch it when it makes it's prime-time network debut. 

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Sharon Stone (as the Society Dame), Anjelica Huston (as the Society Broad), Diane Lane (as the Restless Wife)

Bruce Willis (as the Gumshoe), Ben Affleck (as the Shamus),

Tobey Maguire (as Jimmy)

Diane Lane, James Franco (as the Unsuspecting Husband),

Tobey Maguire, Jessica Alba (as the Kid Sister),

Kirsten Dunst (as the Heiress), Robert Downey, Jr. (as the Boxer)

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"Killers Kill, Dead Men Die": PART 2

Kirsten Dunst (as the Heiress), Bruce Willis (as the Gumshoe),

James McAvoy (as the Shutterbug)

Rinko Kikuchi (as the Queenpin), Abigail Breslin (as the Orphan),

Bill Nighy (as the Preacher), Penelope Cruz (as the Songbird),

Ben Affleck (as the Shamus)

Edward Norton (as the Undercover Cop), Kate Winslet

(as the Undercover Lady Cop), Robert De Niro (as the Rocketeer),

Jennifer Connelly (as the Informant), Helen Mirren (as the Aristocrat),

Julianne Moore (as the Mystery Woman)

Quote of the Day

"Yea, my ma's clothes all melted onto mine forming, like, this big polyester meteor in our closet, y'know? But, in some kinda weird miracle, our neighbor boy, Kenny Hanson, found my tap costume on the roof of their trailer while he was settin' coon traps for his dad. Here's the weird part; it was still on the hanger."

Kirsten Dunst as 'Amber Atkins', "Drop Dead Gorgeous, 1999

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8) Mona Lisa Smile

Director: Mike Newell

Actors: Julia Roberts, Kirsten Dunst, Julia Stiles,

Maggie Gyllenhaal, Marcia Gay Harden, Ginnifer Goodwin,

Dominic West, Juliet Stevenson, John Slattery,

Topher Grace, Marian Seldes

Year: 2003

Synopsis: A professor tries to teach the students at an

all-girls college that life is full of possibilities.

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Film: ALL GOOD THINGS

Director: Andrew Jarecki

Actors: Ryan Gosling, Kirsten Dunst, Frank Langella, Philip Baker Hall, Lily Rabe, Kristen Wiig, Diane Venora

Year: 2010

Synopsis: A wealthy man marries the girl of his dreams, but things begin to deteriorate very quickly.

Gosling and Langella are in fine form!

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Kirsten Dunst, Kate Beckinsale, Jennifer Connelly,

Rachel Weisz, Brittany Murphy, Selma Blair, Rosario

Dawson, Christina Applegate, and Naomi Watts

do the cover of 'Vanity Fair', 2002

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19.) BRING IT ON

Director: Peyton Reed

Actors: Kirsten Dunst, Jesse Bradford,

Gabrielle Union, Eliza Dushku, Lindsay Sloane

Year: 2000

The ultimate cheerleader flick stars Kirsten Dunst as the head of a spirited group of high schoolers. When Torrance (Dunst) discovers that her squad's moves were stolen from another school, she tries desperately to find a new routine in order to win the cheerleading competition. This film is fun and... well, bubbly. It'll keep you cheering and waving those 'spirit fingers'.

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