A typical "Frat Pack" movie

Rating: 6/10 (30 March 2006)

I have a huge appreciation for Rachel McAdams, I think she is fantastic actress and hope she has a long and movie-filled career. McAdams was my main reason for watching this film, although I had many people tell me how good it was. I, however, was not overly impressed. Although I think Owen Wilson and Vince Vaughn are good comedians, I felt that their performances here were sub-par, and their characters could have been played by any member of the "Frat Pack", or another comedian too.
The premise of the film is an interesting idea, it basically consists of John (Wilson) and Jeremy (Vaughn) crashing weddings to hook up with chicks. Eventually, after a long opening scene, they crash the wedding of an important family - the Cleary's - and John falls for Claire (McAdams), who is engaged to Zachary Lodge (played by the hilarious and gorgeous Bradley Cooper) who is arrogant and controlling, while Jeremy becomes subject to the unwanted attentions of Gloria Cleary (Isla Fisher of "Home & Away" fame, who gives a terrific performance here).
The typical antics follow, with the guys dealing with their respective situations, and eventually having a fall-out between themselves, though the movie closes with a happy ending all 'round, well, for most people. The film was highly predictable, and at times boring. The rest of the cast were mixed - Christopher Walken gives the first performance of his that I actually liked, the lovely Jane Seymour was severely under-used, Will Ferrell was annoying, Keir O'Donnell's character was rather pointless and poor Rebecca DeMornay, why she subjected herself to such a bit part is beyond me.
Watch this film if you like, but you may be subjected to severe boredom. The only reason I gave it such a high rating was due to McAdams.