Disgusting Movie That Tries To Be Good

Rating: 5/10 (23 January 2019)

16 July 2005. Unlike "There's Something About Mary" (1998), "The Wedding Crashers" went over the line with its suggestive scenes, perhaps it's a generation gap, but the movie was a turn off in a number of respect. Owen Wilson's character was an insensitive jerk that provided no sympathy except for perhaps egotistical young adult males in the audience looking for some ideal rationalization why what they lust after is OK after all. This predicable, stereotypical comedy had great potential for a comedy-drama that ended up as male, summer entertainment for the exploitation of women. To its credit, "The Wedding Crashers" tries to be good with a morality tale that unfortunately got lost in the good feel movie entertainment. While a couple takes their vows the movie has a our main love interest being insultingly oblivious, just one example of how crass and insensitive this movie is. This uneven comedy promotes the most obvious offensive behavior instead of making this movie a witty, intelligent, comedy drama that it could have been. The script, the director took the easy way out scrambling for gag laughs that sometimes actually hurt (but not in a good way). Since the movie didn't degenerate into complete silliness and grossness five out of ten stars.