A new-style chick flick is on the way to a multiplex near you, ladies. On May 13, the Judd Apatow-produced Bridesmaids promises to banish romcom sterotypes forever. While this isn’t a movie that I’d willingly watch, I think it will do incredibly well in theaters. After all, the target audience includes every woman who’s currently engaged to be married as well as her entire bridal party. However, since this is an Apatow movie, the tradeoff from romcom clichés necessarily includes plenty of gross-out jokes and crude, raunchy humor. This sort of adult-oriented immaturity is also to be expected from this particular ensemble cast:

When you choose Kristen Wiig as your maid of honor, you know things are going to get crazy.

Wiig, who has brought to life some of the past decade’s funniest characters on “Saturday Night Live,” takes the leading role in a creation of her own, writing and starring in the upcoming film “Bridesmaids.”

She plays the goofy yet miserably single mid-30’s best friend of former “SNL’ cast Maya Rudolph, who giddily asks her to be the maid of honor at her wedding. Jealous yet determined to do her best, Wiig tries to bring a misfit crew of bridesmaids together for a bachelorette party and the other traditional pre-wedding planning and rituals.

Unfortunately, it tends to end in vomit and/or disaster.

Ellie Kemper of “The Office” and Rose Byrne co-star as two of the bridesmaids, and Jon Hamm joins as well. The film is directed by Paul Feig, best known as the creator of the cult classic “Freaks and Geeks,” and is being produced by Judd Apatow, famous for his guy-centric gross out comedies.

[From Huffington Post]

In addition to the above mentioned ladies, Jon Hamm also appears in a small role that’s visible at the end of the trailer. Honestly though, I wouldn’t have realized that it was Hamm if Kaiser hadn’t informed me as much with an added aside: “The Hamm loves the ladies.” While this may indeed be true (he does seem rather accommodating), I’m slightly concerned that he’s whoring himself out to too many substandard movies at such a rapid rate. Sure, we all love him in “Mad Men,” and he was great in The Town as well, but Sucker Punch and The A-Team? Really. Still, here’s hoping for a better outcome with the new theatrical trailer for Bridesmaids:

UPDATE BY KAISER: Bedhead didn’t use the right trailer with the appearance by Jon Hamm. He’s in this one, below, near the end:

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