A great ensemble comedy - and the characters aren't all zillionaires (just one is): Bridesmaids

Finally saw "Bridesmaids" on DVD, and of course it would have been better to see it on screen surrounded by laughter, but it's pretty great to see it anywhere - even skeptics and Apatow doubters should know that this is a hilarious movie that's also very warm, caring about its characters, and thoughtful - and to some degree realistic (it is after all at heart a farcical comedy about a marriage - don't expect Ingmar Bergman or Woody Allen). Most of all what's great about it is Kristen Wiig, who was a huge scene-stealing surprise in her minor role in Knocked Up and now shows she's a really good comic writer and an actor who can carry a film; the ensemble cast also really solid, with Rose Byrne, who earned dramatic chops in Damages, showing she's a really funny comic actor as well, and a few others whom I didn't know but especially the heavyset woman who dominates every scene she's in - This is one of the few comedy movies largely aimed at women that's totally appealing to guys, too, and that is I think pretty accurate about feelings and friendships and relationships and doesn't place everyone (just one) in amazingly upscale houses and cars but catches the sense of the real life of someone struggling to get by in tough times, without being gloomy like an Indie pic - two quibbles: why does Wiig have to be a boutique baker - that's become a huge movie cliche, the fallback occupation for women on the rise who aren't corporate sharks; 2nd, I never bought into the character of the good cop - another movie/TV cliche, as if these guys just fall out of the sky and into the lives of the protagonist, with no girlfriend, no ex, no family, no life, no baggage - at age 30+ - sorry, it doesn't happen except on film. Final note: John Hamm aka Don Draper very funny as totally self-centered nasty guy, in an uncredited role I think.