The Wedding Crashers
One of this film’s biggest pros is the fact that the two stars are just so damn likeable. Despite the fact they crash people’s weddings with the explicit intention of meeting women swept up in the amorous mood, Owen Wilson and Vince Vaughn’s characters come across as harmless, friendly blokes that you can quite enjoy spending the movie with. That they don’t leave you too long between laughs is a definite bonus.
When we meet the boys they are enjoying a busy ‘wedding season’ with a diverse line-up of semi-to-fully-naked women. Two spanners are thrown in the works, however, when they crash the wedding of a senator’s daughter, only to have Wilson fall for a bridesmaid (Rachel McAdams from The Notebook), her mother (Dr Quinn’s Jane Seymour) fall for him, and her sister (Isla Fisher) fall for Vaughn. Mayhem, of course, ensues.
The chemistry between Vaughn and Wilson is a definite plus, art-imitating-life coming in handy, and even Will Ferrell pops in to subconsciously remind us of the common group (Ben Stiller is, however, absent).
The humour gets a bit toilet-y occasionally, almost to the point of ‘teen comedy’, the sections of which are generally much less amusing than when the cast are just clowning around. As a whole, however, the audience was enjoying themselves and there were a lot of laughs on various levels to be had, with no long lapses. If you’re looking for an easy, amusing flick that won’t test the grey matter too hard, it’s worth the money.
Emily Cock
