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10.) KRISTEN WIIG KRISTEN WIIG KRISTEN WIIG. I cannot overstate how good she is, how good the writing is, how crucial her unique sense of timing and deadpan is to the narrative. She is this movie, and I hope it makes her an enormous star. I would totally not mind seeing pictures of who she’s dating and what she looks like when she goes to the grocery store. I want her haircut, I want her to be my best friend, I want to go on a plane ride with her.

9.) If you have ever been a bridesmaid, this film is like post-traumatic therapy, manifesting all that is obnoxious, tiresome, difficult, and bank-breakingly opulent about the bridesmaids process. It also speaks to the undergirding reason bridesmaids exists — because women love and need each other — and emphasizes how more important that is than the bridal shower invitations.

8.5) Jon Hamm with his shirt off.

8.) An adorable love interest with a Irish accent. But obtaining said love interest is NOT the sole focus of the narrative. This is so. Incredibly. Refreshing.

7.) If you are a boy, or if you are trying convince a boy to go see this film, rest assured, they will like it. Several boys in my life with distinctly boy-centric media tastes have already declared it “REALLY REALLY FUNNY,” “so good,” and “the best film of the year.”

6.) Demonstrating her increasing irrelevancy, Nikki Finke made a bet that if the film grossed over $15 million its opening weekend, she’d “leave Hollywood reporting forever.” She was wrong — the film is going to make at least $20 million, second only to Thor — and while I doubt she’ll actually leave Hollywood reporting, I like to see her stubbornness (and wrongheaded reading of the film: it’s not about women burping and farting; it’s about women being funny, and there’s a total of one scene with burps and farts) laid bare.

5.) “Bridesmaids doesn’t treat Annie’s single status as a dire character flaw worthy of triage: she’s simply going through a rough patch and has to figure things out, as in real life.” - Manohla Dargis, NYT.

4.) Women are funny, and as obnoxious as this may seem, we — men and women alike — need to place our vote at the box office that we like seeing women being funny. Otherwise, I’m telling you, we are doomed to decades of Kate Hudson and Katherine Heigl rom-coms. This is our future. Change it.

3.) The film has been broadly sold as a “The Hangover for women.” I hope this gets people to see it, but I also think it’s a misnomer. There are Judd Apatow aspects to this film — especially evident in the scene supposedly inserted by Apatow himself involving scatological humor — but don’t be fooled. The humor is rooted in Wiig’s sensibility, which, to my mind, is much more interesting and hilarious than the Apatow/Hangover brand of humor.

2.) Lab puppies and Wilson Phillips.

1.) See it because it’s fucking hilarious.” - Dana Stevens, Slate.com