Wedding Crashers

John (Owen Wilson) and Jeremy (Vince Vaughn) are the best of friends, both bachelors and both serial wedding crashers. Tempted by free drink, good food and, more importantly, single girls looking for love, they specialise in gate-crashing weddings. With rehearsed stories and polished chat-up-lines the pair are quickly accepted amongst the wedding guests. They have it down to a fine art and have learnt numerous tricks so that they will be the life-and-soul of the parties. John's outlook on things changes when, at a high-society wedding, he meets someone special...

There isn't an awful lot to the story and the movie does take some ideas from other movies, most noticeably from Meet The Fockers. Another problem is that there are a couple of parts that serve very little purpose either to the story or to the comedy. These parts appear to be just unnecessary 'fillers'. Nonetheless the comedy is good and it's very funny in parts...plenty of big laughs. With plenty of humorous sexual situations and innuendo the 15A certificate is warranted.

Owen Wilson and Vince Vaughn have teamed up a number of times before to make movies but it is Vaughn who gets the funnier character in Wedding Crashers. His character, Jeremy, is totally unscrupulous and he gets himself into the funniest predicaments. Isla Fisher nearly steals the show from everyone and is great in her role of Gloria, the bunny-boiler from hell who latches onto Jeremy. She provides some good laughs. Christopher Walken and Jane Seymour play Mr. and Mrs. Cleary, the parents of Gloria and Claire the bridesmaids who catch the attention of the wedding crashers. They are somewhat underused in the movie which is a shame.

Bottom Line: Predictable story line, silly at times, but very funny in parts. If you enjoy Wedding Crashers you might also enjoy Dodgeball,  Starsky And Hutch,  Meet The Parents (recommended),  Meet The Fockers (recommended), or  50 First Dates

Reviewed by Niall Quinn, Premier Movie Reviews 2005.

RELATED MOVIE REVIEWS:

OWEN WILSON: Starsky And Hutch,  Meet The Fockers.

VINCE VAUGHN: Starsky And Hutch,  Dodgeball.

CHRISTOPHER WALKEN:  Catch Me If You Can,  The Stepford Wives,  Man On Fire.

RACHEL MCADAMS: Mean Girls,  The Notebook.

Genre: Comedy

Director: David Dobkin

Certificate: Wedding Crashers was rated 15A by the Irish Film Censor's Office (www.ifco.ie) i.e. suitable for those of 15 years of age or upwards. Persons under 15 must be accompanied by an adult. Violence = moderate. Drugs = none. Sex/Nudity = moderate. Language = strong.

Official Movie Website: Wedding Crashers

~ Main Cast ~

Owen Wilson

Vince Vaughn

Christopher Walken

Rachel McAdams

Isla Fisher

Jane Seymour