The biggest disappointment of 27 Dresses is that it inhabits a Harlequin romance New York City, one remarkably short on homosexuals and divorce.
– Mary Elizabeth Williams,
Salon.com,
18 Jan 2008
rotten:
Talk about setting the woman's movement back by about a half-century.
– Richard Roeper,
Ebert & Roeper,
22 Jan 2008
rotten:
Katherine Heigl carries 27 Dresses when all else fails, which it does with great regularity.
– Joe Morgenstern,
Wall Street Journal,
23 Jan 2008
rotten:
27 Dresses is so flimsy it gives froth a bad name.
– Peter Travers,
Rolling Stone,
23 Jan 2008
fresh:
hops along merrily enough thanks to an engaging turn from Heigl, who's nailed the unusually-pretty-girl-next-door act while embracing physical and risque comedy.