Nothing I haven't seen before. And outgrown.

Rating: 3/10 (28 October 2007)

The premise ordinarily would have driven me from this movie: that of two guys attending weddings with the sole purpose of picking up girls. But seeing the fairly good rating on IMDb, I thought I've give it a try.
Big mistake! The humor was real schoolboy stuff, and I guess they would rate this movie highly for the lingerie and topless shots in the opening 20 minutes or so. Adults will not be so easily pleased. There was very little in the way of witty dialog and and Vaughn's lines were often delivered with such rapidity, most of what he said was incomprehensible. Then Wilson's inordinately nasal delivery served only as a grating counterpoint.
The plot was transparent, but this is not always a handicap. The lack of sub-plots was, though. So too, the unidimensional characterizations for most of the cast, and when combined with lazy - or at best inept - writing, the entire movie became a trial.
Chris Walken was badly underused as he has a true flair for comedic timing and delivery. His scenes were usually the highlight, but near the end his final lines were entirely out of accord with him as a political-minded man.
The real message of the movie delivered by Wilson was as clumsy a piece of writing as you're ever likely to see on film. It hearkens back to the soppy moralizing that used to punctuate many US sitcoms in the 60's and 70's. Of course by this time I was squirming and repeatedly checking my watch for the end of this sorry flick.
Too few paths were trodden as it appears the movie was intended solely as a vehicle for both Wilson and Vaughn. The character "Sack" didn't get his comeuppance and Randolph (the butler) had far more potential to add to each scene he was in and have a greater presence. Will Ferrel was merely grotesque and deserved to be uncredited.
In all, I'm glad I didn't waste a movie ticket to see this, but sorry I blew $10 on the DVD.
Good comedy is hard to find, and I doubt it will ever come with the names of Vaughn or Ferrell.