Written by Steve Faber and Bob Fisher, and directed by David Dobkin, Wedding Crashers is a movie about two singletons that use the ‘love’ associated with weddings to pull their next conquest. This is a review of the film only.
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divorce mediators and lifelong best friends, have never met a wedding they couldn't charm their way into. Guided by a secret set of wedding crashing rules,the pair attends a different wedding and romances different bridesmaids every week. But, when they crash the social event of the season, John falls for the daughter (McAdams) of an influential and eccentric politician (Walken) and decides to break the rules in pursuit of her love. What results is a wild weekend at her family's palatial estate where the ultimate crashers quickly find themselves in way over their heads!
Comedy - Director: Richard Boden, Mandie Fletcher, Martin Shardlow - Original Language: English - Classification: 15 years and over - Starring: Hugh Laurie, Miranda Richardson, Stephen Fry, Brian Blessed, Tim McInnerny, Tony Robinson, Rowan Atkinson
Comedy - Original Language: English - Classification: 12 years and over - Starring: Tessa Peake-Jones, Buster Merryfield, David Jason, Nicholas Lyndhurst
Advantages: A light hearted movie with a bit of comedy making for easy viewing. Isla Fisher is great Disadvantages: Acting isn't great, not as funny as I thought it would be
...and directed by David Dobkin, Wedding Crashers is a movie about two singletons that use the ‘love’ associated with weddings to pull their next conquest. This is a review of the film only.
==Plot==
Divorce mediators, business partners and life long friends John Beckwith (Owen Wilson) and Jeremy Grey (Vince Vaughan) have developed a novel way to get notches on their bedposts. The pair have discovered that ... ...end up gate crashing the wedding of Kathleen Cleary (Jayne Seymour), daughter of William Cleary (Christopher Walker), Treasury Secretary. Despite being attached the chief bridesmaid, Claire Cleary (Rachel McAdams), becomes the focus of John’s attention and his mind is made up that she is going to be the one. Meanwhile Jeremy is stuck with Claire’s younger sister, Gloria (Isla Fisher) who turns out to be a bit of a handful.
Written by Steve Faber and Bob Fisher, and directed by David Dobkin, Wedding Crashers is a movie about two singletons that use the ‘love’ associated with weddings to pull their next conquest. This is a review of the film only.
Plot
Divorce mediators, business partners and life long friends John Beckwith (Owen Wilson) and Jeremy Grey (Vince Vaughan) have developed a novel way to get notches on their bedposts. The pair have discovered that weddings are the easiest place to bag the next conquest, therefore their spare time involves gate crashing weddings and pulling one lucky (or unlucky lady) for one night only.
The pair live by one golden rule but this is broken when the pair end up gate crashing the wedding of Kathleen Cleary (Jayne Seymour), daughter of William Cleary (Christopher Walker), Treasury Secretary. Despite being attached the chief bridesmaid, Claire Cleary (Rachel McAdams), becomes the focus of John’s attention and his mind is made up that she is going to be the one. Meanwhile Jeremy is stuck with Claire’s younger sister, Gloria (Isla Fisher) who turns out to be a bit of a handful.
John and Jeremy manages to win over the Clearly family and gets invited for a family weekend retreat. Jeremy’s reluctance is the result of abiding by the golden rule where as John strays and follows his heart, as well as the dysfunctional Cleary family to their palatial waterside retreat where both he and Jeremy, who decided to fully support his friend, endure many comical mishaps and mini adventures.
Will John manage to woo Claire or will her brother get in their first? How will Jeremy deal with the redhead cling on he was lumbered with?
Characters
The cast list is huge and there are loads of ‘background’ actors used in this movie. However, as well as the key actors (as described above) there are loads of other actors that have a significant role including;
i) Keir O’Donnell – Todd Cleary ii) Bradley Cooper – Zachary Lodge iii) Dwight Yoakham – Mr Kroeger iv) Rebecca De Morney – Mrs Kroeger v) David Conrad – Trap vi) Ron Canada – Randolph
The other characters have a much lesser role but all of them do a great job in supporting the main cast, who obviously steal the limelight. None of the supporting actors gave amazing performances and, other than Keir O’Donnell, none of them gave memorable performances. Despite this nothing can be taken away from them.
I only remember Keir O’Donnell because he landed the role of Claire and Gloria’s brother who had a really good side story that resulted in some very funny (and hence memorable) scenes. I think O’Donnell was very lucky. He wasn’t amazing in the role and I can think of many other actors that could have done just as good a job, if not better, than O’Donnell did.
Opinion
The Wedding Crashers is yet another feel good film where things start out bad (although I don’t think that John and Jeremy’s lifestyles are that bad) and then get better, take a turn for the worse and then improve once more at the conclusion. Whilst the story is unbelievable and unrealistic (but this is Hollywood after all) as well as predictable this does not make it un-enjoyable. This movie is watch-able and whilst it will never win an Oscar (it’s too late now in any case) or, in my opinion, ever be considered a classic it is entertaining and worth watching providing you are in the right mind set and in the ideal circumstances.
