''Revenge of the Bridesmaids'' is a 2010 ABC Family Original Movie that premiered on July 18, 2010. It stars

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as Abigail and

Joanna García JoAnna García Swisher (''née'' García; born August 10, 1979) is an American actress. She is known for her roles as Sam in ''Are You Afraid of the Dark?'' (1994–96), Vicki Appleby in ''Freaks and Geeks'' (1999–2000), and Cheyenne Hart-Mon ...

as Parker, undercover

bridesmaid Bridesmaids are members of the bride's party in a Western traditional wedding ceremony. A bridesmaid is typically a young woman and often a close friend or relative. She attends to the bride on the day of a wedding or marriage ceremony. Tradi ...

s with a mission to break up a wedding. In addition, the film's cast also features

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Beth Broderick Elizabeth Alice Broderick (born February 24, 1959) is an American actress. She portrayed Zelda Spellman in the ABC/ WB television sitcom ''Sabrina the Teenage Witch'' (1996–2003).

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, David Clayton Rogers, Lyle Brocato and Brittany Ishibashi.

Plot

Two 29-year-old women, Abigail Scanlon and Parker Wald, best friends since

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, return to their small hometown of Lambert, Louisiana from New York City for a visit. During a party to celebrate Parker's parents' wedding anniversary, they run into old friends. They learn that their close friend, Rachel, has lost the love of her life, Tony, to their ex-friend, Caitlyn, a conniving gold-digger who pretends to be

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to trick Tony into marrying her so that she can use his money to keep her family's estate. Intent upon preventing a loveless marriage, Parker and Abigail go "undercover" as Caitlyn's bridesmaids to sabotage the wedding. Along the way, Caitlyn's tightly wound mother, Olivia, works hard to keep Abigail and Parker at bay as Parker falls for the town detective Henry Kent. The bridesmaids put their best-laid plans in motion only to see them go outrageously awry with Olivia interfering as much as possible. As a result, Abigail, Parker and Rachel are arrested by Henry, but Parker convinces him to release them. So Abigail, Parker, and Rachel sneak into the wedding and kidnap Caitlyn. They take her to the hospital for a pregnancy test and trick her into admitting the truth. At the

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Tony lies to Caitlyn that his family lost their fortunes which leads to her canceling the wedding and storming off. After Caitlyn is gone, Tony gets on one knee and proposes to Rachel, also revealing that he lied and is still rich. At the end of the film, Parker stars in a major action film with Henry at her side as her

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, Rachel marries Tony, and Abigail sells her book on their antics as bridesmaids.

Cast

as Abigail Scanlon *

as Parker Wald *

as Caitlyn McNabb *

Beth Broderick Elizabeth Alice Broderick (born February 24, 1959) is an American actress. She portrayed Zelda Spellman in the ABC/ WB television sitcom ''Sabrina the Teenage Witch'' (1996–2003).

as Olivia McNabb, Caitlyn's mother *

as Rachel Phipps * David Clayton Rogers as Henry Kent * Lyle Brocato as Anthony "Tony" Penning Phipps *

Brittany Ishibashi Brittany Mariko Ishibashi (born November 2, 1980) is a Japanese-American actress. She has had starring television roles on '' Political Animals'', '' Supernatural'' and '' Runaways''. Ishibashi has had roles in films such as '' Teenage Mutant N ...

as Bitsy *

Maureen Brennan Dame Maureen Brennan (née Eddy; born 26 March 1954) is an English educator from the West Midlands. She is the previous CEO of Matrix Academy Trust, a position she accepted after serving as headteacher at Barr Beacon School and as principal at ...

as Penny Wald *

Gary Grubbs Gary Grubbs (born November 14, 1949) is an American character actor who has appeared in 178 credited shows and films since the 1970s and is still working steadily. He is best known as Captain Steven Wiecek in '' For Love and Honor'' (1983-1984) ...

as Lou Wald * Ann McKenzie as Charlotte Willington * Angelena Swords as Ashlie * Lacey Minchew as Ashley *

Billy Slaughter William H. Slaughter is an American film and television actor, best known for his roles in '' The Campaign'' and ''Focus''. In his free time he works with students that want to become actors and actresses at Launch Model And Talent in Metairie, ...

as Gary * Carl J. Walker as Glen Woodward * Esmeralda Alaniz as Young Abby * Evelyn Boyle as Young Parker * Audrey P. Scott as Young Caitlyn * Talia Tooraen as Young Rachel

Production

In March 2010,

announced that she would star in an upcoming

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for

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, via Say Now. This is her first

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since '' The Cheetah Girls 2'' in 2006. Filming took place in April 2010 in

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at the Opera Guild Home (previously named the Davis-Seybold Mansion) and at the

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in Burnside, Louisiana. Jim Hayman directed the film.

Reception and release

The film received 2.55 million viewers at its premiere, placing it in the top 5 "highest-rated" ABC Family Original Movie premieres list. The film was released on DVD in the US on April 26, 2011.

Awards

References

External links

* {{ABC Family Original Movies 2010 romantic comedy films 2010 television films 2010 films Films shot in New Orleans ABC Family original films 2010s English-language films 2010s female buddy films Films set in Louisiana Films about weddings