How can this movie be so popular???

Rating: 3/10 (20 October 2006)

Wow, I've seen some lame comedies in my time but this was one of the worst I've seen in awhile. First off the premise is pretty offensive particularly if you're a woman... drunken louts, scam weddings and bed women by lying and manipulating... but let's move beyond that. For two guys who specialize in 'crashing' weddings both Vaughn and Owen seem incapable of thinking on their feet even though they reference a list of 'rules' developed by some 'master' wedding crasher. There's no real chemistry between either actor which makes most of the jokes sound awkward rather than funny and it's pretty obvious that Vaughn was enjoying the wedding cakes on set a little too much. There is an extended scene where the two have dinner with the family of a woman that Owen has fallen in love with that is possibly one of the worst I have seen. Every ancient, clichéd dinner gimmick including the 'cute as a button' grandma who gets tipsy and says outrageous things is present. The periodic need for showing topless women also comes across as a sophomoric effort to titillate young men.
If this movie makes you laugh then you are indeed very fortunate as there is no comedy you won't find funny.
This movie reminds me a lot of Hudson Hawk, it enjoyed a little popularity at the time and then quickly became remembered as one of the worst movies of its decade.