by Jessica Del Curto
Daily Lobo
Comedic male actors should all strive to play the characters Vince Vaughn and brothers Luke and Owen Wilson play.
Their characters are typically the same in every movie - goofy guys who think up ridiculous plans to get laid, only to come out shining in the end. It seems like a tired formula, but somehow "Crashers" makes it work.
The plot surrounds Vaughn and Owen Wilson, lifelong friends who have perfected the art of crashing weddings, disguising themselves as distant relatives of the bride or groom. Once they get in, they help themselves to free food, booze and the love-stricken single women. Somehow they manage to become the hit of every wedding.
Their lives are one big lie.
But it works, until the bachelors find themselves at the biggest wedding of their crashing career. They sneak into the wedding of Treasury Secretary Cleary's (Christopher Walken) daughter. Instead of having their usual sex-capade, Wilson and Vaughn get caught up with Cleary's other two daughters. They spend the weekend trying to keep up the charade, and hijinks ensue.
The cast members are friends in real life, and have pumped out similar movies at record speed ("Old School," "Meet the Parents," "Anchor Man" and "Starsky and Hutch").
What makes these movies stellar is that the Wilson brothers, Vaughn, Will Ferrell and Ben Stiller aren't the typical dashing leading male actors. They make fun of everyone, from themselves to the all-American overachievers.
"The Wedding Crashers" is more than just sophisticated offensive humor. It's about growing up and finding love the unconventional way. Wilson and Vaughn's onscreen friendship is so realistic that even when they are cussing each other out, you know it is brotherly love.
Even though most of what Vaughn says during the movie is chauvinistic and sexist, ("Tattoo on her lower back - might as well be a bull's-eye") one can't help but fall in love with him.
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Rachel McAdams ("The Notebook," "Mean Girls") plays Owen's love interest, and although her character is almost too perfect, her stunning good looks are a nice match for Wilson's goofy, off-the-wall antics.
Although not as good as "Anchor Man" or "Old School," "Wedding Crashers" proves that today's leading funny-man crew has lasting power.
