Bachelorette

Bachelorette

Year: 2012

Runtime: 87 min

Language: English

Director: Leslye Headland

Comedy

On the eve of her wedding, three close friends—the bridesmaids—let loose with a night out in New York City. What begins as a celebratory gathering quickly spirals into a wild and revealing adventure as long-held secrets and unexpected truths surface, testing the bonds of their friendship and leading them to confront their own vulnerabilities.

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1

Regan learns Becky is engaged

Becky reveals to Regan during lunch that she is marrying her boyfriend Dale. Regan, feeling secretly jealous, informs their two other friends Gena and Katie about the engagement to keep them in the loop.

Present day
2

Six months later: plans for Becky's bachelorette party

Gena flies in from Los Angeles to New York City for Becky's bachelorette party, and the four friends converge at a hotel to start the preparations. Tensions simmer as they map out the night they will share before Becky ties the knot.

Six months after lunch New York City hotel
3

Dinner party and awkward encounters

At the hotel's dinner, Gena runs into her ex Clyde flirting with Dale's younger sister, and Katie reconnects with Joe, a former classmate. Trevor delivers a speech as best man, and Gena's toast reveals Becky once forced herself to throw up in high school bathrooms.

Evening Hotel dining room
4

The suite after dinner: drugs and drama

The women retreat to their hotel suite where a co-worker performs a striptease. Becky stops it after he cruelly calls her 'Pigface,' and Regan, Gena, and Katie stay, drinking and doing cocaine. In a mishap, they damage Becky's bridal gown and stain it with a nosebleed.

Late night Hotel suite
5

Midnight dress crisis begins

Regan enlists a friend who owns a bridal store to open it in the middle of the night. After a frantic search for a dress, Katie reveals she can sew, sparking hope that they can salvage Becky's gown.

Late night Bridal store opened at midnight
6

Trevor invites them to the strip club

Trevor texts Regan inviting them to the strip club where the men are gathered. Gena takes Becky's dress into the club's bathroom to attempt a clean‑up, where a stripper uses the dress as a towel and toilet paper in a humiliating moment.

Late night Strip club bathroom
7

Regan and Gena quarrel; abortion revelation

Regan and Gena argue about whether to confess to Becky. Gena finally admits she had an abortion, then leaves the club with Clyde and the wedding dress, leaving Regan to navigate the fallout.

Late night Strip club
8

Joe and Katie; Regan and Trevor

Meanwhile, Joe tries to woo Katie, who is heavily intoxicated and high on cocaine. Regan ends up having sex with Trevor in the strip club bathroom, while Clyde and Gena spend the night together reminiscing.

Late night Strip club / hotel area
9

Katie's past and Regan's confession

Later, Joe and Katie spend the night at the hotel pool, where Katie reveals she attempted suicide the year before. Becky calls Regan to come to her room, and Regan reveals that she is bulimic and that Becky had helped cover it in high school.

Late night Hotel pool area and Becky's room
10

Morning wedding dress crisis

Gena and Clyde head to the wedding with the dress while the hotel staff searches for it. Katie locks herself in the bathroom and overdoses on Xanax; Regan helps by guiding Katie to vomit the pills to buy time, leaving Regan's dress stained but salvageable.

Wedding morning Wedding venue / hotel corridors
11

The dress arrives, mostly cleaned

Gena arrives at Becky's wedding with the gown; the dress has been cleaned except for a tiny bloodstain. Becky prepares to walk down the aisle, unaware of the near-chaos that preceded the ceremony.

Morning Wedding venue
12

Becky walks down the aisle

Becky walks down the aisle in the gown while Regan and Gena watch from a bench, and Katie arrives late to join the ceremony. The moment marks a fragile, uneasy truce among the four friends.

Ceremony time Wedding ceremony
13

Reception chaos and raucous toasts

During the reception, Joe and Katie share a kiss, Regan tries to rest, and Clyde delivers an obscene speech about having sex with Gena the night before. The tension from the night before lingers as the four women begin to reconcile.

Reception Reception hall
14

Final moment: reconciliation and dance

In the final moments, the four women make up and dance together at the reception, signaling a fragile, forgiveness-filled ending after a night of chaos. They leave the wedding on a note of renewed friendship and solidarity.

End Reception floor

Last Updated: October 04, 2025 at 01:16

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