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Say 'I do' to 'Wedding Crashers'

By HAP ERSTEIN
Palm Beach Post

John Beckwith (Owen Wilson) and Jeremy Grey (Vince Vaughn) may make their living as divorce mediators, but they believe in the power of weddings.

New Line Productions 'Wedding Crashers' B The verdict: Imposter wedding invitees meet their match with a pair of sisters at a well-heeled knot-tying. Director: David Dobkin Starring: Owen Wilson, Vince Vaughn, Rachel McAdams, Christopher Walken, Will Ferrell Run time: 119 minutes Release date: July 15, 2005 Rating: R for sexual content/nudity and language. See showtimes On the web Official movie site View the trailer    Trailers require Quicktime [an error occurred while processing this directive]

Namely, they are a great way to meet and bed women, so they moonlight as Wedding Crashers, assuming the guise of invited guests and enjoying the food, drink and extremely available females in an array of ethnic persuasions.

When they up the chutzpah level by crashing the nuptials of the daughter of Cabinet secretary Christopher Walken, John falls hopelessly in love with another daughter (Rachel McAdams, The Notebook) and Jeremy is in way over his head with her sister (Isla Fisher), a suddenly randy filly. They become involuntary guests at the secretary's Kennedy-esque retreat on the Maryland shore, where they try to maintain their cover-story identities.

Wilson and Vaughn are an inspired comic team, with Vaughn earning most of the laughs with his motormouth monologues and physical pratfalls.

Director David Dobkin leads them along skillfully, refusing to stoop to stupidity. If anything, he lets the proceedings get too sloppy sentimental in the overlong final third, as the guys clean up their act and get romantic.