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Movie Overview
Cast
• Owen Wilson
• Vince Vaughn
• Christopher Walken
Director
• David Dobkin
MPAA Rating
R - sexual content/nudity, and language
Wedding Crashers (2005)

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OFCS Rating: 74% Fresh
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"Despite its considerable comic potential, 'Wedding Crashers' features too many silly scenes that made it hard for me to suspend disbelief."  ReelTalk Movie Reviews  Betty Jo Tucker

B+
"Groundbreaking humor it is not, but who needs that in a summer full of mass destruction and water leaks?"  FromTheBalcony  Bill Clark

B+
"You can almost never go wrong with the sight of Owen Wilson and Vince Vaughn together, hitting on wedding guests and doing their best to out-funny each other."  FilmJerk.com  Brian Orndorf

"Raucous and happily obnoxious, WEDDING CRASHERS makes fun of liars and cheaters, ultimately celebrating a shlocky version of "true love.""  PopMatters  Cynthia Fuchs

4/5
"Dobkin has made a raunchy comedy that delivers enough laughs to merit its randy ambitions. But now that it works, it’s a shame that he didn’t aim just a little bit higher."  eFilmCritic.com  Dan Lybarger

3/4
"Wilson and Vaughn generate more chemistry than a high school science project."  rec.arts.movies.reviews  David N. Butterworth

2.5/4
"...suffers from a third act that's painfully overlong and needlessly dramatic."  Reel Film Reviews  David Nusair

C+
"Drags the setup scenario out for too long and loses its comical edge in the process."  Ozus' World Movie Reviews  Dennis Schwartz

1/4
"Headed straight for divorce court."  TheMovieBoy.com  Dustin Putman

B-
"Too long by 30 minutes, but the two leads are a good pair, Vaughn's rapid-fire delivery nicely complementing Wilson's lazy-surfer drawl."  EricDSnider.com  Eric D. Snider

B
"Exists to let Wilson and Vaughn perform their schtick, and they get plenty of opportunity to do so."  Film Blather  Eugene Novikov

C+
"While the first ninety minutes or so are sporadically amusing, if hardly classic, the sag of the last thirty leaves one anxious for it all to end."  One Guy's Opinion  Frank Swietek

2/4
"If a film is going to be in bad taste, at least it should have the decency to follow through on its convictions, rather than morph into something else."  ReelViews  James Berardinelli

4/5
"The R rating stands for "romantic" and "ridiculously funny" in this high-spirited, bawdy comedy with big laughs and more than a little heart."  Netflix  James Rocchi

1.5/4
"What should've been an absolutely raucous and no-holds-barred lusty farce is nothing but lame-***, safe, predictable, lowest common denominator, no-laffs garbage"  Perihelion Journal  Jay Antani

'3/4'
"There’s no denying the rough-hewn charm of Wilson and Vaughn who chew it up rude and crude on the bumpy road to true love."  Palo Alto Weekly  Jeanne Aufmuth

6/10
"The promise of its raunchy spirit is eventually overthrown by a gooey sentimentality."  Window to the Movies  Jeffrey Chen

8/10
"...the film works so well, on a variety of levels."  JoBlo's Movie Emporium  JoBlo

"Director David Dobkin saves The Wedding Crashers from becoming a slob comedy by finding a comfortable balance between silliness and sincerity."  Light Views  John Larsen

8/10
"Consistently very, very funny stuff."  Planet Sick-Boy  Jon Popick

4/5
"Pleasant fun...probably the only movie a girl can get her boyfriend to with the word “wedding” in the title all century."  Cinerina  Karina Montgomery

4.5/5
"Wedding Crashers is rude, crude, obnoxious, crass, and almost completely devoid of dignity and respect. In short, I loved it."  7M Pictures  Kevin Carr

3/4
"Look Ma, no Ben Stiller!"  Montreal Film Journal  Kevin N. Laforest

B-
"Vaughn and Wilson may be the new gold standard of comedy pairings"  Reeling Reviews  Laura Clifford

B
"Wedding Crashers is a brash, frequently hilarious film that may be overly long but satisfies our desires for a lot of comedy and a little bit of romance."  Reel Times: Reflections on Cinema  Mark Pfeiffer

3.5/4
"Raunchy humor is easy to do but hard to do well; this film creates characters we believe in and care about, then adds the raunchiness on top. It gets the formula just right."  Aisle Seat  Mike McGranaghan

3/4
"A Maxim-friendly riot that embraces the fact that discussions about sex usually involve terms more risqué than "making love.""  Slant Magazine  Nick Schager

4/5
"Conquista o espectador através não apenas de suas piadas, mas também do charme de seus protagonistas."  Cinema em Cena  Pablo Villaca

3/5
"Enjoyably silly but far too long, this buddy rom-com has sharp enough characters and a witty script that keeps us laughing when it wants to."  Shadows on the Wall  Rich Cline

C+
"There is a considerable fun factor in the movie with its wedding party atmosphere, lively music, dancing and Vince Vaughn's energetic performance."  Laramie Movie Scope  Robert Roten

4/5
"You'll laugh a lot, you'll get a happy ending, and you'll see a bevy of gorgeous women. Not a bad way to spend a Friday night."  eFilmCritic.com  Scott Weinberg

2.5/5
"rides its amusing premise like gangbusters for one solid act, but overextends itself the minute it leaves the comfy confines of its smart setup"  Filmcritic.com  Sean O'Connell

"Wedding Crashers may be the most optimistic Hollywood comedy of the year, because it restores at least some dim hope that directors, writers and actors with actual brains in their heads can somehow triumph over unimaginative studio execs."  Salon.com  Stephanie Zacharek

7/10
"This buddy comedy is contrived and formulaic but its off-color raunchiness is also fun."  Modamag.com  Susan Granger

3/4
"The cheerfully raunchy Wedding Crashers may be just the cure for Hollywood's summertime box office blues."  Reel.com  Timothy Knight

1.5/4
"The key word is "waste.""  Film Freak Central  Walter Chaw

"Click here to see review"  Wolf Entertainment Guide  William Wolf

3/4
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OFCS Rating: 74% Fresh
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