Wedding Crashers

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By Todd Karella
July 15, 2005

Original Story Synopsis:

A couple of wild bachelors find that the best way to pick up women is to crash wedding receptions.

After one of them falls for an engaged daughter of a powerful politician, they find themselves trying to pull off the scam of a lifetime.

Movie-Pix Best Guess:

A comedy starring both Owen Wilson and Vince Vaughn has fun written all over it.

Don't expect a great story, but there should be more than enough laughs to keep everyone entertained.

Rated R

If you're looking for a fun and whacky film with a simple plot and a lot of laughs, then this is the film for you.
   It's about two diehard bachelors John Beckwith (Owen Wilson) and Jeremy Grey (Vince Vaughn) who crash weddings looking for one night stands. Not only are they successful, but they have it down to a science. Jeremy was trained by the wedding crasher master, Chaz (name witheld because it's a great twist).
   Having just finished the summer wedding season, John is looking for a little rest and relaxation. But that's just not going to happen as Jeremy notices an announcement for the wedding of the year. Senator Cleary's (Christopher Walken) daughter is about to be married. Not only will there be plenty of rich and beautiful women there, but the thrill is increased knowing they'll have to come up with their best game just to get past security.
   The two immediately pick out the women they want. Amazingly, they both decide on the Senator's daughters. John falls in love at first sight with Claire (Rachel McAdams) while Jeremy is just looking for a good time with Gloria (Isla Fisher).
While John pulls out every stop to get Claire to notice him, Jeremy ends up with more than he can handle. Gloria is borderline crazy, and once she gets her claw into him she just won't let go. John takes advantage of his friend's new relationship and gets both of them invited to the Senator's home for the weekend.

Movie-Pix Best Guess

Best Guess Results:

Wilson and Vaughn make a great team as they throw out joke after joke and never have a dull moment.

The amount of actual crashing that they do is minor and takes up 10-15 minutes at the beginning and towards the end of the film, leaving out such details as how they really do get past security and into the weddings.

The story is mostly about their interactiosn with one wedding family that they meet and it's the typical boy meets girl, boy lies to girl, girl finds out, boy must win her back film.

Fortunately, the jokes make up for the lack of plot.

~Funny and pointless, but mostly funny~

The Senator’s Family is completely insane. So while the two have to avoid being caught in a lie about their identity, they also have to avoid the family.
Claire’s fiancé Sack Lodge (Bradley Cooper) is a complete jerk and is out to get John, while her mother, Mrs. Cleary (Jane Seymour), is intent on seducing him.
Jeremy is in even worse shape as Gloria physically wears him out, and her gay brother Todd (Keir O’Donnell) is trying to bed him as well.
The story is pretty predictable. As in most of these types of films, you know that at some point the truth is going to come out, Claire is going to dump him and somehow John will make some grand gesture to win her back.
Even with the simple plot, the interaction between the two best friends and the wacky Cleary family is so much fun that it more than makes up for any of its weak points.