Another movie borrowed from my co-worker...and I was expecting hilarity in spades. Man, was I disappointed! I barely laughed at this movie. It never struck me as laugh-out-loud funny. I chuckled a few times, mostly at Vince Vaughn's character (Jeremy) and the absurd situations he found himself in with the dysfunctional political family, but otherwise, I was bored. I kept wondering, would anyone really crash a wedding? And Owen Wilson was not funny to me. And I find it really unlikely that even while her boyfriend (it's Will from Alias!) was truly a "Sack," the Rachel McAdams character would then fall for the utterly dishonest Owen Wilson character (John). And even the cameo by one of my favorites, Will Ferrell, left me a bit on the disappointed side because he barely let loose. The funniest character in this movie was the psycho sister that Vince Vaughn mistakenly beds as one of his wedding crash conquests but then ends up falling for in the end.
I don't usually watch the lowbrow comedies, though I do like some if they are done well. The Kevin Smith movies have that edge but are kind of genius they way they are put together. I gave this one a chance because so many people seemed to think it was riotously funny, even to the point of voting it the Best Movie during the MTV Movie Awards. Personally, I wanted Batman Begins to win.
My rating: 5 out of 10 (mediocre on every level). The test: will she be buying it? The answer: hell to the no. If I want to laugh at Vince Vaughn, I'll watch Dodgeball again, which was way funnier, to my surprise. This one crashed and burned for me.