This movie has just the right mix of schoolboy jokes/banter and meaningful love scenes. During the banter scenes this movie rolls along at a nice pace, but it slows right down again during the love scenes.
I think that Vince Vaughan and Owen Wilson are two great actors and both have appeared in some very funny, as well as some very age, movies. In particular I am a Vaughan fan since his performance in Old School was just fantastic, although a lot of this was helped out by the onscreen relationship he shared with Will Ferrell and Luke Wilson, both of whom don’t actually appear in Wedding Crashers.
Vaughan and Wilson’s performances aren’t outstanding and anything to shout about but their on-screen relationship is endearing, believable, cosy and shows what a true friendship should be like based on trust and loyalty. It is fantastic and gives you that warm feeling like movies of this genre should.
Rachel McAdams and the rest of the female cast do a good job, although not outstanding, in supporting Vaughan and Wilson, who are obviously the stars of the movie. That said my favourite character has to be Gloria “the Bunny Boiler” played by Isla Fisher.
In my opinion Isla steals the lime light. Not only is she stunningly beautiful (I have thought this from the first time I saw her in Home and Away all those years ago (just to re-iterate she is actually older than me so there’s nothing perverse about this statement)) but she is really comical (I wonder if she has she been taking lessons from her partner – Sacha Cohen Baron?) and her performance is just fantastic.
Whilst I have never been the subject of a bunny boiler’s attention nor do I know anyone that has, if I were asked to picture how one would act then I would describe Isla’s performance in this movie. It is very entertaining, very comical and she can be credited with the funniest scene and the best one liner in the whole movie with the “I’ll find you” [followed by a disturbed and demonic laugh]” scene.
Compared to other films, such as The Last Samurai or the Lord Of The Rings. the cinematography in this movie can be described as poor. Compared to other films, such as Spiderman or Gone in Sixty Seconds, the action scenes in this movie can be described as very poor. Compared to other films, such as House of the Flying Daggers or Braveheart, the audio in this movie can be described as very poor. However, all of these things are to be expected for a film in what I would call as the ‘feel good’ genre.
Conclusion
This movie may not have the most believable or best storyline, the best acting, the best cinematography, the best audio or be the most action packed but it does have one of the best on screen relationships I have ever scene. It is not the best, I think this has to go to Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker in Rush Hour, but it does come close.
It is the endearing relationship between Vaughan and Wilson, the electric relationship between Vaughan and Isla Fisher and the forbidden relationship between Wilson and Rachel McAdams that makes this movie so good and one that I would recommend.
I wouldn’t recommend it for a boozy lads night in nor would I recommend it if you are in the mood for something deep and serious, however if you want a film that you can chuck on, and relax on the sofa with your other half with then this would be an ideal choice.
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Run time – 119 minutes Certificate – 15 9 Award wins and a further 8 nominations(Originally posted on Dooyoo under the name of Yackers1)
Advantages: A reasonable plot, and some truly humourous moments Disadvantages: No real soundtrack and slightly predictable
...spend their free time crashing wedding parties, bedding bridesmaids and generaly being party animals supporting each other in their conquests by following a set of wedding crashing rules. But when at the biggest wedding of the year John falls head over heels for the daughter of a big US Congressman, he inadvertently breaks one of their golden rules, and Jeremy is left at the hands of his other daughter, a seemingly psychotic nymphomaniac. But even ... ...Congressman's house for an after wedding party.
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Whilst there is no doubting that this is one heck of a stupid film and at times unbelievably juvenile it is also at times incredibly funny as well as entertaining. Following the trend in recent cinema to create comedies which are more about set pieces than telling a story, although this one does seem to have more plot to it than most, "Wedding Crashers" is equally on par if not better ...
christianfilmcritic 03.09.2007
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Advantages: Very funny and original Disadvantages: Wasn't as good second time around
...with 2005's comedy release of Wedding Crashers. I remember falling straight for this film and seeing it at the cinema, only to reunite with the movie and share all our old andecdotes this week gone. Following the story of John Beckwith (Owen Wilson) and Jeremy Grey (Vince Vaughn), the two divorce mediators seem to understand all the ins and outs of marriage -- or more precisely, the makings of a good wedding -- and the origins of this emerge in their ... ...things to say in a wedding speech, or what to serve at the reception do. There is also no doubting the friendship of the pair, who are bestfriends including but not limited to Jeremy even taking his sleeping bag around John's on his birthday for a slumber party. Of course for Wilson this may sound eerily similar to the treatment he received after his suicide attempt in the closing end of 2007. Sorry, cheap shot. With a healthy dose of (half) female ...
nathaninnit 24.02.2008
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Advantages: Some funny moments, decent acting, Disadvantages: The film is a bit long, there's a lack of substance in my opinion
...featurette on the rules of Wedding Crashing (a few of which are of course mentioned in the movie) and trailers.
