Starring: Kristen Wiig, Maya Rudolph, Rose Byrne, Melissa McCarthy, Wendi McLendon-Covey, Ellie Kemper
The Wedding Party Is Back… And the Hangover Will Be Legendary
The chaotic, beloved squad is finally reunited in Bridesmaids 2: Save the Date, but the dynamic has completely flipped. Over a decade after the original wedding disaster, Annie (Kristen Wiig) has miraculously managed to get her life together: she has a stable career, a respectable partner, and has traded her crippling insecurities for an air of cautious optimism. However, the formerly perfect, impossibly polished Helen (Rose Byrne) is now spectacularily unraveling, caught in the throes of a messy mid-life crisis that threatens to derail everything.
Wiig returns with her signature brand of awkward charm, finding herself unexpectedly cast as the voice of reason—the one desperately trying to manage a disaster of epic, expensive proportions. Opposite her, Byrne delivers a hilarious comedic masterclass as the woman on the edge, trading her meticulously planned couture gowns for chaotic outbursts and questionable life choices.
A Destination Disaster
The core group—including the ever-calm Lillian (Maya Rudolph), the cynical Rita (Wendi McLendon-Covey), and the sweet Becca (Ellie Kemper)—are struggling to adjust to their shifting lives when Megan (Melissa McCarthy) drops the ultimate bombshell: she’s getting married. And her idea of an intimate ceremony involves a lavish, international destination trip to a luxury resort in the Greek Isles.
What starts as a sun-drenched escape quickly descends into pure pandemonium. The carefully curated itinerary falls apart spectacularly, leading to a series of escalating, cringe-worthy mishaps: accidentally starting a small fire on the resort’s beach, an infamous incident involving a stolen yacht and local authorities, and of course, a bout of devastating, group-wide food poisoning that ensures no moment is too dignified.
Loyalty is Forever
But this isn’t just about party favors and puppies. The stakes are deeply personal as the friendships are tested by the raw exhaustion of adulthood, secrets of professional success (and failure), and the reality that getting older doesn’t automatically mean growing up. Armed with brutal honesty, questionable decision-making skills, and an endless supply of wine, the women must band together to survive the trip and, more importantly, survive each other.
Bursting with raunchy R-rated humor, over-the-top physical comedy, and genuine emotional heart, Bridesmaids 2: Save the Date proves that in this circle of friends, dignity is always optional, but loyalty is forever.