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Wedding Crashers is a 2005 American romantic comedy film starring Owen Wilson and Vince Vaughn as divorce mediators who crash weddings to meet and seduce women. The film was directed by David Dobkin and written by Steve Faber and Bob Fisher. It is currently available for streaming on Netflix and has a runtime of 1 hour and 59 minutes (119 minutes). The unrated version for home video is 7 minutes longer.
| Characteristics | Values |
|---|---|
| Genre | Romantic comedy |
| Directors | David Dobkin |
| Writers | Steve Faber and Bob Fisher |
| Stars | Owen Wilson, Vince Vaughn, Christopher Walken, Rachel McAdams, Isla Fisher, Bradley Cooper, Jane Seymour |
| Plot | Two divorce mediators/attorneys crash weddings to meet and seduce women. However, one of them falls in love with a bridesmaid, Claire, and the other falls in love with her sister, Gloria |
| Length | 129 minutes (theatrical version), 136 minutes (unrated version) |
| Release date | July 15, 2005 |
| Rating | R for sexual content/nudity and language |
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Where to watch Wedding Crashers
The 2005 comedy film "Wedding Crashers" is available to watch on several streaming platforms. You can find it on Netflix, where it is currently streaming in some countries. However, it appears that Netflix's availability of the movie varies by region, so it may not be accessible in your location.
Alternatively, you may consider renting or purchasing the movie from Amazon Prime Video. This option allows you to rent the film for a limited viewing period or purchase it for unlimited access.
The movie was also released on DVD and Blu-ray. The DVD became available in the United States on January 3, 2006, and the Blu-ray was released on December 30, 2008. The Blu-ray version includes both the R-rated and unrated "Uncorked Edition" of the film on a single disc, along with bonus features, deleted scenes, audio commentaries, and more.
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The cast of Wedding Crashers
The 2005 American romantic comedy film "Wedding Crashers" stars Owen Wilson and Vince Vaughn as John Beckwith and Jeremy Grey, respectively. John and Jeremy are divorce mediators who crash weddings to meet and seduce women.
Owen Wilson's character, John, is a womanizer who falls in love with Claire Cleary, played by Rachel McAdams. Claire is the daughter of U.S. Secretary of the Treasury William Cleary, played by Christopher Walken. Vince Vaughn's character, Jeremy, is John's fellow womanizer and wedding crasher, who becomes attached to Gloria Cleary, played by Isla Fisher. Gloria is also the daughter of William Cleary, making her Claire's sister.
The supporting cast includes Bradley Cooper, who plays Claire's fiancé, Sack Lodge, and Jane Seymour. Will Ferrell also makes an uncredited cameo as Chazz Reinhold, a wedding and funeral crasher who mentored Jeremy. In addition, there are brief cameo appearances by Arizona Senator and 2008 Republican presidential nominee John McCain and Democratic strategist and CNN contributor James Carville.
The film was directed by David Dobkin and written by Steve Faber and Bob Fisher. The idea for the film came from co-producer Andrew Panay, who drew on his own experiences of being excited to attend weddings in his 20s due to the prospect of meeting women.
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Wedding Crashers' critical reception
The 2005 film Wedding Crashers, starring Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson, received generally positive reviews from critics. On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 75% based on 186 reviews, with an average rating of 6.72/10. The website's critical consensus describes the film as "both raunchy and sweet" with "top-notch comic performances" from Vaughn and Wilson. Similarly, Metacritic gave the film a score of 64 out of 100 based on 39 critic reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews". Audiences surveyed by CinemaScore gave Wedding Crashers a grade of A-.
Carina Chocano of the Los Angeles Times praised Vaughn's performance, saying: "Jeremy is the soul of the movie. There's something about Vaughn—the deadpan eyes; the sublimated, misdirected intelligence—that recalls Bill Murray in his 'Caddyshack' years." Chocano was, however, critical of Will Ferrell's performance, calling his "hyper-active bonehead routine" and the interlude "awful".
In 2018, Scott Meslow of GQ reassessed the film, noting that "even beyond the gender and sexual dynamics that have aged rather poorly, Wedding Crashers feels awfully uneven today". Meslow identified the use of a date-rape joke in the opening minutes, the "sassy racist grandmother trope", and the "predatory gay man trope" as unfunny and insensitive. He also opined that the female characters were underdeveloped and called Ferrell's cameo lazy. Despite these criticisms, Meslow conceded that the film "does have an extremely strong pair of leads".
