Over hyped, unfunny, and boring are all words that describe my feelings towards "Wedding Crashers"

Rating: 4/10 (8 August 2005)

"Wedding Crashers" is about two guys John (Owen Wilson) and Jeremy (Vince Vaughn) who basically sneak into weddings in order to meet girls and sleep with them. They do this for fun during wedding season. But at one wedding John actually falls in love with Claire (Rachel McAdams) which comes as a total surprise to him. Meanwhile Jeremy has also met a girl named Gloria (Isla Fisher) who is completely crazy. Together both John and Jeremy are on a wild ride to discover the unexpected surprises life brings and ultimately find out that maybe just maybe these wedding crashers could actually find true love.
This movie is an over hyped, lame, chick flick. I mean seriously why is any of this funny or original? I looked online to see what was funny about this film because seriously I chuckled three times. I asked myself where is this roar of laugher all the critics and people are talking about! It's not that funny at all. So according to people's comments online the funniest scenes are the following: One scene featuring one character getting off another character at a dinner table and another scene featuring Vince Vaughn's character being tied up on a bed and first being taken advantaged of by his girlfriend Gloria and then her gay brother coming into the room trying to rape him. Now those two scenes are considered the most funny scenes and to me neither were funny and to be honest, when I heard about the latter I thought I was going to be offended by it but I wasn't instead I was just shocked to see how dumb and stupid the joke was. The table scene I just mentioned wasn't funny at all because a. it was already done in "American Wedding" which wasn't funny either but instead of just jerking being involved there is also a blow-job involved as well and b. I am not a little horny or immature teenager who finds stuff like this funny. Also again Hollywood stop with the gay jokes! A grandmother calling her grandson a Homo is not funny at all! What is wrong with the IQ of America anymore? Why do we find these same jokes to be funny? I know this summer has been releasing a lot of crap but seriously people, don't say this movie is funny just because there isn't anything else to see or because it seems better then everything else out!
I am very disappointed with Owen Wilson and Vince Vaughn in this movie. I usually like them but they just seemed to be so dull and one dimensional in this movie. Vince is actually getting typed cast now and that's never a good place to be. Also why is Will Ferrell popping up in movies all of a sudden making a stupid cameo appearance? That is really getting annoying; it's like Rob Schneider in Adam Sandler movies. Give me a break. Also Christopher Walken isn't used at all in this movie! The guy is great and they don't use him at all, why the hell cast him then? Also Rachael McAdams does nothing but smile in this movie; it was like OK Rachael do something.
The fault with this movie is the hype and the fact that all the jokes are targeted towards such an immature audience! It's such an average movie. It's very typical, predictable and has been done before. The jokes are already used and here are some examples: the dirty horny mom is from "Slackers" and "American Pie", the getting off at the dinner table scene is from "American Wedding" and a few other movies which I can't remember at the moment, the whole joke about being tied up and being taking advantage of is from "EuroTrip". Those were the funniest scenes to most, of coarse there were a few others but all in all most people only mentioned the scenes I just mentioned. The ending also is very lame and typical and by just watching the trailers and reading the plot outline you can figure out what's going to happen. Also the movie runs way too long it's almost two hours, and that's too long for a comedy. And finally this movie had some identity issues because at first it wanted to be a raunchy comedy but then turned into a chick flick. What the heck was up with that?
In conclusion, it's an average movie but because of the hype it now falls below average. I don't know what critics and audiences are watching but I didn't find this film funny. It has a few chuckles here and there but on the whole is very typical, dull and just drags on for its 119 minute running time. It's the perfect movie for horny teenagers or people who are immature. I love comedy movies, I really do. In fact it's my favorite genre of film but this movie didn't do anything for me. It was a total disappointment for me, especially with a cast that on the whole I usually enjoy. I guess if you found films like "EuroTrip", "American Wedding", and "Slackers" funny then I guess check this baby out. Also if you think "Old School" is the best movie ever then check out this movie. I liked "Old School" but again it was over hyped however that film is 10 times better then this movie at least it was funny and was more original. I really can't say much about "Wedding Crashers" that I did like except that most of the girls in this movie were hot but that doesn't sell a movie to me anymore.
MovieManMenzel's final rating for "Wedding Crashers" is a 4/10.