Wedding Crashers [R/Unrated]

[R/Unrated]
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DVD Release Date: January 3, 2006

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Director: David Dobkin
Starring: Owen Wilson, Vince Vaughn, Christopher Walken, Rachel McAdams

“True love is your soul’s recognition of its counterpoint in another”

Vince Vaughn (Dodgeball) and Owen Wilson (The Royal Tenenbaums) create a tandem for the ages in Wedding Crashers as John Beckwith (Wilson) and Jeremy Grey (Vaughn). The two best friends and coworkers pride themselves on attending weddings which they were not invited to, with the sole purpose of meeting and hooking up with women. Following “The Rules of Wedding Crashing,” John and Jeremy have long practiced such promiscuity, and as the year’s “wedding season” culminates with perhaps the most important ceremony of the year, the wedding of one of the daughters of US Secretary of Treasury William Cleary (Christopher Walken – Man on Fire, Catch Me If You Can), the crashers develop plans to infiltrate such a prestigious event. However, it doesn’t take long before John and Jeremy each find themselves in over their heads, as one finds out that the heart wants what it wants and there’s no denying true love, even if that love happens suddenly and unexpectedly, and the other finds himself caught in between a rock and a hard place of sorts.

The beautiful Rachel McAdams (The Notebook, The Family Stone) continues her recent film success as Claire Cleary, daughter of Secretary Cleary and mistreated fiancé of Zach Lodge (Bradley Cooper – Kitchen Confidential). Her potential relationship with John is hinted at early on, as it is upon his first laying eyes on her that John finds himself infatuated with her. The two share a great chemistry as the focal romance displayed throughout the film, in scenes both comedic and sentimental and perhaps this is what makes it so natural to really root for John to win Claire’s heart despite the obstacles each face. Gloria Cleary (Isla Fisher – I Heart Huckabees) is the sex-crazed and over-the-top sister of Claire. Demanding and immature, a “stage-five-clinger,” her borderline obsession with Jeremy, and the events that occur because of it, while racy and over the top, are nothing short of priceless.

Christopher Walken, in his role as the in his role as the US Secretary of Treasury William Cleary, remains one of the most unconventional comedic actors of his time. His exaggerated dialect and body language have always been essential to his humor, with these tools being utilized quite often and to perfection despite what is essentially a limited role in Wedding Crashers.

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The Cleary family as a whole is made up of all types of zany characters, with Claire, Gloria, and Secretary Cleary receiving the most screen time. Aside from them, the rest of the family is made up of Todd (Keir O’Donnell), a tortured artist who feels he’ll never live up to the greatness of his father, Kathleen (Jane Seymour), the seductress wife of Secretary Cleary, an alcoholic, foul-mouthed grandmother (Ellen Albertini Dow – The Wedding Singer), and Randolph (Ron Canada – Just Like Heaven), the heavily-accented butler who happens to be in the know of all that goes on in the Cleary home.

While borderline inappropriate at times, Wedding Crashers maintains the sought after balance of raunchy comedy and ideal romance. The protagonists here are both easily likable at heart, and each of the main characters have some form of depth to them, even if it is only there to reflect another character’s persona. The standout cast as a whole – Vaughn, Wilson, Walken, McAdams, Fisher – all commit to the characters played, despite some roles, such as Isla Fisher’s Gloria, being far more one-dimensional than others, and in what is possibly the greatest cameo of all-time, Will Ferrell (Anchorman, Elf) comes up with a major performance, delivering on all counts with his brand of physical humor, comedic timing, and quotable one-liners.

 

Special Features:
· Deleted Scenes, viewable with or without commentary. For the most part, these don’t really add anything to the feature, with the main exception being “Cleary Tests John,” in which Walken’s and Wilson’s characters converse in the Secretary’s home office.

· Two Feature-Length Commentaries. Vaughn and Wilson deliver on one, while the other is a director commentary.

· Featurettes. Behind-the-scenes looks at what went into the event-planning for the “wedding crashes” that take place in the film, and the rules of wedding crashing. These are by far the most interesting or the special features and rightfully so, with insightful cast and crew input.

· The Rules of Wedding Crashing. A 24-page wedding crasher rulebook.

· Trailers. An assortment of trailers/teasers for Wedding Crashers, promotional commercials, along with “sneak peek” previews for The New World, Final Destination 3, Take The Lead, Dukes of Hazard, The Man,National Lampoon’s Adam & Eve, Must Love Dogs, and Fox’s short-lived Kitchen Confidential.

· Soundtrack. Track listing of the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack of the film, as well as a music video for one of the tracks.

 

– Christopher Griffin