In addition to positive critical reception, Wedding Crashers also achieved commercial success. The film grossed $288.5 million worldwide on a $40 million budget, becoming the sixth highest-grossing film of 2005 in the United States and the first R-rated comedy to make $200 million at the domestic box office. The success of the film has been credited with helping to revive the popularity of adult-oriented, R-rated comedies.
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The plot of Wedding Crashers
The 2005 American romantic comedy film "Wedding Crashers" follows two divorce mediators, John Beckwith (Owen Wilson) and Jeremy Grey (Vince Vaughn), who crash weddings to meet and seduce women. The film is directed by David Dobkin and written by Steve Faber and Bob Fisher. It stars Owen Wilson, Vince Vaughn, and Christopher Walken, with Rachel McAdams, Isla Fisher, Bradley Cooper, and Jane Seymour in supporting roles.
John and Jeremy are Washington, D.C. divorce mediators who crash weddings under false identities and a set of "wedding crashing rules" taught to them by a past wedding crasher, Chazz Reinhold (Will Ferrell). They use their charm to enjoy free food and drinks and ultimately bed women from the wedding for a one-night stand. Their goals and their rules are always the same: to never use their real names, enjoy the open bar, and leave before the honeymoon.
At the biggest social event of the year, the wedding of the daughter of the U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, William Cleary (Christopher Walken), John breaks the rules and falls for Claire Cleary (Rachel McAdams), one of Cleary's daughters. Jeremy, on the other hand, ends up having sex with Gloria (Isla Fisher), Claire's sister. When John tries to pursue Claire, he is caught and brutally beaten by her fiancé, Zachary "Sack" Lodge (Bradley Cooper). This causes a rift between John and Jeremy, as the latter had kept his relationship with Gloria a secret.
Heartbroken, John crashes several more weddings alone, but his behaviour becomes erratic due to his state of depression. Meanwhile, Jeremy is invited to spend the weekend at the Cleary family estate, and John sees this as an opportunity to be close to Claire, despite her engagement. As the two friends spend more time with the Cleary family, they fall in love with the sisters, but their real identities jeopardize their relationships.
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The inspiration for Wedding Crashers
The 2005 American romantic comedy film "Wedding Crashers" was directed by David Dobkin and written by Steve Faber and Bob Fisher. The film was inspired by the experiences of co-producer Andrew Panay, who, in his 20s, enjoyed attending weddings because of the prospect of meeting women. The screenwriters, Fisher and Faber, also drew on Fisher's experiences as a college intern in Washington, D.C., where he would invent fake backstories to crash lobbyist events.
The film follows two divorce mediators, John Beckwith (played by Owen Wilson) and Jeremy Grey (Vince Vaughn), who crash weddings to meet and seduce women. The idea for the film was born from the combination of Panay and Fisher's experiences, creating a story about men who crash weddings to meet and sleep with women. The female love interests born into a political family were inspired by the screenwriters' dream of marrying a girl from the Kennedy family when they were young boys.
The film received generally positive reviews, with critics praising the performances of Vaughn and Wilson, as well as the chemistry between the cast members. "Wedding Crashers" was also a commercial success, grossing $288.5 million worldwide on a $40 million budget. It was the sixth-highest-grossing film of 2005 in the United States and contributed to the revival of adult-oriented, R-rated comedies.
Despite the film's success, some critics have noted that certain aspects of the film, such as the gender and sexual dynamics, have aged poorly. In particular, the use of racist and sexist tropes, as well as the trivialization of rape, have been criticized. Nonetheless, "Wedding Crashers" has left a lasting impact, with its success prompting discussions of a potential sequel and inspiring the Maroon 5 music video for "Sugar," which depicts the band crashing real-life weddings.
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Frequently asked questions
The movie Wedding Crashers is 129 minutes long. The unrated version is 7 minutes longer.
You can watch Wedding Crashers on Netflix, Netflix with Ads, Fandango, Amazon Video, Apple TV, and Microsoft Store. You can also buy or rent it on Fandango, Amazon Video, Apple TV, Microsoft Store, and Spectrum On Demand.
Wedding Crashers is a romantic comedy starring Owen Wilson and Vince Vaughn as divorce mediators who crash weddings to meet and seduce women.
The main characters in Wedding Crashers are John Beckwith (Owen Wilson) and Jeremy Grey (Vince Vaughn).
