
27 Dresses(2008)
Altruistic Jane finds herself facing her worst nightmare as her younger sister announces her engagement to the man Jane secretly adores.



Julia Stiles
Carolina

Alessandro Nivola
Albert Morris

Shirley MacLaine
Grandmother Mirabeau

Mika Boorem
Maine Mirabeau

Azura Skye
Georgia Mirabeau

Edward Atterton
Heath Pierson

Randy Quaid
Ted Mirabeau
Dwight Armstrong
Snake

Ana Ortiz
Christen

Jennifer Coolidge
Aunt Marilyn
Carolina is a comedy, romance film released in 2003 exploring themes of sibling relationship, grandparent grandchild relationship, crush, woman director. Directed by Marleen Gorris, it stars Julia Stiles, Alessandro Nivola, Shirley MacLaine. A young woman escapes her wildly eccentric family in search for a life of normalcy.
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