'Bridesmaids,' 'Something Borrowed,' 'Bride Wars,' '27 Dresses, 'You Again' teach how to ruin a wedding

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 'Something Borrowed': Bed the groom'My Best Friend's Wedding': Embarrass the bride'The Wedding Singer': Hire a depressed wedding singer'The Wedding Planner': Fall in love with your client'The Sweetest Thing': Crash a stranger's wedding'27 Dresses': Bust out the incriminating photos'My Best Friend's Girl': Gross out the other guests'Bride Wars': Share a wedding date with your best friend'You Again': Bring up old rivalries'Jumping the Broom': Feud with your in-laws

<i>By Emily Christianson, Whitney Friedlander and Yvonne Villarreal</i><br>
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In "Bridesmaids," Kristen Wiig stars as Annie, a down-on-her-luck maid-of-honor forced to keep up with the party-planning skills of her best friend Lillian's (Maya Rudolph) new pal Helen (Rose Byrne). As the women try to one-up each other, the claws come out and the wedding starts heading straight for disaster.<br>
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But it isn't as if Annie and Helen were starting a new tradition. Sabotaged weddings are a classic plot device. Here's how romantic comedy heroines (and a few heroes) ruined weddings.<br>
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<i>From left: Ellie Kemper, Melissa McCarthy, Kristen Wiig, Rose Byrne, Maya Rudolph and Wendi McLendon-Covey in "Bridesmaids." </i>

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By Emily Christianson, Whitney Friedlander and Yvonne Villarreal

In "Bridesmaids," Kristen Wiig stars as Annie, a down-on-her-luck maid-of-honor forced to keep up with the party-planning skills of her best friend Lillian's (Maya Rudolph) new pal Helen (Rose Byrne). As the women try to one-up each other, the claws come out and the wedding starts heading straight for disaster.

But it isn't as if Annie and Helen were starting a new tradition. Sabotaged weddings are a classic plot device. Here's how romantic comedy heroines (and a few heroes) ruined weddings.

From left: Ellie Kemper, Melissa McCarthy, Kristen Wiig, Rose Byrne, Maya Rudolph and Wendi McLendon-Covey in "Bridesmaids."

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