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Denzel Washington stars in this adaptation of the novel by African-American crime author Walter Mosley, the first of his stories to reach the screen. Ezekiel Rawlins (Washington), known to his friends as "Easy," has just lost his job at an aircraft plant in post-WW II Los Angeles, a time when good-paying jobs for black men are hard to come by. He's wondering how to make his mortgage payment when he's approached by De Witt Albright (Tom Sizemore), who describes his job as "doing favors for friends...

An unofficial extra branch of the multi-billion dollar wedding industry, the wedding movie serves to make prospective brides even more excited about dresses, centerpieces, venues, and everything else that will cost them tens of thousands before the big day. 27 Dresses is no more than or less than a fully functioning cog in that machine, straining credibility by about the same amount as most of its brethren (or "sisters," perhaps). The film takes to an extreme our collective notion that bridesmaid...