'Crashing' the comedy genre with two great actors

Rating: 7/10 (11 January 2006)

Wedding Crashers seemed very trite and not really needed when it came into theaters, so I was reluctant to check it out. When it came out on DVD, I saw it and something was still off. I think I'm used to seeing these two actors (Vaughn and Wilson) in totally different films all the time that their staying-power just seems weird. That being said, I had fun while watching it, but the whole movie seemed improbable.
My favorite moments had to be when Vaughn's character, Jeremy, gets pummeled, tied up, raped, molested by a family member, and eventually, Jeremy gets into the whole thing to the point that he wants to marry this freaky girl. Wilson did a great job as the guy who wants to stop going to weddings to meet girls and hook up with them, and he wants to settle down with one girl in particular (Rachel McAdams from Mean Girls and The Notebook). And always great was Christopher Walken, who stepped down a notch in his importance to the film for this one, although his role as the love-interests' father is a pivotal role.
I didn't like the improbability that no one ever kicked them out of the weddings they attended, even if they had horrible alibis. And after awhile, the film was understood but kept going until the happy ending, drama-romance filler that every other movie has. The only real thing that makes it different is the cameo (again) by Will Ferrell (playing Chazz Reinhold, the originator at the game of picking up at important family get-togethers, like weddings and funerals).
I gave it a 7/10 stars. It was worth checking out. It wasn't extraordinary, but the characters and actors in the movie made up for a boring genre which needs better writing in the future.