Wedding Crashers

Plot synopsis:
John Beckwith (Owen Wilson) and Jeremy Grey (Vince Vaughn) are divorce mediators in Washington D.C. who "crash" wedding parties to meet and bed women. At the end of a season of successful crashes, Jeremy takes John to a wedding for the daughter of the U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, William Cleary (Christopher Walken). Once inside, the pair set their sights on Cleary's other daughters, Gloria (Isla Fisher) and Claire (Rachel McAdams). Jeremy ends up having sex with Gloria on a nearby beach during the reception. Gloria is possessive and quickly becomes obsessed with Jeremy, and Jeremy urges John to escape the reception with him.
Meanwhile, John attempts to court Claire, the maid of honor, but is interrupted by her hotheaded boyfriend, Sack Lodge (Bradley Cooper), who is unfaithful and disrespectful behind her back. When Gloria invites Jeremy and John to an extended weekend party at their family compound, John overrules Jeremy to accept and get closer to Claire.
John and Jeremy become acquainted with the Clearys at their home: the Secretary's wife (Jane Seymour) sexually harasses John; Gloria's brother Todd (Keir O'Donnell) tries to seduce Jeremy during the night; Gloria continues to lavish unwanted sexual attention on Jeremy; and Sack repeatedly injures Jeremy during a game of touch football. At dinner, John spikes Sack's wine with eye-drops to make him sick and get more time to connect with Claire.
John and Claire continue to bond the next day on a sailing trip. The suspicious Sack takes the men on a hunting trip, where Jeremy is shot in the buttocks. While he recovers, John and Claire go on a bike ride to a secluded beach. Claire finally admits she isn't sure how she feels about Sack and ends up kissing John passionately. Meanwhile, Gloria tends to Jeremy's wounds and reveals to him that she is not as innocent or inexperienced as she initially let on. Jeremy realizes that he himself has been played and that he may be in love with Gloria.
Ready to confess everything to Claire to convince her not to marry Sack, John is interrupted by Jeremy being chased out of the house: Sack has investigated and revealed John and Jeremy's identities to the family. Betrayed, Claire turns away from John and the Secretary tells them to leave.
Over the following months, John attempts to reach Claire but she refuses to see him. He attempts to crash Claire and Sack's engagement party but is caught and beaten by Sack. Confronting Jeremy about abandoning him, he learns that Jeremy has secretly continued his relationship with Gloria. Betrayed, John spirals into depression, crashing weddings alone and becoming nihilistic and suicidal. Meanwhile, as Claire and Sack plan their wedding, Claire's doubts grow. Jeremy proposes to Gloria and tries to ask John to be his best man, but a depressed John refuses.
John visits Jeremy's former wedding crashing mentor, Chazz Reinhold (an uncredited Will Ferrell), who convinces him to crash a funeral. While there, he reconsiders his belief in love and marriage and rushes to Jeremy's wedding. John joins the wedding mid-ceremony to Jeremy's delight, but Claire is upset by his appearance, prompting John to profess his love to her and his regret for his past behavior in front of the congregation. Sack interrupts, but Claire finally tells him that she can't marry him. Sack tries to attack John, but Jeremy intervenes to knock him out, and John and Claire kiss.
After the wedding, the two couples drive away from the ceremony together, discussing crashing another wedding together, apparently skipping Jeremy's own wedding reception.

Tags: comedy, entertaining, storytelling, romantic

Review:
He's more of the straight man in this film, although he does have some pretty good lines too, and he has great chemistry with Vaughn, especially in the scenes where they're fighting.
Girls will love it too though, and there is a romantic subplot (cheesy at times, but forgivable given how funny the movie is), with Rachael McAdams doing a great job as Owen Wilson's love interest.
Hardly a month goes by without a movie featuring Ben Stiller, Vince Vaughn, Jack Black, Will Ferrell, or those Wilson boys Luke and Owen being released.When Starsky and Hutch paired Owen Wilson and Ben Stiller it was good, when Dodgeball put Vince Vaughn with Ben Stiller it was better, but "Wedding Crashers" could well be the finest Frat-Pack pairing to date.Although Wilson and Vaughn have appeared in four movies together so far, this is the first where they've both taken star billing.
It also suggests, by behaving raucously, loudly and generally being the life-and-soul, people will think you're so obnoxious, you can't not have been invited.The pair eventually find themselves at odds with each other when John meets and falls for a bridesmaid at the Washington society wedding of the year.Although "Wedding Crashers" is at times formulaic, the comic performances raise this movie above par and in lesser hands the main characters could have descended into Rom-Com cliché.
