Upon its opening release in the United States on May 13, , Bridesmaids was a critical and commercial success. It received multiple other accolades. This made Bridesmaids the first Apatow-produced film to be nominated for an Academy Award. Annie Walker is a young single woman living in Milwaukee. Following the recession , her bakery went out of business, wiping out her savings and resulting in her boyfriend leaving her.
Annie has since lost her passion for baking and now works a stressful, underpaid job at a jewelry store and shares an apartment with obnoxious British immigrant siblings Gil and Brynn. She regularly engages in unfulfilling casual sex with a wealthy and self-absorbed man named Ted, who does not respect her, though she yearns for a serious relationship with him.
The only positive presence in Annie's life is her lifelong best friend, Lillian. When Lillian becomes engaged to her boyfriend Doug, she asks Annie to be her maid of honor.
Annie and Helen are instantly jealous of each other's friendship with Lillian and become increasingly competitive for her attention. Annie's suggestion for a bachelorette party at Lillian's parents' lake house is overruled in favor of a Las Vegas trip planned by Helen. Unable to afford a first-class ticket and too proud to allow Helen to pay, Annie books a ticket in economy class. She accepts a sedative and liquor from Helen to alleviate her massive fear of flying , but begins to hallucinate and suffers a paranoid breakdown that culminates in her being apprehended by a U.
Air Marshal. The plane makes an emergency landing , and the party takes a bus home. Annie apologizes, but Lillian decides it's best if Helen takes over planning the bridal shower and wedding. A former regular customer at Annie's bakery, he repeatedly encourages her to open a new one, though she is resistant to the idea. After a romantic night together, she panics and abruptly leaves when Nathan surprises her with baking supplies. Annie is fired from her job after a profanity-laden argument with a teenage customer, and is later evicted by her roommates, forcing her to move in with her mother.
