Wedding Crashers Review
Upon the recommendations of some friends, I decided to go see the newest film by the Frat Pack of Vince Vaughn, Owen Wilson, Luke WIlson, Will Ferrell, Ben Stiller, and Jack Black. It was exactly what I expected. Vince Vaughn in the fast-talking, quick quipping role and Owen Wilson as the main character whose character has heart and falls in love. Let me just say that it was hilarious. It is by far the funniest movie I have seen this year. If you enjoy the raunchy, sex-based humor of Old School or Animal House, then this is definitely your kind of movie. I give Wedding Crashers an 8 out of 10.
So, on to the review.
It starts out like you see in the trailers of Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson crashing weddings and profiting quite well from it. They use the emotions of women against them to get them into bed. I said the movie was funny, not virtuous. You get backstory that the two of them have been doing this for years and Owen Wilson finally feels that he wants more than just the sex they have been finding at these receptions. And coincidentally, at the final wedding of the year, Wilson finds someone who he wants more with than just a fling.
Both characters are lovable in their own ways, and both actors are great in the roles. But, they are not the only actors who shine in this movie. The counterparts of Vaughn and Wilson are Isla Fisher, and Rachel McAdams respectively. They both do a great job. Fisher in the crazy nymphomaniac role, and McAdams as the lovable girl who Wilson falls in love with. Hilarity ensues.
Also, there is Christopher Walken and Jane Seymour as the parents of the girls. Christopher Walken has that always scary, deadpan wit that has made him famous. And Seymour in the typical movie role of the older woman who constantly has been unfaithful to her husband. There is also a cameo by another member of the frat pack, but I won’t let that cat out of the bag so you can enjoy it in its entirety when it happens.
Now, on the moral side of the fence, there is a lot of language, sexual situations, and nudity. So if you are going in for a family film, then you don’t even need to be there. But I would think that anyone who goes to this movie knows what they are in for. The movie is hilarious, and I would highly recommend that, if you like the other movies of the same genre, then you see this one. It was my favorite so far out of their movies. Even funnier than Old School. I heard it was funnier than Dumb and Dumber. I was disappointed that it wasn’t quite to that caliber, but it was a different type of movie that relied more on storyline than just sight gags.
I see this group’s movies as the new National Lampoon’s movies. It seems that they have taken the spot of Animal House, Vacation, and Van Wilder. It seems to me that they are taking the place of them, and doing it quite well. Just go see the movie, sit back, and enjoy. Like I said, I give Wedding Crashers an 8 out of 10.
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