Say "I Do" to seeing "Wedding Crashers".

Rating: 9/10 (23 July 2005)

Long-time friends and business partners, John and Jeremy, are divorce mediators. Although it's rather ironic that these two specialize in giving out marital advice when you consider their own personal outlook and approach to relationships, or more appropriately, their lack thereof.
In their spare time, John and Jeremy are seen anticipating their favorite time of the year, the busy wedding season, during which they infiltrate various marriage ceremonies posing as distant relatives, in order to snag any available female guest or bridesmaid in attendance, if for nothing more than the purpose of indulging in a brief bedroom romp.
The latest wedding that the swinging bachelors set their sights on, is a highly publicized event, since it is to take place within a family of remarkable status which is headed by the treasury secretary.
To the outside observer, the Cleary family is a portrait of wealth and social prominence, but on the inside, it turns out to be quite a dysfunctional clan. There's the needy, sexually-frustrated wife, the artistic outcast son who displays homosexual tendencies, the sweet-looking, but vulgar and gun-brandishing grandmother. Then, there's sisters Claire and Gloria. John soon finds himself falling for Claire, who is obviously trapped within the confines of a potentially controlling relationship. Meanwhile, Jeremy finds himself wanting to escape the clutches of Gloria, a spoiled airhead who becomes possessive and begins latching on to him.
Owen Wilson and Vince Vaughn have been in many previous collaborations together without actually being at the helm as a team, and I'm hoping to see a continuation of this duo in possible future projects. They are two parts of a perfectly comedic structure which is further built to greater heights with the participation of all the other supporting cast members involved, with noteworthy praise for sugary-sweet rising star Rachel McAdams and sexy bombshell Isla Fisher who portray Claire and Gloria respectively.
There's also an amusing cameo appearance by Will Ferrell, who seems to be in just about every other movie these days, as a man who crashes another type of traditional congregation in an attempt to meet vulnerable women.
"Wedding Crashers" is obviously intended for mature audiences since it abounds with nudity and sexual references, and it manages to be explicit without having to rely on the obligatory bodily function sight gags. But beneath all of the liberal exploits, there lies a more subtle undercurrent of romance that the female demographic will be able to appreciate as well.