Pretty Good Modern Comedy

Rating: 7/10 (11 September 2005)

I really enjoyed this movie. It was very funny, and well directed. The plot was basically mediocre fare, but the acting raised it to another level. I suspect that Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson improvised a lot of their dialog, which made it pretty original and truly hilarious. That just shows you that good acting can take a mildly funny Saturday-Night-Live-type plot, and turn it into a very entertaining movie. I would almost go and see any Vaughn/Wilson pairing after this. The directing and editing also enriched the film, for example, the opening montage of all the different weddings they crash was filled with a genuine insouciance that made you feel like going to a wedding. In fact, I have always thought of weddings as pretty boring, but they gave me a new opinion! It was exciting to watching them have all the fun they were having. The romance aspect between Wilson and the girl was the most boring partcan't anyone write a FUNNY young female ingénue?! It's not the fault of the actress, it's the writing. Blah. "I'm pretty, sweet, young, and confused." Blah, blah, blah. That's what I mean about the mediocre plot. But the chemistry and dialog of Vaughn and Wilson really make up for that!