I was very disappointed.

Rating: 5/10 (2 September 2005)

So these two sex-crazy guys decide to crash weddings. They get laid a lot, really easily, and keep doing it. (Pun intended.) So eventually one of them actually falls in love with a girl, and meanwhile a nutcase harasses his best buddy. Cue some crude sex gags, a couple of cameos and all the other obvious stuff. The result? Wedding Crashers, a disappointingly average comedy starring Owen Wilson and Vince Vaughn.
The movie's plot isn't strong to begin with, but it is taken to an insultingly simplistic level in less than thirty minutes. Once the beginning wears off, the movie gets stuck in a rut  it turns into a film less about crashing weddings, and more about trying to survive in a wacko's house for a few days without being sexually molested. (Nope, it's not a Michael Jackson biography.) Example? In one scene, a woman molests Vaughn's character, then  while still strapped to a bed, unable to free himself  another character who's supposed to be gay begins to kiss him and proceeds to try and seduce him.
It's funny at first, but the whole gag is stretched far too long  once we understand that the girl is a psycho and the kid is gay, it's only funny for so long.
Meanwhile Christopher Walken (who plays a wealthy politician) is pushed to the background, his character unconvincing, unfunny and unreasonable. Although the role is similar to that of De Niro's in "Meet the Parents," it's so underwritten and neglected that Walken really just comes across as another vacant face.
Vaughn and Wilson have good chemistry (which we already knew, really) and they alone make Wedding Crashers suitable entertainment. As a way of passing ninety lazy minutes, it's adequate fluff. But it could have been better  a lot better. The humor could have been funnier, raunchier, and more daring. The plot could have used less clichés and more spice. Walken and many other characters could have been filled out to their full comedic potential.
In the end, the movie is disappointing because it achieves so little. It's one of those films where you're already forgetting it on the way out of the theater. I was hoping I'd at least remember it back to the hotel room.