The deleted scenes you can choose to play each individual one, or you can play them all in a row and you get the choice of playing them either with or without commentary. The deleted scenes aren't particularly interesting in themselves, its mainly extended dialogue, although one that is worth watching for a laugh is '99 Red Balloons' where ... ...on karaoke which is quite funny.
The movie is presented in anamorphic widescreen and in Dolby Digital 5.1 surround sound.
**Conclusion**
I'd say that if your into this kind of movie, you can find funnier ones. At least to me, it didn't appeal as much as I'd hoped it would. This is a movie that guys are more likely to enjoy and that appeals to more at the start. Its a bit too 'Hollywood-ised' I thought and I thought the basic story was a bit too ...
IzzyS 30.07.2007
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Advantages: Are there any? I think not Disadvantages: Awful film that takes a long time to get nowhere
...at the receptions? Every wedding I've ever been to, the reception was invite only and theres always someone checking invites on the door. Normally 2 people so between the 2 of them they know everyone coming through the door. Any crashers then get the cold shoulder and are shown the door, or never make it inside. I don't know why they even bother going to the actual wedding and just go to the reception. It's rare a reception happens RIGHT after the ... ...a family house after a wedding as well. Way, way off the rules in my opinion. Right there Vaughn should have left Wilson to try whatever he wanted - he was already in danger from a female and should be allowed to think of himself 1st. This film looks nice but it's way, way too long by about an hour. It's boring, the plot circles round aimlessly looking for places to go and never really manages to get any where. The outcome at the end is against all ...
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Wedding Crashers is a very funny and novel comedy from a couple of the group known as the Frat Pack, Owen Wilson and Vince Vaughan. It's like watching two teenagers in adults' bodies without them actually being capable of an ounce of seriousness for more than a few seconds at a time.
The title says it all: the pair of them regularly scope out what weddinga are on, and they crash them. They have their own set of rules to not get caught out, and then ... ...are a pair of shallow wedding crashers and that's all there is to it.
The acting is good all round, with Jane Seymour and Christopher Walken also showing they can mix it with the deadpan comedy. The direction seems to almost leave the cast to do their own thing, which is probably the best move, it being something relying completely on the comedy being laid out in a fast talking way. You almost get the feeling that Vaughan and Wilson were allowed ...
pmcds 18.11.2009
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(After crashing their car into Stone Henge)
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Deleted Scenes, Optional Commentary With Owen Wilson And Vince Vaughn, Optional Commentary With Director David Dobkin, Event Planning Featurette, The Rules Featurette, 99 Red Balloons Scene, Interactive Soundtrack, Music Video The Sights Circus, The Rules Of Wedding Crashing, Theatrical Trailer, Teaser Trailer, Theatrical Version Of The Film
Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround, Dolby Digital Stereo Surround, Dolby Digital
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The funniest film I've seen all year. Utterly hilarious (Daily Mirror, )
Wickedly funny (News Of The World, )
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Owen Wilson and Vince Vaughn are an unbeatable combination as two Washington DC lawyers who get their kicks, and their girls, by crashing weddings. Displaying talent, wit, intelligence, and ample charm, the pair seldom fails at their mutual mission of seduction. But eventually they get bored with the routine. Everything explodes when they crash an upper-crust wedding given by US Senator William Cleary (Christopher Walken). Jeremy (Vaughn) makes the ostensible mistake of seducing Cleary's sexually ravenous daughter Gloria (Isla Fisher) and John (Wilson) falls head over heels for the beautiful, slightly sarcastic older sister, Claire (Rachel McAdams). But Claire is nearly engaged to a slimy, macho, ivy-league snob played with beady-eyed gusto by ALIAS's Bradley Cooper. The boys get lured away on a weekend trip to the Cleary's estate, which is when the film begins to resemble an early 1930s pre-code comedy with its innuendo-filled banter, eccentric grandmothers, suspicious rivals, and copious bed-hopping. Vaughn's motor-mouth aggression plays off Wilson's irresistible sensitivity (and vice versa) to such perfection that they leave other contemporary romantic comedy teams in the dust. They manage to get plenty of laughs and warmth from their believably close male friendship without resorting to any cliched homoerotic references. Their respective love interests are also outstanding, particularly McAdams who displays extraordinary wit and presence in addition to her stunning beauty. Walken is surprisingly low-key as the senator, tuning his usual craziness down to a few tensile stares. Seventies mini-series staple Jane Seymour is memorable as the senator's sex-starved, boozed-up wife, who makes a play for John.
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