There are also some great comic set-pieces too, notably the divorce meeting, the weddings montage, the cringe-worthy football game and the hunting trip.The supporting cast are also an asset, Christopher Walken expertly walks the tightrope of being both broodingly intimidating and likable, while Rachel McAdams' 'Claire' has a charming vulnerability and an easy-to-fall-in love with quality.
Former "Home and Away" pin-up Isla Fisher however, is less convincing.I admit "Wedding Crashers" is far from perfect, at time situations seem too contrived, the nudity is laughably gratuitous, and Claire's evil fiancée Sack (Bradley Cooper) is an almost too heavy-handed device to make Wilson look good.But if you can look past all that, and simply accept it for what it is, you're left with a very funny film.
It is a shame it was cut from the movie, but as the director's comments stated, "They just couldn't find a place where it would fit." I was very pleasantly surprised at the number of times I laughed out loud, a rarity for me while watching comedies.
Things go well until John falls for Claire Cleary while Jeremy finds himself trapped with the frighteningly clingy Gloria as the pair accept an invitation back to the weekend retreat of the Cleary family.This did not appear strong enough to draw me into the cinema on its release but, on an trans-Atlantic flight it looked like being good enough to fill some time  which is actually a pretty fair summary of the film's strengths and weaknesses.
Of course it helps that Wilson and Vaughn are both doing their thing as usually and have great chemistry together  good news if you usually like them but, if you don't, then why bother?
The weaknesses come in with the actual story because, every time someone has to fall in love with someone else, the laughs stop, the pace slows and the whole thing takes on a mushy air that doesn't gel that well with the banter scenes.
It will take it's rightful place in history along side these great comedies as it deserves.Business partners John Beckwith (Owen Wilson) and Jeremy Grey (Vince Vaughn) are also best friends that go way back.
Jeremy, too, is having his problems after achieving his goal with the Secretary's other daughter, Gloria (Isla Fisher), perhaps a bit too quickly, as he finds out it was her first time and she quickly attaches herself.The long story made short, both John and Jeremy end up on an extended weekend with the Cleary family and hilarity ensues, very much the same way Ben Stiller was put in uncomfortable positions by his fiancé's family in Meet The Parents.This was a great comedy in which I have heard compared to There's Something About Mary.
John Beckwith (Owen Wilson) and Jeremy Grey (Vince Vaughn) are life-long friends who have made a hobby out of lying to get into wedding receptions, where they pick up vulnerable women with even more lies.
Their plans to crash the upscale wedding of a high-profile politician (Christopher Walken) go awry when John falls in love with the politician's daughter (Rachel McAdams) and the two guys end up spending the weekend with her familywho just happen to be completely nuts!
Together, Vaughn and Wilson have great chemistry and really make their scenes with one another really funny.Rachel McAdams is one of the best young actresses working today.
The thirty and something years old bachelor partners and best friends divorce mediators John Beckwith (Owe Wilson) and Jeremy Grey (Vince Vaughn) have a hobby of crashing weddings following predetermined rules to have one night stand with different women.
When they decide to crash the most important wedding of Washington pretending they are brothers, in a party promoted by the Secretary of Treasury William Cleary (Christopher Walken), John breaks their rules and has a crush on Claire Cleary (Rachel McAdams) and Jeremy scores the sex-addicted Gloria Cleary (Isla Fisher), both daughters of William.
Wedding Crashers was a hilarious comedy mainly because of the great performances by Owen Wilson and especially Vince Vaughn.
Director David Dobkin is admirable in making this movie about two best friends who enjoy to spend their time crash weddings and picking up chicks.
Owen Wilson and Vincent Vaughn both made this movie worth seeing because of their great comic chemistry with each other.
The film also stars a more restrained Christopher Walken, Rachel McAdams, Isla Fisher, and Bradley Cooper who are equally impressive as the supporting characters.
A few of the supporting actors provide some comic relief to to movie but most of the laughs come from Wilson and Vaughn as their characters find themselves in one hilarious situation after another.
Overall Wedding Crashers has plenty of humor and exceptional performances by the cast (Wilson and especially Vaughn) making this comedy worth seeing because is sure to please almost any fan of the genre..
There's no real chemistry between either actor which makes most of the jokes sound awkward rather than funny and it's pretty obvious that Vaughn was enjoying the wedding cakes on set a little too much.
If this movie makes you laugh then you are indeed very fortunate as there is no comedy you won't find funny.This movie reminds me a lot of Hudson Hawk, it enjoyed a little popularity at the time and then quickly became remembered as one of the worst movies of its decade..
