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Bridesmaids by Annie Mumolo and Kristen Wiig (outline)

5/10/2018

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  1. ANNIE is getting dolled up.
  2. The REVEAL is that she is putting make up on just to go back to bed with a guy she has slept with.
  3. The GUY tells her that he doesn’t want to date her. She tries to play it cool but obviously is crushed.
  4. She awkwardly leaves.
  5. Annie calls her friend LILLIAN and they discuss the bad relationship. Lillian says she’s gonna visit Annie and complains about her relationship with DOUG.
  6. Annie AT WORK. Mistreated by boss DONNA. Job sucks.
  7. Annie AT HOME. Sleazy roommate, debt collectors calling, shitty apartment. Keeps getting her ex-bf’s mail.
  8. Lil visits and reveals she’s engaged. Asks Annie to be MOH.
  9. Annie tries to impress a guy at the store but fails miserably. She also has a phone call with HELEN, the alpha BM of Lil’s BP. (Bridesmaid and bridal party).
  10. Annie is deluged with wedding emails. Uh-oh. MOH duties are falling behind.
  11. Annie talks with her mom JUDY. Judy is pissed about something happening with BARB, who is Annie’s dad’s new wife.
  12. Annie gets dressed for the engagement party. Her outfit is eh, her creepy roommate helps make it better.
  13. Annie gets pulled over by OFFICER RHODES. He tries to flirt with her. She doesn’t pick up on it.
  14. Annie is overwhelmed by the niceness of the tennis club where Lil’s party is. Immediately she’s a fish out of water.
  15. Lil’s mom tells Annie to keep being single and playing the field.
  16. Annie meets all of Lil’s wonderful, MARRIED BMs. A game for this scene is that every new BM thinks a random strange man standing near Annie is Annie’s date and Annie has to keep saying “Nope I’m here alone.” Helen is particularly impressive and Annie TRIES TOO HARD. We will learn this is her problem.
  17. Annie gives a terrible speech following Helen’s poem, and ends up singing.
  18. Annie is embarrassed. Lil reassures her.
  19. As Annie is leaving, Helen shows up. It seems like she’s taking over Annie’s duties and has no faith in Annie. We also meet MEGAN, Doug’s single sister who is a total shit show.
  20. Annie talks with DONNA about being a BM. Donna is reassuring but not totally understanding.
  21. Annie and BMs go to try on dresses. Annie has not made an appointment and seems like a total letdown until Helen swoops in and saves the day.
  22. Annie talks to Lil. Lil reveals Helen has arranged to get her a super exclusive fancy wedding dress by a French designer.
  23. Annie and BMs try on dresses. Annie has a fantasy of men chasing her (NOTE: this is instead of the shitting scene that happens in the movie) and ends up with Christian Bale in the woods.
  24. Lil picks the dress Helen likes instead of the one Annie likes. The dress is almost $500 and Annie is panicked/ upset.
  25. Annie gets a hideous manicure.
  26. Annie gets her paycheck. It’s weak and she’s gonna have to use it all on the dress.
  27. Annie goes on a blind date with a guy named Mike who is a crass, homophobic pig. After the date, Annie runs into Officer Rhodes.
  28. Annie and Rhodes hang out for a long time, but Annie gets a call from Ted towards the end of the night (the guy she sleeps with in the opening scene) and goes to hook up with him, leaving Rhodes.
  29. Annie runs out of gas on her way to work.
  30. Annie shows up late and Helen is there waiting for her. Helen wants to buy diamonds for all the BMs.
  31. Annie tries to plan a trip to Seaworld that will be cheap and fun and personal to Lil for the bachelorette. Helen shoots it down and convinces everyone to go to Vegas, which Annie can’t afford. NOTE: In the movie they never make it to Vegas because Annie flips out on the plane.
  32. Everyone is in first class except Annie.
  33. Everyone is staying at a nice hotel except Annie.
  34. Annie is staying at Hotel Rick. It sucks.
  35. They go out to a nice dinner. Annie gets soup and water but has to pay $125 because everyone decides to split the bill.
  36. Annie can’t afford to go to the club they’re headed to next. She pretends to have a stomach bug and goes to a casino where she meets college boys playing craps. She rolls for them and WINS!
  37. She ends up hanging out with the college guys. They give her $800 for winning at craps.
  38. She tries to go to the Jungle Club to meet her friends but they’re not there. She gets indoors-rained on and then spotlighted to dance. She angry-dances alone.
  39. Annie can’t find her friends so she meets up with the college guys again and has sex with one of them.
  40. In the morning, the college guy’s GF shows up and beats Annie up. Annie now has a hickey and her face is covered in bruises.
  41. Annie is pissed off and tells Lil she couldn’t afford the night they had. Lil says ok, we’re going to a strip club, you’re gonna be a part of that.
  42. Annie uses her $800 to have a fun time. A guy’s ball sweat drips in her open mouth, making her the hit of the night and she finally feels like part of the group.
  43. Annie flies home not first class again, overhears Lil and Helen talking about how close they are and is sad as she gets kicked out of first class.
  44. Annie gets fired for calling a girl a cunt.
  45. Annie gets a call from Helen who wants to throw Lil’s bridal shower. Annie agrees, begrudgingly, because she has no money.
  46. Annie and Officer Rhodes run into each other. He’s weirded out by her hickey.
  47. Annie gets the shower invite. It includes a live butterfly and is amazing.
  48. Annie talks to her mom. Her mom is coming to the shower.
  49. At the shower. Over-the-top lavish crazy nice but also dumb. Annie feels lame for bringing tupperware cookies and she feels set up by Helen who has made a congrats sign out of one giant cookie. Annie feels super out of place and finally freaks out and loses her shit because Helen bought Lil first class tickets to Seaworld, which was Annie’s idea! Annie makes a huge scene and she and Lil fight.
  50. Annie gets rear-ended. She never got her tail lights replaces. Officer Rhodes shows up and scolds her. He tells her that it’s her fault, and that she doesn’t take responsibility. She feels shitty. NOTE: Her problem kind of shifts from trying too hard to not taking responsibility at this point.
  51. A montage-y type sequence of Annie trying to get her life back on track. Gets a bakery job, talks with Steve about how she has shitty days and maybe it’s her fault, etc. She also enrolls in school. Meanwhile, she and Lil play phone tag and we see Lil getting increasingly stressed.
  52. Annie also leaves a small paper bag of moonpies on the road by officer Rhodes normal stake out spot. THIS IS SUPER DUMB. SHE LITERALLY LEAVES A PAPER BAG ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. She leaves the stuff at his house in the movie.
  53. Annie runs into Ted (hot fuck buddy) but finally turns him down.
  54. Annie hears from the BMs that Lil is missing two days before the wedding. She joins up with the to search for Lil at Lil’s lake house - where Lil and Doug met. But on the way they get a flat. Annie saves the day by changing the tire, but when a creepy guy shows up and tries to fuck with them, all the women band together and bond (NOTE: Very absent in the movie. Instead, Annie apologizes to Rhodes and he helps save the day by finding Lil... who is just in her apartment). Helen apologizes because everyone has turned on her. She confesses that she has no real friends and that she has never been an MOH, and that she was in fact jealous of Annie.
  55. When Annie gets home post-flat, Lil is there. They bond.
  56. Lil’s wedding. Annie brings Steve, who hits it off with weirdo sister of the groom Megan.
  57. As Annie leaves, she runs into Rhodes. He tracked her down and now he kisses her. He also tells her the moon pies she left were covered in ants.


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