Wedding Crashers
Published by Toronto Mike on June 29, 2006 @ 08:33 in Reviews
Wedding Crashers: 5 out of 10.
Sigh. Where have all the good comedies gone? "Wedding Crashers" was too long, too predictable, and not particularly funny. Sure, I chuckled a few times, but there were no belly laughs. When I saw "There's Something About Mary", I remember belly laughs. Where the hell are my belly laughs?
I realize this movie was from last summer, but I'm usually about a year behind on my flicks. Over the past year, I kept seeing references to "Wedding Crashers" which actually tricked me into expecting a fairly funny movie. I just saw it clean up at the recent MTV Movie Awards, although I guess I should have known better than to have attached expectations to that. This was weak, no stronger than "Dodgeball", which actually got a higher rating from me. I want belly laughs!
Tomorrow I'll run down my five favourite Owen Wilson movies. I can think of at least three hysterical flicks the dude has starred in. This wasn't one.
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Annemarie
June 29, 2006 / 12:23
I agree with you, although I don't think "There's Something About Mary" was particularly/hysterically funny. I don't remember it being 'belly laugh worthy'. Maybe it had something to do with Cameron Diaz not being one of my favourites. I usually avoid 'stupid comedies' like the plague - "Dodgeball" being one of them - and stay relatively safe with my horror, psychological thriller/suspense, action/adventure movies, although I know laughs aren't exactly expected from them and I've seen bad to mediocre movies in those genres too of course. Although I thought it was funnier the 1st time around, try "The 40-Year-Old Virgin" if you haven't already for your desired belly laughs. It gave me them, but I know it's about personal taste & opinion in the end. As far as the MTV Movie Awards and the like are concerned, they're mostly just popularity contests anyway, not what is actually/genuinely good.