7/13/2005

Wedding Crashers
John Beckwith (Owen Wilson) and Jeremy Klein (Vince Vaughn) are two average divorce lawyers, best friends, and decent guys. All that ends with the arrival of prime wedding season. Then the two shine as wedding crashers, praying on young ladies who are in the mood for love. However, the best is saved for last with the wedding of the daughter of the Secretary of Treasury. Crashing a wedding this big requires a large amount of planning, something the two handle easily. But what comes next is something that they're unprepared for as both fall for the Secretary's (Christopher Walken) other daughters, Claire (Rachel McAdams) and Gloria (Isla Fisher). While Gloria and Jeremy's relationship is mostly sexual, the evolving one between John and Claire is impeded by the fact that Claire is about to be married. With John quickly falling for her, it's only a matter of time when there will be a confrontation between him and the fiancee (Bradley Cooper).

Wedding Crashers feeds off the energy of both of its stars Wilson and Vaughn. When they're together in the same room, fireworks explode and the moviegoers are rewarded with a great experience, especially with the energetic first 15 minutes. However, when they're apart, as they are in the third act, the laughs trail off and the movie suffers for it. Even the introduction of Chaz, played by a famous comedian and usually very funny, seems out-of-place with the way the movie was going in the first 90 minutes. McAdams certainly looks the part and does her best with what she has, but isn't given anything memorable to say. But hey, what can you say about Walken? One look at his stare looks very creepy and aside from Claire, he's the most normal of the family, which is pretty tough to accomplish in any movie. 2.5 stars

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