*** Official THE WEDDING CRASHERS Review Thread

Robert Crawford · 07-15-2005, 12:34 PM

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Patrick Sun · 07-15-2005, 09:58 PM

This was a good old fashioned R-rated comedy filled with adult sitautions and the use of swear words that adults would use in such situations to express themselves. Loved the chemistry between Owen Wilson and Vince Vaughn. There were quite a few moments of nervous laughing from build-up of the characters interacting with one another that had me in stitches, I think I even slapped my knee a few times as well. Also, the screenplay sprinkles in quieter scenes to let the audience catch their breath, and allowed for a nice flow to the film.

If the concept of wedding crashing intrigues you, check out this film, it's got plenty of laughs for you if you relax and just go along for the ride.

I give it 3 stars, or a grade of B.

Seth Paxton · 07-16-2005, 02:40 AM

Wedding Crashers
7 of 10
The strength of the film is the chemistry between Wilson and Vaughn when they get put into the right situation, and that situation is a weekend with the family of a senator they meet at a wedding. That wedding and the subsequent time with the family will remind you a bit of Meet the Parents and is by far when the film is at its best. In some scenes Vaughn and Wilson go at it almost as good as Lemmon and Curtis in Some Like It Hot.

Unfortunately the film has 2 very poor parts, the beginning and the end.

This hilarious weekend is sandwiched between a very slow start in which there are very few good jokes mined out of what should be a quite funny premise (them sneaking into weddings) and a mostly dragging post-weekend that feels like about 3 endings too long.

There are a couple of laughs in these sections but not nearly enough to be considered great comedy. Thankfully that core middle section contains enough to make the whole film a pretty good, though not great, time at the movies.

PS - no post credit gags in this film

Fred Bang · 07-16-2005, 09:21 AM

I thought it had a good start, but become a pathetically predictable flufly love-story afterwards. The end could easily have been 30 minutes shorter and was a eyes-roll fest.

Some funny moments, though.

5.5 / 10

Dave Hackman · 07-17-2005, 08:00 PM

This movie was disappointing in that it had the right combination to be truly great but opted to play it safe and ended up as only average.

The beginning montage of slideshow weddings was bad. It appeared like a trailer gone mad. I tried to forgive this beginning and probably would if the rest of the movie went off like a bang but it didn’t so I will complain. I liked Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson as the two crashers but they could have been a little more relaxed around each other instead of appearing as if each was trying to out due the other.

My main problem is that it was like a bad roller coaster, it had its good moments then slowed down to boredom, then it picked up and appeared to be on a role then it slowed down and became boring again. It never rode the wave of laughter and instead became identity confused between a flat out comedy and a drama.

The house scenes were the best and this should have been milked for every creative thing imaginable but instead it just showed a flash of potential and slowed again. This movie seemed afraid of loosing control and hit the brakes whenever the comedic speed starting gaining momentum.

My favorite parts are with the family and the crazy daughter. They did a good job with her and Vaughn but should have added more with the Artistic Son and much more with the mother. Walken was comatose and should have had tons of funny things that he could react to or have some funny secrets that we could enjoy.

If there is a sequel, I hope they have the guts to go full steam funny and leave that other stuff for the lifetime channel.

This movie is unable to cash in on its potential. Still worth seeing but man, it could have been great. Maybe it will be a homerun next time.

C

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Ted Lee · 07-18-2005, 02:14 PM

i really didn't even want to see this, but wifey made me go ... and i'm glad i did.

i laughed out loud at many parts. there were even a couple of 'something about mary' type moments that had me going "i can't believe what i'm seeing".

vince vaughn was a riot in this ... i think he took every scene he was in. owen was still great though, but vince was my fave.

i agree that there were some lulls, but they weren't so bad that they took me out of the film. some stuff like the crazy family angle could have been left out ... i didn't really buy the mom, son, or grandma bits -- but i guess they had to develop the backstory and highlight those characters since they were staying at the home. i was telling wifey i felt they could have chopped about 20 minutes and cleaned up the story a tad.

i actually kinda like it that walken played it straight in this. in every movie he is "expected" to have that bizarre monologue, so i'm glad i didn't have to deal with it this time.

patrick mentioned the good ol' r-rated comedy ... that's a good description. anyone remember porkys?

i give this a B.

Jon_Gregory · 07-18-2005, 02:36 PM

This was the first movie in a while that made me laugh out loud. Great movie if you ask me.

Evan S · 07-18-2005, 02:46 PM

Too Long? Yes.
Disjointed at times? Yes
Rough start and overly sappy ending? Yes.

One of the funniest movies I've seen in years? Without a doubt.

I enjoyed Dodgeball, Something about Mary and Anchorman. This is in the same type of slapstick genre, but "Wedding Crashers" is the only one of the lot that I will pick up on DVD street release date.

I think you have to like Vaughn and Wilson to get the most out of this movie. I'm a huge VV fan, so this was right up my alley. I was still chuckling hours after the film ended.

Hunter P · 07-20-2005, 02:17 AM

The audience, and I, were laughing so loud that we couldnt hear dialogue after some jokes. That hasn't happened in a long time. Ah comedy, where have you been?

This movie was way funnier than Cinderella Man. Don't let anyone tell you different.

Ryan Peddle · 07-20-2005, 04:30 PM

Without a doubt the funniest movie in years. To be quite honest Scary Movie comes to mind as the last movie that had me lauging like this.

I went to see it last night with about 8 of my late 20 something friends and we all agreed to the level of hilarity it provoked.

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Vince Vaughn was at the top of his game and everything that came out of his mouth was funny...but not only that his facial expressions killed me two.

9/10 for a little bit of a lull before the ending.

Ray Faiola · 07-20-2005, 04:45 PM

Even though I agree the ending was a predictable sappy copout (smacks of studio cookery), I thought this was the best comedy since BAD SANTA. I Take it back. TEAM AMERICA is the best comedy since BAD SANTA. WEDDING CRASHERS is the best comedy with stringless actors since BAD SANTA.