Title
Wedding Crashers (2005)
Directed by
David Dobkin
Writing Credits
Steve Faber
Bob Fisher
Selected Cast
Owen Wilson .... John Beckwith
Vince Vaughn .... Jeremy Grey
Christopher Walken .... Treasury Secretary William Cleary
Rachel McAdams .... Claire Cleary
Isla Fisher .... Gloria Cleary
Jane Seymour .... Kathleen Cleary
Ellen Albertini Dow .... Grandma Mary Cleary
Keir O'Donnell .... Todd Cleary
Bradley Cooper .... Zack "Sack" Lodge
Ron Canada .... Randolph
Henry Gibson .... Father O'Neil
Dwight Yoakam .... Mr. Kroeger
Rebecca De Mornay .... Mrs. Kroeger
David Conrad .... Trap
Review
Wedding Crashers is the story of two playboys who crash weddings to pickup emotional and vulnerable women.
Even though Wedding Crashers was not promoted as a romantic comedy, it is. That’s not all bad, because the story contains enough dark comedy to give this film some individuality.
The movie has a fairly flimsy story and could have been a disaster, but it was saved by excellent casting. Owen Wilson’s sensitive scoundrel persona worked perfectly for his character. Vince Vaughan’s aggressive comic timing is incredible and keeps many of the scenes moving. Christopher Walken is good as always, but the script came nowhere close to making proper use of his extensive comedic talent.
The movie starts out strong and keeps up the pace for the first forty-five minutes; however, there is an extensive period toward the middle where the story loses steam and gets bogged down in typical devices of romantic comedies. The movie saves itself toward the end with the appearance of Will Ferrell, who is just enough to bring in some much-needed laughs to close the movie with a decent ending.
This is not a great movie, but Owen Wilson and Vince Vaughan make it worth seeing.
Rating (1-10)
7
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