Wedding Crashers (2005)
78%RT Audience Score: 70%
Awards & Nominations: 11 wins & 11 nominations
Wedding Crashers is both raunchy and sweet, and features top-notch comic performances from Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson
Wedding Crashers is the perfect movie for anyone who loves a good laugh and a bit of raunchiness. Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson are a dynamic duo that will have you in stitches from start to finish. While the script may not be perfect, the chemistry between the two leads more than makes up for it. And let’s not forget about the scene-stealing performance from Isla Fisher. If you’re looking for a movie that will leave you feeling good and laughing out loud, then Wedding Crashers is the one for you. Just make sure to bring some tissues for when you inevitably cry from laughing too hard.
Production Company(ies)
Chernin Entertainment, TSG Entertainment, Turnpike Films,
Distributor
New Line Cinema
Release Type
Theatrical
Filming Location(s)
The Inn at Perry Cabin – 308 Watkins Lane, St. Michaels, Maryland, USA
MPAA / Certificate
Rated R for sexual content/nudity and language
Year of Release
2005
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Color:Color
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Sound mix:DTS Dolby Digital SDDS
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Aspect ratio:2.35 : 1
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Runtime:1h 59m
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Language(s):English
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Country of origin:United States
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Release date:Release Date (Theaters): Jul 15, 2005 Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Jan 3, 2006
Genre(s)
Comedy
Keyword(s)
starring Owen Wilson, Vince Vaughn, Christopher Walken, Rachel McAdams, Isla Fisher, Jane Seymour, Keir O’Donnell, Bradley Cooper, directed by David Dobkin, written by Steve Faber, Bob Fisher, produced by Andrew Panay, Peter Abrams, Robert L Levy, comedy, R-rated, box office gross $209.2M, reviewed by J.R Jones, Nell Minow, Joe Morgenstern, Keith Phipps, Alexa Moses, Sara Michelle Fetters, Richard Propes, Miles Fielder, Film4 Staff, Jay Antani, Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson’s comic performances, Secretary of the Treasury William Cleary’s daughter’s wedding, wedding crashing, divorce mediators, vulnerable women, Claire Cleary, Gloria Cleary, Kathleen Cleary, Treasury Secretary William Cleary, gay son, Chazz Reinhold cameo, raunchy, sweet, chemistry, romantic comedy, buddy comedy, frat comedy, quotable, predictable, unnecessarily crude, overlong
Worldwide gross: $288,485,135
Worldwide gross (inflation-adjusted): $439,646,537
Worldwide gross ranking (inflation-adjusted): 344
Worldwide tickets sold (est.): 47,944,006
US/Canada gross: $209,273,411
US/Canada gross (inflation-adjusted): $318,929,190
US/Canada gross ranking (inflation-adjusted): 171
US/Canada opening weekend: $32,200,000
US/Canada opening weekend (inflation-adjusted): $49,072,263
US/Canada opening weekend ranking (inflation-adjusted): 238
Budget and Earnings Details
Production budget (est.): $40,000,000
Production budget (inflation-adjusted): $60,959,333
Production budget ranking: 664
Marketing and distribution budget (inflation-adjusted est.): $32,826,601
Box office net earnings to date (inflation-adjusted est.): $345,860,603
ROI to date (est.): 369%
ROI ranking: 369
Vince Vaughn – Jeremy Klein
Christopher Walken – Treasury Secretary William Cleary
Rachel McAdams – Claire Cleary
Isla Fisher – Gloria Cleary
Jane Seymour – Kathleen Cleary
Director – David Dobkin
Producers – Andrew Panay, Peter Abrams, Robert L. Levy
Writers – Steve Faber, Bob Fisher
Director(s)
David Dobkin
Writer(s)
Steve Faber, Bob Fisher
Producer(s)
Andrew Panay, Peter Abrams, Robert L. Levy
Film Festivals
Cannes
Awards & Nominations
11 wins & 11 nominations
Academy Awards
All Critics (186) | Top Critics (52) | Fresh (140) | Rotten (46)
Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson are enormously funny.
April 10, 2012
J. R. Jones
Chicago Reader
TOP CRITIC
A bawdy summer comedy for adults and mature teens, this movie features rapid-fire dialogue and sincere affection between best-friend leads and strong chemistry between the actors who portray them.
February 18, 2012 | Rating: B
Nell Minow
Movie Mom
TOP CRITIC
Sharply honed, if often raunchy.
May 21, 2011
Joe Morgenstern
Wall Street Journal
TOP CRITIC
Sadly, in spite of its cast and seemingly can’t-miss premise, Wedding Crashers is at its best a succession of mild chuckles.
September 26, 2005
Keith Phipps
AV Club
TOP CRITIC
It’s an easy, breezy, lanky Hollywood rom-com with a brain, for most of its running time.
August 13, 2005
Alexa Moses
Sydney Morning Herald
TOP CRITIC
This is the single most magnificent comedic portrayal I’ve seen in ages. Vaughn is a thunderclap so potent he steals every single scene he’s in no matter whom he’s sharing it with.
July 28, 2005 | Rating: 2.5/4
Sara Michelle Fetters
MovieFreak.com
TOP CRITIC
The perfect example of a flawed but ultimately entertaining film.
September 26, 2020 | Rating: 3.5/4.0
Richard Propes
TheIndependentCritic.com
Operating on the principle that lame verbal and visual gags are funny if the audience is repeatedly pummeled with them, Wedding Crashers sorely lacks a strong script and the kind of inventive direction worthy of its not-untalented leads.
April 25, 2019 | Rating: 2/5
Miles Fielder
The List
The Frat Pack goes from strength to strength in a robust romp that’s only marred by the director’s apparent inability to say “Cut!”
April 10, 2012 | Rating: 4/5
Film4 Staff
Film4
What should’ve been an absolutely raucous and no-holds-barred lusty farce is nothing but lame-ass, safe, predictable, lowest common denominator, no-laffs garbage
August 17, 2010 | Rating: 1/4
Jay Antani
Cinema Writer
With great acting, hilarious gags, and great writing, it actually lives up to the hype.
April 29, 2009
Felix Vasquez Jr.
Cinema Crazed
Vince Vaughn commits rampant acts of comic zeal while the script around him crumbles in a movie that loses its thrust like a cat caught in traffic.
April 16, 2009 | Rating: C-
Cole Smithey
ColeSmithey.com…
Plot
Two friends, John (played by Owen Wilson) and Jeremy (Vince Vaughn), crash weddings to pick up women. One day they crash the wedding of the daughter of the Treasury Secretary, Secretary Cleary (Christopher Walken). Instead of short-term flings they end up being invited to the Clearys’ island estate, and potentially meet the loves of their lives…
Trivia
Goofs / Tidbits
The film features top-notch comic performances from Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson.
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