I will not bother with a synopsis, but I just saw a sneak preview of this movie tonight and had to write how much I loved it.Being a huge fan of both Vince Vaughn and Rachel McAdams might make me more partial to have chosen to see it originally, but it was both sweet and laugh out loud hilarious.
I know there's probably better writers, better scripts and better actors out there but yet Hollywood doesn't know talent when it sees it thus releasing waste of time, money and talent movies like this.
Thus muses Owen Wilson to his pal Vince Vaughn in their new movie, *Wedding Crashers*.
(Well O.K., Wilson was interesting in Wes Anderson's *Bottle Rocket*, and Vaughn had a pretty good part as a creepy step-dad in that Travolta vehicle from several years ago, but 1 out of, like, 20 for each actor is a lousy scorecard.)Let it be said at once that Generation X is aptly named.
(Hint: he's the one who screams a lot, which, I am told, is supposed to be hilarious.) Look, people: it's time to declare a moratorium on the Wilson/Vaughn/Stiller/Ferrell/Rudd Nexus of Bad Comedy.
The success of this movie is a good measure of the state of Hollywood and specifically romantic comedy this summer.Actually I was amused by the concept and the early montage of weddings was fun, but when the real body of the plot began it became truly painful to watch as it became as mean-spirited as the wedding toast "Claire" begins to make.When the man slips on the banana peel it's only funny if he leaps up unhurt, if he has earned the punishment or if the humor is otherwise balanced with caring.
If Christopher Walken can't liven up your movie, nobody can.I like Owen Wilson, Vince Vaughn even more, yet surely they can spot a duff script between them?
See this one.I mean come on Vince Vaughn is a funny guy and can play the serious one,especially in that Psycho movie he did.If you have a sense of humor and like twisted humor this is for you.How can you go wrong with this one.I am a woman and I have to say this movie makes me laugh over and over.I think this movie came out first and then "40 year old Virgin" was next.It is nice to see some movies with comedy that caters to adults.I enjoyed this movie and have told other's to give this a view.If you need a good laugh watch this movie.Also,if you are a fan of Vince,see this movie.I think both Vince and Owen have chemistry,but Vince is the funnier one in this film.Enjoy..
I never liked the characters, I found myself looking for a plot, I never cared for the characters and now less for the actors and I tried to get through this movie THREE times on a DVD that I am sure to give away to a sophomoric, boring friend who just adores, sophomoric, boring movies that he describes as hysterical, funny, outrageous and the total bomb.
It's rather unfortunate that the vehicle he's chosen is such a waste of a life.The overall idea of having two guys, the other being the rather intimidating Vince Vaughn, lie through their teeth to get laid and doing it at weddings, to which they are not invited smell great at the beginning but soon turn into a fume-infested stink fest and that's just at the start of the movie.The turning point is when we first meet Wilson's lady love.
One of the rather simple lessons in this movie is that Wilson and Vaughn are too old to crash weddings: (Quote (Wilson)): I'm still young." (Some lady): "You're not that young."The supporting cast is what saves the movie from being a total bomb but is Christopher Walken really that hung up for work that he wants to play a role mimicking Robert De Niro's in Meet the Parents.
His Father of the Bride (another movie rip-off) is so hard-nosed at the beginning but soon falls into the same "go with what makes daughter happy at the end."The obstacle, of course is a psycho boyfriend who we know will get shafted by Wilson and Vaughn right when we first meet him.
I think that a review of someone who saw the film doesn't really help if you don't know if the taste of the reviewer matches yours (for every movie, no matter how good, there's someone who dislikes it...) So, to begin with: in the genre of romantic comedy I liked "Notting Hill", "Love Actually", "American Pie" (I and II), "Freaky Friday"; I disliked "Anger Management", "Meeting The Parents" and "American Pie III".
One interesting point: the movie actually goes straight downhill: it begins pretty good, but gets worse and worse and then a little more -- just when you think it can't get any lower.
It's bit nudity which makes it not so great for young people.My favorite in this movie is absolutely Vince Vaughn!
'Wedding Crashers' is not the sort of flick I take in very often - I am not a great a fan of crude, gross-out, low-brow humour.This movie did have some very funny moments, especially when Vince Vaughn's Jeremy character goes off on a tangent.The premise is interesting at best - confirmed bachelors & divorce arbitrators seeking female 'companionship' at weddings, only to avoid commitment in any form.Of course the flick could not just be the crashing of weddings, so it evolves (sort of) into a romantic comedy where-in both our leads find true love.The problem I had with the movie was the lack of logic displayed at various times: Distant relatives of the Secretary of the Treasury are invited to his house by the shore without their bona fides being confirmed.
