Funny first half-hour

Rating: 5/10 (9 August 2005)

You go to a summer comedy, you don't hold highbrow expectations. But hey, you can't get away with EVERYTHING. I mean, doesn't it have to at least adhere to its own established rules? The first half-hour of this one is fall-down funny. Wilson is subdued and Vaughn is manic, but they click. The wedding-crashing montage is funny, no doubt.
But once the main part of the film gets going, it all falls apart. Obvious jokes, well-worn and obvious, plot lines that go nowhere, and the odd feeling that much much more was shot and left on the cutting room floor. And yet, this one could use a really good editor.
Wait for the video.