WEDDING CRASHERS

3.8/5
stars vince vaughn, owen wislon, rachel mcadams, christopher walken

it pains me to admit that i'm not a stranger to the romantic comedy genre. the good ones make me feel good, and the bad ones make me want to invest in a time machine. but WEDDING CRASHERS certainly gave me that feel-good movie feeling.

brothers john (wilson) and jeremy (vaughn) are two guys who crash weddings to meet, greet and sleep with heaps of single women who are so "aroused by the thought of marriage that they're willing to throw their inhibitions to the wind". for the better part of 12 years, they've been pretending to be countless cousins, nephews, adopted grandkids etc... but then comes the cleary wedding - the kentucky derby of all weddings.

enter clare and gloria cleary (mcadams and fishcer, respectively), daughters of the secretary of treasury played superbly by christopher walken.

while jeremy has is hands full with gloria, john tries to win over the heart of clare who, conveniently, is going out with some other guy.

the film takes its time to get rolling, but once it does it soars. a lot of work must've gone into the script as every character had deliberate dialogue but executed perfectly by all cast members.

a special mention goes to aisla fischer who plays the immature but scaringly loving gloria; also to dr. quinn medicine woman for her role as the secretary wife - both proper and kinky.

the film explores what it means to be a true friend, and also what one should be looking for in that other someone. with the backdrop of numerous weddings, this movie is given plenty of opportunities to explore that. however, due to the hilarity of the film, many of the emotionally heavy scenes fall flat.

overall though, i've seen this movie twice and liked it both times; if you've got a space $10 and 2 hours, i highly recommend this movie. vince vaughn kicks ass.

-LOki