Frat Pack Up To Their Usual Antics

Rating: 9/10 (4 February 2013)

.The Frat Pack had over the years took the comical movies by storm. With the Wilson Brothers, Ben Stiller, Will Ferrell, Vince Vaughn and Jack Black they had really got their brand of formula of comedy down to a tee. I have really gotten a kick of the films they starred in including "Old School", Dodgeball", Zoolander" and of course "Wedding Crashers". Unless you are all living under a rock, you should expect by now that their kind of comedy isn't subtle or dry. The comedy depicted here is basically lewd, crude and downright rude. The leading protagonists will likely be kicked around a lot in the private areas. Toilet jokes will also be likely to come up here and there. There is likely to be a pairing with one of the two (in this case Owen Wilson and Vince Vaughn). with the possibility of a cameo with another Frat Packer. And of course you will expect the pivotal tender scene where we reveal the hero's softer side which leads to the climax where our hero emerges victorious and lets not forget an engaging montage.
Some people may call it a formulaic comedy, but I like to refer to it as a tradition and to me I ask why spoil a good thing? But unlike the other Frat Pack movies, "Wedding Crashers" has some substance added to it. I was impressed by the female leads' performances. Isla Fisher and Rachel McAdams were phenomenal as the love interests for John Beckwith and Jeremy Grey (Wilson and Vaughn) who also happen to be the daughters of the treasury secretary. Bradley Cooper is quite hilarious as preppy guy who's not all that sane. Jane Seymour sinks her teeth into some comic support as the Secretary's wife who tries to seduce John. Will Ferrell has a unsettling cameo as a man trying to search for girls at funerals. Sadly though, Christopher Walken doesn't really have that much to do.
What separates "Wedding Crashers" from the other Frat Pack Movies before and after is that we see a familiar story of grown-up boys morphing into men. For John and Jeremy, they eventually find their true love by way of irony when all they really wanted was to crash wedding parties just to get an easy #$%$. So in spite of the side-splitting laughter, there is a bit of coming-of-age that's exhibited behind the the insane zaniness of "Wedding Crashers". Based on the fans' ovation at the theatre, this movie was the most hilarious comedy of the year. That and the hilarious "The 40 Year-Old Virgin."
For those who are sensitive about the content, I should warn you that there's a lot of nudity and sexual references delivered here. Quite a lot of smoking and drinking involved. There's a lot of cussing in the language department. In addition to that there are scenes involving foot fetishes and bondage. For the homophobes out there there is also gay acts as well. If these situations offend you in any way, it's never too late to turn back now.