Wedding Crashers

Overall:

x 19 out of 25

A entertaining movie that should be seen. It’s a great flick for laughs to watch with almost any audience. It centers around a plot of two outgoing men who learn to grow out of crashing weddings for women. The movie opens with a great scene with two guys who work together as legal mediators. Jeremy (Vince Vaughn) and John (Owen Wilson) have a tradition of crashing weddings during wedding season. They are loyal friends who have 117 rules about wedding crashing, invented by a man whose role is played by Will Ferrell. At first, the movie starts out heavy on the masculine jokes. It is marketed for young men, however early on in the movie, the chick plot emerges. Once again, this is strategy to garner the biggest box office numbers. It did take in nearly $210 million greenbacks at the box office. It’s entertaining, and a great flick for laughs. However, there are issues that upset the scoffing critic.

Director:

Usually in comedies, the audience doesn't care who shot the movie, we just focus on the actual comedy of it. David Dobkin makes a good, solid effort in organizing the structure of the movie. To this end, it's geared towards making scenes interlink and plot stronger. Time-wise he could've done a little bit more tinkering, it is over two hours long. But nice job for a name I've never heard of.

Actors:

The movie focuses on two bachelors (Vince Vaughn, Owen Wilson) who are having a great time doing what they do best: crashing weddings to hook up with girls. This would be even better if STD’s didn’t exist, but eh, whatever it’s a movie. They work together quite well with the timing of jokes and variety of funny scenes, which a comedy should focus on. It’s difficult to imagine to not be cast in this movie for this duo. Vaughn’s sarcasm and optimism carries quite well in the movie as he tries to get Wilson out of his clash with love. They play their roles quite well and would like to see them do more comedies together. Will Ferrell makes an appearance as the 40 year-old inventor of wedding crasher with niche for innovation. A great surprise was seeing Christopher Walken as Rachel McAdams' politican Dad.

Actresses:

Yes, Rachel McAdams was a hottie in the Notebook. (Warning: only watch the Notebook if your’e truly desperate to get her back or your’e ready to move to the next level. I haven’t seen the Family Stone, but the pictures look promising) Anyways, she looks cute, but not quite as cute as she did in the Notebook. Once you get over the difference in how she’s presented in the Notebook, you’ll grow onto her. Definitely a girl you want to bring home to your family. The crazy-teenish sister of McAdams is something a rational man would want to avoid, but if you have that kind of taste like Vaughn’s character, more props to you.

Strength of masculinity:

Super, until Rachel McAdams shows up. The jokes are geared towards the men, but in the end, there's a great sublimal message that women appreciate. In reality, I doubt guys would want to be like Ferrell's character and not have that kind of relationship with the opposite sex when your'e 40 and living with Mom. Obviously, that'd be just plain gay if that kind of relationship was with a guy. Yes, we do need to grow up, but until that girl catches our eyes, we're going to party like we just won the super bowl. It is, mainly, a heterosexual film, thank the director for that, so its not terribly anti-masculine. There's a scene which the disturbed brother Rachel McAdams comes in to Vince Vaughn's room while he's tied up. It's not funny at all. That should've been left out entirely. Some points to take home from the movie: we see the value of taking dance lessons, being an easy-going guy and learning a few, clean jokes.

Plot:

these guys look like they’re 28ish and they’re running around like fraternity college students. Of course, the end will focus on not crashing weddings and growing up. That’s fine and all, but that’s not what young men, like me, want to see. Men, we still have that kid inside of us, and if your fiancée or girlfriend lets you use that side, hang on to that one. The disturbed brother character should've been left out of the plot entirely. Exaggerated in the worst proportions, to the point its not funny.

Some quotes:John Beckwith: Claire's mom just made me grab her hooters.
Jeremy Grey: Well snap out of it! What, a hot older women made you feel her cans? Stop crying like a little girl.
John Beckwith: I wasn't crying like a little girl.
Jeremy Grey: Why don't you try getting jacked off under the table in front of the whole damn family and have some real problems, jackass. Hey, what were they like anyway? They looked pretty good, are they real? Are they built for speed or comfort? What'd you do with them? Motorboat? You play the motorboat?
[makes sputtering motorboat noise]
Jeremy Grey: You motorboatin son of a bitch! You old sailor you! Where is she? She still in the house?
John Beckwith: What's wrong with you?
Jeremy Grey: What do you mean "what's wrong with me?" What's wrong with you?
John Beckwith: No, what's wrong with you?
Jeremy Grey: No, what's wrong with you? You're projecting!
John Beckwith: Drop it.
Jeremy Grey: You drop it! You stop projecting on me! Why don't you go enjoy yourself while I go ice my balls and spit up blood.
John Beckwith: Drop it!
[starts walking away]
Jeremy Grey: Team player!
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Jeremy Grey: Wow. Mr. Environmental is also a hunter. That's an interesting combination.
Sack Lodge: I hunt quail, Jeremy. They're overpopulated in this region and they're decimating the grubworm population. You got a fucking problem with that?
Jeremy Grey: Not as much as I do with your attire, or just your general point of view toward everybody here. But hey, lets go kill some birds. I'm psyched.