Film critics slam made-in-Boston 'Bride Wars'

OK, the reviews are in ... and it ain't pretty.

"Bride Wars," the made-in-Boston, set-in-NYC flick starring Kate Hudson and Oscar contender Anne Hathaway, is getting slammed by film critics. In fact, Boston may want a divorce after the so-called "idiotic" chick flick hits theaters on Friday, Jan. 9.

We're talking a film review bloodbath ... a wedding day massacre. Here's a no-holds-barred sampling:

"Here is a sitcom about consumerism, centering on two bubble-brained women and their vacuous fiances, and providing them with not a single line that is smart or witty."--Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

"Hathaway and Hudson, both natural charmers, are reduced to female stereotypes in this outdated comedy." --Rafer Guzman, Newsday

"A crass, despicably sexist piece of Hollywood trash."--Josh Bell, Las Vegas Weekly

"A shrill, mechanical comedy dedicated to the proposition that a wedding that doesn't take place at the Plaza Hotel is scarcely worth having at all." --Todd McCarthy, Variety

"'Bride Wars' is about as funny as a cringingly awkward wedding toast." --Claudia Puig, USA Today

"I imagine that if everyone treated weddings the way 'Bride Wars' does, the human species would probably die off." --Sean P. Means, The Salt Lake Tribune

"The most lamentable thing about the dismal 'Bride Wars' is the total absence of fatalities." --Nick Schager, Slant Magazine

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