Olivia orchestrates the wedding because she ran through her latest husband's money and needs cash to keep her mansion going. They realize Caitlin does not care about Tony, only about his family money. Once Parker and Abigail know the score, they're determined to stop the wedding. Initially, Caitlin's bridesmaids are the Ashleys, two vapid blondes, and Rachel, who grieves as the man she adores sacrifices his happiness. Now Tony is doing the right thing by marrying her. Caitlin swooped in and supposedly got pregnant after having sex once. Rachel and Tony had a tiff and briefly split. Rachel loves Tony (Lyle Brocato), who, as a result of a few bad decisions, is marrying Caitlin, an uber-brat as an adult. Rachel and Caitlin (Chryssie Whitehead, Virginia Williams) stay in Lambert, La. When they grow up, Abigail, a sardonic writer, and Parker, a struggling actress (OK, there are some cliches, but true ones), live in New York. When they balk, she bellows for her mommy ( Beth Broderick, "Sabrina, the Teenage Witch"), who admonishes the girls for challenging her princess. Four girls play on an expanse of lawn that rivals most town parks.Ĭaitlin pretends to be the bride in her little bridal gown, bossing around the other three, designated her bridesmaids. Though the film opens as the wayward bridesmaids are being booked at the police station, the story begins 20 years earlier. They play this like cartoon characters and they are hilarious.
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"So watch before you start man stealing." Although the story has some holes this movie is a hoot to watch, because of the cast of JoAnna Garcia, Raven Symone, Virginia Williams and Beth Broderick. "The secret girl rules of: 'Do not steal my man!' come with consequences," Raven-Symone says. It is just a really fun escape to a girlie, girlie world."Īs much fun as deposing an evil bride is, the movie is not without its lessons. I don't know that I would go to that extent. "At the end of the day what is right prevails, even if it causes us to be arrested and do naughty things.
"It's about friends and girls and the length we would go to be a friend to somebody," Garcia says. In this at least, there are some fun lines and a celebration of the power of women's friendship. Yes, it's predictable, but so are action movies. The movie is a lot better than it needs to be.
They not only get arrested but even wear Pepto-Bismol pink dresses, all in the name of friendship in the romantic comedy. In "Revenge of the Bridesmaids," airing Sunday, July 18, on ABC Family, those friends are Abigail and Parker ( Raven-Symone, "That's So Raven," and JoAnna Garcia, "Privileged"). Ideally, we never need that, but we should all have friends willing to get arrested for us. A lifelong friend not only brings bail money but doesn't ask questions and carries a shovel in the trunk.