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| Thursday, July 14, 2005 |
Crash this wedding
One is hard pressed to critique a flick like "Wedding Crashers." It's a genre that was never meant for the film critics, for it belongs entirely to the dudes and friends who seek the most harmless of juvenile entertainment to pass a weekend evening.
And so Messrs. Vaughn and Wilson deliver just that, though at a clip too long. The film itself is genuinely funny. The performances are genuinely inspired. Rachel McAdams and Isla Fisher are genuinely hot -- kudos to Ali G for snatching up Ms. Fisher for nuptials at a date to be determined.
Early sequences show the comedic duo preying on women at all sorts of weddings -- Jewish weddings, Catholic weddings -- I was waiting for a pagan wedding. Will Ferrell as mentor could do much to save his sinking film credibility. But what really take the movie over the top is the obvious comedic chemistry of Vaughn and the afforementioned Fisher.
As a group of friends, this movie is a winner. It's less a date flick. The copious nudity ends up detracting from the flick, adding time without adding much heft to the fun factor. But either way, it's worth a weekend evening.
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