A few good jokes don't save "Wedding Crashers" from turning into a wannabe sex comedy disaster

Rating: 3/10 (20 February 2006)

The storyline of "Wedding Crashers" involves to men invading weddings to meet girls. Eventually, they are invited to stay at a family's house, where both of them try to get their dream girls. It fails for a couple of reasons. Let me explain.
First of all, it stars Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson. I don't disrespect these actors, but they have starred in many stupid/silly comedies that haven't succeeded too much. I liked "Dodgeball" but disliked "Anchorman" and it almost seems like that their next movie is going to be a failure because of what their past looks like. I'm not saying it's bad that they are put in comedies, but it seems kind of clichéd, like putting Clint Eastwood in Westerns. The only real difference is that many actors famous for comedies (such as Adam Sandler) have had a history of bad movies, (Such as "Billy Madison") while most of Clint Eastwood's Westerns have succeeded. (Such as "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly.") If you've seen Vince and Owens's past movies, you may not have high expectations for this one. (I hated "The Big Bounce.")
Second of all, the film tries to be a sex comedy, and it fails at that. I saw the unrated version, which meant more vulgarity and more non amusing jokes. For example, take the mom (an old lady) who wants Owen to feel her chest.
Is that a bad joke? Yes it is.
There are a few good laughs, but they are too simple or cliché to work. They often include simple jokes such as repeating the same word over and over. The rest of the movie is just pure boredom.
Owen and Vince are both well-loved comedians, but it seems like they don't contribute too much to their parts. "School of Rock" succeeded as a comedy mostly because of Jack Black. But, it seemed like "Wedding Crashers" would have done just as well with average actors in their places.
"Wedding Crashers" was obviously made because the writers could include women getting topless in many scenes. The two writers of this film (Steve Faber and Bob Fisher) have little experience with movies and don't do comedy so well.
There is little to get excited about, because "Wedding Crashers" is yet another one of the many comedy disasters out there.
3/10
Good: A few funny jokes, some people may like the exposure of women in the unrated version.
Bad: Clichés, boredom, bad jokes and predictable. The exposition may be a problem to some.
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