This romantic comedy gives Katherine Heigl her first shot at carrying a movie, and she does a fine job. The dresses of the title refer to Jane’s (Heigl) collection of bridesmaid dresses. She is cute and charming, while her fashion model sister Tess (Malin Akerman) grates on the nerves. This makes it hard to see why the object of Jane’s affection, played by Edward Burns, remains oblivious to her and instead falls for Tess. James Marsden plays the man that everyone (at least those of us in the audience) except Jane knows is who Jane must eventually fall for. One doesn’t necessarily hope for surprises from a movie like this and 27 Dresses doesn’t offer many. What one does hope for is a good set of laughs and a bounce in the step on the way out of the theater. While Heigl has the charisma to pull that off, the laughs in this one are light and too far between.