Directed by:
David DobkinCinematography:
Julio MacatComposer:
Rolfe KentCast:
Owen Wilson, Vince Vaughn, Christopher Walken, Rachel McAdams, Isla Fisher, Jane Seymour, Ellen Albertini Dow, Keir O'Donnell, Bradley Cooper, Ron Canada (more)VOD (3)
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Divorce mediators John Beckwith and Jeremy Grey are business partners and lifelong friends who share one truly unique springtime hobby--crashing weddings! Whatever the ethnicity of the wedding party--Jewish, Italian, Irish, Chinese, Hindu--the charismatic and charming duo always have clever back stories for inquisitive guests and inevitably become the hit of every reception, where they strictly adhere to their proven "rules of wedding crashing" to meet and pick up women aroused by the very thought of marriage. At the tail end of another successful season of toasting brides and grooms, Jeremy learns that the daughter of Treasury Secretary William Cleary and his wife, Kathleen, is getting married in what is sure to be the Washington D.C. social event of the year. After infiltrating the lavish affair, John and Jeremy quickly set their sights on two bridesmaids, Claire and Gloria Cleary. With the lavish reception in full swing, Jeremy works his game plan to perfection in seducing Gloria, but John's flirtation banter with Claire is unexpectedly impeded by her pompous, Ivy League boyfriend Sack. Having uncharacteristically fallen hard and fast for Claire, John convinces a resistant Jeremy to bend the crashing rules and accept an invitation to an extended weekend party at the Cleary family compound. Once at the palatial waterfront estate, John and Jeremy endure a multitude of comical mishaps at the hands of the dysfunctional members of the Cleary family, but also learn a few unexpected lessons about love and relationships. (official distributor synopsis)
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Another Frat Pack comedy, this time with slightly less zany humor. In other words, a little more palatable for the general public. The beginning part is almost all excellent, actually up until the last third, when the picture is then needlessly dragged out and starts to get boring. Mainly thanks to the central duo, there is always something to watch and to chuckle at. But this makes it all the more of a shame that Walken is terribly under-utilized. Personally, I like this movie more than the rather more zany humor of the other comedies made by the “Pack". Dodgeball and Anchorman are way different, not to speak of Zoolander.
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It's definitely not a crazy romp, and doesn’t have the smart witty humour of the About a Boy type (I laughed about twice), and I didn't even think that this particular comedy had any traces of bizarre frat-pack humour. But the performances of all the cast, who were all beaming with how much they were enjoying their shooting days, the very pleasant romantic line with the perfectly working chemistry between Wilson and the lovely McAdams (1* for that one alone), and the fact that the story only occasionally slipped into awkwardness (the old mum's troubles), were all enough to give me a pleasantly amused smile that never left me throughout the film. It made me purr in satisfaction like a cat by the fireplace.
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I really liked this comedy from the first time I saw it, and somehow, it remained that way; I still enjoy it even after all these years. It’s one of the few movies where I can still stand Vince Vaughn, mainly because he and Owen just click. Jane Seymour is incredibly beautiful here, outshining all her younger colleagues.
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The first half is truly excellent and relentlessly fun, the second is admittedly much weaker, with the story going off on a tangent, but I can't and don't want to raise any major objections. In fact, movies can always rely on a great cast that will pull them with all their might into the above average, and in addition to the likeable Wilson and Vaughn, who complement each other perfectly, there’s also the unmistakable Walken, in a role a bit uncharacteristic for him, the tough Bradley Cooper and the beautiful McAdams, for whom I would have gone through it all. The last few minutes are also enlivened by old friend Will Ferrell, whose cameo was brilliant this time :) Great fun, and perhaps the best of "Frat pack" team.
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This is how it should be. Transitioning smoothly from a hilarious hit to a romantic drama full of joy for the soul, that is art. To my surprise, the Frat Pack pulled it off with bravura, and even though the talkative grandma or the ultra-weird Todd spoiled the relaxed atmosphere, I mostly find words of praise. Otherwise, given the incredible verbal machine gun of Vince Vaughn or the grounding smile of Rachel McAdams, it's impossible not to. When the main hero confesses to all possible sins in a public confession, or when the unwanted competitor is a disgusting slimeball, those are clichés that I will always love.
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