Monday, September 12, 2005

New from Nick at Nite:

Wedding Crashers

This is the funniest movie I have ever seen. It has no match, it has no equal. Vince Vaughn is as funny as it gets. Who could have seen this coming for the lanky kid who got his big break playing the spoiled legacy in Rudy? That is right, I saw Rudy again the other night to celebrate the impending college football season and couldn't believe it when I recognized him in a bit part. When he scores one near the end of the game to help get Rudy on the field and tells Sean Astin "that one was for you," no one could have imagined several years later he would be immortalizing the word "Motorboat." Speaking of immortalized, what about Dr. Quinn Medicine Woman? Holy smokes, one can only hope this movie has a sequel and that Jane Seymour returns to reprise her role. I am not suggesting this movie is long on plot. It is not. I am also not suggesting that it has any highbrow humor. It does not. It is filled with one liner after one liner. It contains the kind of jargon, lingo, and back and forth that mirror most interactions between men. As such, it is brilliant. Vince and Owen play each others wingmen as they go from wedding to wedding to wedding hoping to score with whatever cute girl they can find (basically mirroring what men do all of the time, whether at weddings, the grocery store, doctor's office, wherever). Hilarity ensues when one of our heroes actually falls for one of the girls at a wedding. I won't spoil any of the gags because that is where the humor is, I will suggest that you have one or two beers before you see it or during the movie, as I think it could only add to the experience. I give the movie an "A."

2 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

Whoa nellie! The movie was very funny but let's not get too hyperbolic. There were a couple of logistical flaws that were unnecessary and unfunny. The last part of the movie drug on too long and Will Ferrell was underutilized. And why couldn't Vince get in touch with Owen. Remember, they work at the same office. I would analogize the "Owen is sad" part to that of the "pregnancy?" story line in Caddyshack. Completely unnecessary and distracting. Even still, Vaughn had his A-game on and the movie is a must see. B+

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