Let’s get over and done this with: of all the movie genres, romantic comedies are the most boring to review. Gazillions of cheesy plot-predictability had flooded the screens since J-Lo decided to be the Queen of Sheba of Hollywood mushiness (and Lindsay Lohan claiming to be the princess on her own throne). However, of course, there are some who would try to break the ice and bring something relevantly new and fresh to the course of genre tastelessness.


Thanks to WEDDING CRASHERS, we could still hope the romantic comedies can still be comedic. This laugh-out bummer is hilarious in a way it’s never taken too seriously, with a material that’s just ridiculous to a point it’s considered a summer popcorn flick. Did I mention it’s ridiculous? Yep, it’s more than that – it’s a raunchy, buckwild treat to those who find awkward moments could actually be a source of hilarity. Enter to adult comedy territory where dialogues fire with expletives, straightforward innuendos, and situations filled with over-the-top schmoozing and uproarious gigs.


Life’s a party, so best friends (also divorce mediators) John Beckwith (Owen Wilson) and Jeremy Grey (Vince Vaughn) crash weddings ruthlessly, no matter what ethnicity of weddings. May it be Jews, Catholics, Muslims or Indians, they don’t choose, they only crash with one specific objective: to take advantage of women inspired by the thought of love and marriage. Of course, it’s just a one-night stand, that’s all. The opening montage of Wilson and Vaughn having a great stint in parties and becoming great hits was delightfully funny.


There are rules to learn, but all of this were about to bend when they crash a major wedding event of Washington D.C., John falls in love-at-first-sight with Treasury Secretary William Cleary ‘s (Christopher Walken) daughter, Claire (the gorgeous Rachel McAdams). As the two try to infiltrate the household of the Cleary, hilarity ensues, F-bombs explodes, and all that drama, comedy and fun blended together to make a feel-good film for the open minded ones.


The characters were made as though good-minded writers decided to become liberal all of a sudden. Vince Vaugh is so frolicsome that all of his words and lines spoken make you really laugh in front of his amusing face. Owen Wilson blends comedy and seriousness with his love for Claire. Isla Fischer as the horny virgin sister of Claire, the wild, relentless Gloria steals every scene she’s in. All boyfriends in the world would unabashedly wish that all the girlfriends would be like her.


While there are some things that didn’t work for me i.e. the unnecessary gay-weirdo brother and Claire fiancé who’s just so one-dimensional and basically just an arsehole, plus Will Ferrell’s cameo appearance (doesn’t really do great to the film, except for the funeral crashing part), it’s an over-all entertainment fuelled with one-liners that rapid-fires like arrows. “Make me a bicycle, clown!” Pardon this for being predictable, all romantic comedies suffer from this disease.



RATING: B+