{"id":7254,"date":"2019-05-10T18:26:16","date_gmt":"2019-05-11T01:26:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog-proxy.atomtickets.com\/movie-news\/?p=7254"},"modified":"2019-05-10T18:26:16","modified_gmt":"2019-05-11T01:26:16","slug":"7-great-comedies-you-should-see-after-watching-amy-poehlers-wine-country","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atomtickets.com\/movie-news\/wine-country-netflix-best-female-ensemble-comedies\/","title":{"rendered":"7 Great Comedies You Should See After Watching Amy Poehler&#8217;s &#8216;Wine Country&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Female friendships are a very treasured thing, so when women find those special friends who understand them, who they can pick right up with no matter how long it\u2019s been, and who they can fight with because it comes from a place of love, they hold onto those relationships very tight. Because they are the ones worth fighting for.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/aW_0MO-XKog?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Taking a decidedly more comedic approach to these ideas is Netflix\u2019s <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Wine Country<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, an ensemble comedy starring Amy Poehler (who also makes her directorial debut here). She is joined by comedy greats Rachel Dratch, Ana Gasteyer, Maya Rudolph, Paula Pell, and Tina Fey. <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Wine Country <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">spins the yarn of a group of women who have been friends for the last 25 years coming together to celebrate the 50th birthday of one of their own (Dratch). As the women make their way through wine country, we watch these years-long friendships deal with new pressures, joys, and bonding experiences \u2014 all fueled by the power of a good Chardonnay. When you&#8217;re done watching\u00a0<em>Wine Country<\/em>, these seven hilarious movies make for a good chaser.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>1. &#8216;Bridesmaids&#8217;\u00a0(2011)<\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FNppLrmdyug?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">An instant classic, Paul Feig&#8217;s\u00a0<em>Bridesmaids <\/em><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">was a paradigm-shifting comedy. Starring Melissa McCarthy (who earned a Best Supporting Actress Oscar nom because of her comedic performance), Kristen Wiig, Maya Rudolph, and Rose Byrne, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bridesmaids <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">tells the story of what happens when a group of women brought together for a wedding stop being polite and start getting real. Okay, okay, I stole that last part from MTV\u2019s <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Real World<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, but honestly, this movie is so resonant and honest about the nuances of adult female friendships &#8212; both new and old &#8212; and how those relationships can be hilariously and poignantly tested in the planning of a stressful wedding. You\u2019ll laugh until you cry and it will be worth every second. <\/span><\/p>\n<h2>2. &#8216;Bachelorette&#8217; (2012)<\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8aXt6qV4WoA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Taking a more sardonic approach to the idea of everything that can go sideways in a bridal party, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bachelorette <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">stars Kirsten Dunst, Lizzy Caplan, Isla Fisher, and Rebel Wilson. Three friends (Dunst, Caplan, and Fisher) come together as bridesmaids for their high school pal (Wilson), who they were not very nice to when they were all teenagers. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On the weekend of the wedding, old wounds are exposed between the women and some truly royal screw-ups go down. The overlooked and underrated\u00a0<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bachelorette <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">exposes the ways in which even the closest, oldest friendships need to evolve (seriously, the passive-aggressiveness, albeit used for comedic effect, in this movie is off the charts) if they\u2019re worth saving. <\/span><\/p>\n<h2>3. &#8216;Fun Mom Dinner&#8217; (2017)<\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/QszTnwccNoI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fun Mom Dinner<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Katie Aselton, Toni Collette, Molly Shannon, and Bridget Everett play four moms looking to cut loose for just <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">one night <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">while their husbands watch the kids &#8212; a truly relatable premise, even if you don\u2019t have kids. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Aselton and Collette play longtime friends who decide to meet up with two other moms from their kids\u2019 school (Shannon and Everett) for what they think will be a casual night out. Instead, the moms decide to turn up, which of course takes the women in some unexpected directions. <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fun Mom Dinner <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">gets painfully, hilariously, honest about the difficulty of making good friends as you get older and get settled in your life. This comedy understands that, whether you\u2019re a new friend or an old one, finding your perfect friend group is a special thing. <\/span><\/p>\n<h2>4. &#8216;Ghostbusters&#8217; (2016)<\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/w3ugHP-yZXw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The 2016 <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ghostbusters <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">reboot isn\u2019t your traditional female ensemble comedy in the sense that the circumstances a group of friends find themselves in is something like a bachelorette party, a fun night out, or a group trip. The circumstances that bring Kristen Wiig, Melissa McCarthy, Kate McKinnon, and Leslie Jones together are literally world-ending, as they struggle to stop supernatural forces from pushing into our reality and leaving a nasty trail of slime in their wake. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What makes <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ghostbusters <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">such a solid and funny female ensemble comedy isn\u2019t just its callbacks and Easter Eggs to the 1984 classic. It allows four grown women to serve as the film&#8217;s leads and allows audiences to connect to them through their work as they help one another to do the unthinkable. Friendships are built and tested in a number of unusual ways, so why wouldn\u2019t fighting ghosts be one of them?<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>5. &#8216;9 To 5&#8217; (1980)<\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/aOYDV3IIWFQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This Dolly Parton-Jane Fonda-Lily Tomlin joint is a classic comedy. Seriously, if you haven&#8217;t seen it yet you gotta fix that. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Come for the catchy AF, toe-tapping titular Dolly Parton song, stay for the hilarious and clever hijinks the trio of starts get themselves in and out of as they take on their misogynistic, predatory boss (Dabney Coleman) in a comedy that only gets better &#8212; and more relevant &#8212; with age.\u00a0<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">9 to 5 <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">was all about the concept of a \u201cwork wife\u201d before it was ever a thing, showing just how fruitful and healthy workplace friendships among women can be, especially when it comes to giving much-needed protection against shi**y male colleagues and bosses.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>6. &#8216;Girls Trip&#8217; (2017)<\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7jE61BzKmgQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Even the closest of friends need to take time to get away from their hectic lives and meaningfully reconnect. <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Girls Trip <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">certainly accomplishes that as we watch four friends who\u2019ve known each other since college &#8212; played by Regina Hall, Queen Latifah, Jada Pinkett Smith, and scene-stealer Tiffany Haddish &#8212; go on a weekend trip to New Orleans for the Essence Music Festival. The trip quickly exposes all the ways in which each of their personal lives is going through a crisis while showing how the best way to solve these problems is amongst the friends and women that know you best.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>7. &#8216;Mean Girls&#8217; (2003)<\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KAOmTMCtGkI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One of the internet&#8217;s favorite movies, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mean Girls\u00a0<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is absolutely fetch. It is a perfect female ensemble comedy. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Not only does it\u00a0<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Wine Country<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2019s Tina Fey star in the comedy (which she also wrote), it also features\u00a0Amy Poehler in a meme-worthy role as Regina George&#8217;s over-bearing mom desperate to be seen as &#8220;just one of the girls.&#8221;\u00a0<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mean Girls <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">excels at unpacking and tearing down the internalized misogyny and superficial pressures teenage girls put on each other as they search for friends who get them. Being a teenager is rough as hell, but <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mean Girls <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">nails the trial-and-error process of figuring out who your real friends are.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Wine Country <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is available to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.netflix.com\/title\/80194950\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">stream now<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> on Netflix.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Female friendships are a very treasured thing, so when women find those special friends who understand them, who they can pick right up with no matter how long it\u2019s been, and who they can fight with because it comes from a place of love, they hold onto those relationships very tight. 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