I didn’t expect to like 27 Dresses. Truth be told, I picked it up more for my wife’s sake than my own. So imagine my surprise when I found out it was watchable, entertaining, even enjoyable. Of course, the film does star Katherine Heigl, whose work I’ve enjoyed in the old WB drama, Roswell, as well as those Jeanette Oke novels that Michael Landon Jr.’s directed, like Love Comes Softly. And although I don’t watch it, I understand she’s done well on Grey’s Anatomy.

Surrounded by Edward Burns and James Marsden as romantic foils, Heigl shines in this mass-market romantic comedy that did so well, there’s talk of her leaving Grey’s Anatomy to devote herself to her film career. In 27 Dresses, Heigl plays an administrative assistant with a crush on the founder and owner of the company she works for, but who is essentially a pro at being a bridesmaid/maid of honor at nearly every wedding any of her friends or acquaintances has ever had.

While pining away for her boss, she meets up with Burns, a social page journalist who’s trying to move up into harder news journalism but needs a shot at writing a decent feature to prove himself to his newspaper bosses. He targets Jane (Heigl) as his feature story, but as these romantic comedies go, we know he will end up falling for her before too long, and she for him.

The concept isn’t entirely bad, though it’s certainly not that fresh on the heels of similar films over the past couple years, including such efforts as The Wedding Planner and My Best Friend’s Wedding and about a dozen others. What makes the film fly, though, is Heigl’s performance and charm as the put-upon eternal bridesmaid.

I wish I could say better things about the DVD, but it’s just not as jam-packed with special features as one might hope. Included are three deleted scenes, a handful of making-of featurettes, and a short documentary about “The Running of the Brides,” an annual bridal gown sale. No audio commentary track, which is a disappointment since Heigl, Burns, and Marsden could have had great fun with that.

The movie is a thumbs up, but the DVD extras left me as mild as a North Carolina health insurance agent.