If Owen Wilson had been the lone Wedding Crasher, I believe this movie would have had a better chance.
Starring comedic powerhouses Owen Wilson and Vince Vaughn, Wedding Crashers is a sure bet if you're looking for a fun time.John (Wilson) and Jeremy (Vaughn) are divorce counselors whose hobby is crashing weddings.
The only thing they aren't prepared for is one of them falling hard for a bridesmaid (Rachel McAdams) who is the daughter of the Secretary of State (Christopher Walken).The acting is extremely good, and when you've got the comedic talents of Wilson, Vaughn, and Walken, it's hard not to be good.
Wedding Crashers is a must see for fans of any of the actors, but I think everyone will come away from it laughing at least a few times, even if they don't like it.
I recommend this movie to anyone who loves Owen Wilson, Vince Vaughn, Christopher Walken, Rachel Mcadams and introducing Isla Fisher.
And surely enough, the key to the film's success lies in its two leads: Owen Wilson and Vince Vaughn seem to be a comedic match that was always meant to be, with the effortless ease and skill they play off each other, managing to evoke a laugh from the most mundane of situations.
Still, Wedding Crashers is nonetheless one of the very funniest movies released in a long while, and worth seeing if only for Vaughn and Wilson's unparalleled chemistry and amazing ability to play off each other.
Had anyone but Owen Wilson and Vince Vaughn been the leads, this movie would have tanked.
OK ,i did find the premise interesting , but come on, the acting is frequently over the top, the characters reactions extreme and unbelievable and so is the ease by which the central heroes "score" with women looking better than top models, as well as their total "immunity" to the occasionally "out of this world" beauty and heavenly figure of some of their "victims" until the "right" one comes along...Needless to say that despite it's somewhat original premise ,the film is ridden with clichés and of course a cheesy "happy" end...The movie tries hard to not be too sleazy, but sleazy enough for teenagers but the result is not so attractive...
I honestly had trouble distinguishing between what was supposed to be considered funny and what wasn't, save for some parts that were incredibly over-the-top attempts at comedy.The worst things about this movie are the two main actors.Vince Vaughn is too old for this role.
the only good thing about seeing his name on movie billing is i know i won't waste money or time watching that film..
And this is a great big pile of it.This movie would have made me depressed about the mental status of contemporary society, but thankfully the audience I saw it with helped me keep my faith in humanity by not laughing once during the whole film (except one outburst of laughter from one guy at something that was so corny it was unintentionally funny).
I think the Wedding Crashers would be a much better movie without Owen Wilson.He is just soooooooo annoying.His face is annoying, and his voice is annoying.The role he plays is one where his character is just soooooooooo self-absorbed.Throughout the entire thing, that it just increases everything annoying about him.Throughout the film, you just want to slap his whiney-dumbass.I feel bad for the other actors in the film.There are some great actors in the movie, but their acting is overshadowed by Owen Wilson's lack of acting ability.How does this guy even get girls (in the movie and in real life)?
I am so sad that Owen Wilson and Vince Vaughn agreed to be part of such a terrible movie.
Owen Wilson and Vince Vaughn play John Beckwith and Jeremy Gray, respectively, two DC attorneys who meet women in their spare time by crashing weddings.
Wedding Crashers was one of the funniest movies I've seen in a long time.
Children, especially under 13 even with adult supervision is highly recommended due to language, and very sexually suggestive material and nudity which I might add, bring the movie its funniest moments.One of the best movies I have seen of the summer, real good fun, Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson are great and work off each other very well.
Owen Wilson, Vince Vaughn, Christopher Walken, Rachel McAdams, Isla Fisher, Jane Seymor, Bradley Cooper, and Will Ferrel all perform great.The pacing starts off very fast but slows down towards the middle and the end.
When John starts to have feelings for Claire, they go deeper than they have always trained themselves to be.Vince Vaughn generates most laughs and best lines in the movie with incredible timing while Wilson was on auto-pilot doing his usual stuff.
The humor is just right & the performances by Owen Wilson, Vince Vaughn & Christopher Walken, are outstanding.
This film is worthwhile just to see his very funny portrayal which lifts the movie to its obvious, up-beat ending.The charisma of Wilson and Vaughn, aided by Walken and, latterly, Ferrel, make this film a superior comedy, encouraging me to give it 8/10..
The reason this is okay is because since Owen Wilson brings the movie's comedy down a bit, Vince Vaughn is there to kick it up two notches higher each time.
The 90 percent because Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson are two wonderfully charming comedic actors, while their performances aren't anything exceptional they're still pretty funny and likable.