A few good moments, but a let down

Rating: 6/10 (25 February 2006)

Sent Wifey to pick out last night's DVD and she came back with "Wedding Crashers". Wasn't heaps keen to see it, but thought I'd give it a go.
As the title suggests, the movie revolves around two best mates (Vaughn and Wilson) who crash weddings to pick up chicks. One day they decide to crash the biggest wedding in the country, that of a politician's daughter. While at this wedding both guys meet women who they decide they want to spend more than just one night with. Jeremy (Vaughn) meets Gloria (played by Isla Fisher, who used to be in "Home and Away") who soon becomes infatuated with him and becomes very possessive and creepy. One of the politician's daughters, the taken Claire (Rachel McAdams, in her best role since "Red Eye"), catches the eye of John (Wilson). Both guys end up getting invited to an after party and it's here they have to decide their next move.
Overall pretty disappointing, thanks largely to an all over the place script. Is it a romantic comedy? Is it a blokes flick? Was it directed by the Wayans brothers? It just goes of on too many tangents for my liking. It would have been far better off spending 15-20 minutes at 3 or 4 parties and them meeting the woman of their dreams. Instead we had about 1 mins footage of them at 10 different parties at the start and then the long drawn out story at the end with a bunch of interesting characters, most notably Todd, given nowhere near enough plot or screen time. Other questions:
* How did Christopher Walken go from "Deer Hunter"/"Pulp Fiction" to "Stepford Wives"/"Wedding Crashers"?
*What was the point of Jane Seymour's character?
*How many great ideas did they not utilize eg Jeremy and Todd, the football game, Will Ferrell's cameo?
Shame because this could have been way better.