In the 2000s,
when there was a movie with Ben Stiller, Owen Wilson, Vince Vaughn, or Will
Ferrell in any combination, we were all watching. These guys were making comedy
movies left, right, and center, many of which were pretty entertaining. Wedding
Crashers is one of those, featuring the combination of Owen Wilson (as
John) and Vince Vaughn (as Jeremy).
Overall, the
comedy in the movie is okay, and the romantic twist is what elevates it. This
was very funny back then and is still an enjoyable movie now, but based on the
way the world has changed, it feels a little uncomfortable. It's safe to say
this movie does not age well, considering it’s about men taking advantage of
women. There are also over-the-top sexual jokes, the weird grandmother, and the
gay man portrayed as someone very unstable. This movie could not be made today,
in 2020. That said, if you can overlook all that, plus the lack of development
for strong female leads, this is an okay movie to watch.
The plot is about two friends who have become professionals at crashing weddings. Their real job is divorce mediators, but when wedding season hits, Jeremy pulls out the calendar with a list of weddings he and John are going to crash. The whole aim is to get girls and free sex, as the girls at weddings are "easy," according to this film, because they are all hyped up on hookup hormones.
There happens to
be a wedding that trumps all the others happening nearby. Jeremy is hell-bent
on crashing the wedding of the daughter of the U.S. Secretary of the Treasury,
William (Christopher Walken).
You must know
these guys don’t just crash weddings—they infiltrate the family and make sure
they get invited to the after-party. They do the same here and are invited to
stay at William's home, with both men trying to get into the beds of his other
two daughters. How this lie turns into a romance is what the movie shows, along
with how the men navigate the repercussions of starting everything based on a
lie, which is fun to watch.
What did it for
me in this movie is that, even though Owen Wilson is the main character whose
love life the movie focuses on, it’s Vaughn’s love life that steals the show.
His performance is cool—he’s the person who makes this movie funny, and his
love interest and romantic twist were more interesting.
The movie was a
big hit critically and commercially, but like I said, only see it if you can
overlook all the things that are no longer readily accepted as the norm.
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