Wedding Crashers (2005)

User Rating:

7.2/10   

Director:

David Dobkin

Writers (WGA):

Steve Faber (written by) &
Bob Fisher (written by)

Release Date:

15 July 2005 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Romance

Tagline:

On July 15th, they're coming to your wedding...with or without invitations.

Plot:

John Beckwith and Jeremy Grey, a pair of committed womanizers who sneak into weddings to take advantage of the romantic tinge in the air, find themselves at odds with one another when John meets and falls for Claire Cleary.

Plot Keywords:

Wedding | Divorce | Washington D.C. | Best Friend | Womanizer

Awards:

9 wins & 8 nominations

Cast

Owen Wilson	...	John Beckwith
Vince Vaughn	...	Jeremy Grey
Christopher Walken	...	Secretary William Cleary
Rachel McAdams	...	Claire Cleary
Isla Fisher	...	Gloria Cleary
Jane Seymour	...	Kathleen Cleary
Ellen Albertini Dow	...	Grandma Mary Cleary
Keir O'Donnell	...	Todd Cleary
Bradley Cooper	...	Zachary 'Sack' Lodge
Ron Canada	...	Randolph
Henry Gibson	...	Father O'Neil
Dwight Yoakam	...	Mr. Kroeger
Rebecca De Mornay	...	Mrs. Kroeger
David Conrad	...	Trap
Jennifer Alden	...	Christina Cleary (as Jenny Alden)

MPAA:

Rated R for sexual content/nudity and language.

Runtime:

119 min | 128 min (unrated version)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Colour:

Colour

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

Netherlands:12 | Finland:K-11 (re-rating after appeal) | Finland:K-15 (original rating) | Peru:14 | Argentina:16 | Brazil:14 | Taiwan:R-18 | Colombia:12 | Mexico:B15 | Hong Kong:IIB | Spain:13 | France:U | Malaysia:(Banned) | USA:Not Rated (unrated version) | Chile:Y7 | Canada:18A (Alberta) | USA:R (certificate #41437) | Switzerland:14 (canton of Zurich) | Iceland:L | Singapore:M18 (re-rating) | Singapore:NC-16 (cut) | South Korea:15 | New Zealand:M | Ireland:15A | UK:15 | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Germany:12 | Canada:14A (British Columbia/Manitoba/Ontario) | Australia:M (re-rating after appeal) | Philippines:PG-13 | Sweden:7 | Switzerland:10 (canton of Vaud) | Switzerland:10 (canton of Geneva) | Australia:MA (original rating) | Norway:11

Filming Locations:

Assateague Island National Seashore, Maryland, USA

Company:

New Line Cinema

Trivia:

A real wedding planner was kept onset to make sure the weddings in the movie looked real.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Gloria is tending to Jeremy's football injury to his knee she is getting her supplies off of a cart. When she gets on Jeremy's lap there is no cart.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Mr. Kroeger: I don't have custody of the kids.
Mrs. Kroeger: You know what?
Mr. Kroeger: I don't get custody.
Mrs. Kroeger: It is an insane pathetic joke, what I've had to go through.
Mr. Kroeger: Right now, right now, she doesn't know where the kids are, do you?
Mrs. Kroeger: Do not talk about me as a mother.

Movie Connections:

Featured in 2006 MTV Movie Awards (2006) (TV)

Soundtrack:

Amber

This movie was hilarious

An excellent comedy, Vince Vaughn is a gifted comedian. He kept "Old School" going, was the only light in a dismal "Mr. and Mrs. Smith", and had a terrific debut lead in "Swingers". I highly recommend people considering this movie, to watch the extras on the DVD; there is a karaoke scene at an Asian wedding which will have you rolling. 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. The lines were witty, the delivery was crisp, and the jokes were mostly new and fresh. Rachel McAdams was stunning, an excellent casting choice to play the object of Owen Wilson's desire. Despite the more or less rehashed plot (two guys lie about themselves to meet women, only to find that they now have a dilemma when they find 2 they really like), the film is nonetheless novel and original. There are a number of obviously stereotypical characters, (drunken grandmother, artistic introverted son, psychotic cheating boyfriend, immoral mother, powerful father), but they work in this film. Particularly the grandmother, who is prone to drunken scatological exclamations, had me laughing my head off. It was quite unexpected.

Although many of the situations could come off as contrived, they were secondary to the excellent repartee between Wilson and Vaughn. Their comic pairing worked to a T.

R.