Wedding Crashers

Director:
David Dobkin

Writers (WGA):
Steve Faber (written by)
Bob Fisher (written by)

Release Date :
USA 15 July 2005

Genre:
Comedy | Romance

Cast :
* Owen Wilson as John Beckwith - One half of the wedding crasher duo. John is a bachelor attorney riding high on his success with Jeremy, but unlike his friend, seems to be developing a conscience after taking advantage of so many women.
* Vince Vaughn as Jeremy Grey - The other half of the wedding crasher duo, and an unrepentant womanizer. He remains a loyal friend to John, even sticking it out over one tumultuous weekend at the Clearys'. He eventually meets his match in Gloria Cleary.
* Christopher Walken as United States Secretary of the Treasury William Cleary - A big sailing fan and oblivious head of the dysfunctional Cleary household. He is generally affable man, but punishes anyone who insults his wife or his three daughters. He is considered a possible presidential candidate.
* Rachel McAdams as Claire Cleary - Middle daughter of William Cleary and the love interest of John. A sweet girl and full-time environmental activist. Claire does not easily accept clichés.
* Isla Fisher as Gloria Cleary - Youngest daughter of William Cleary. A mentally unstable nymphomaniac who is obsessed with Jeremy and forces increasingly kinky sex acts on him. Initially he calls her "a stage five clinger" but ultimately falls in love with her.
* Jane Seymour as Kathleen "Kitty Kat" Cleary - The alcoholic wife of Secretary Cleary who attempts to seduce John by making him fondle her surgically-enhanced breasts.
* Ellen Albertini Dow as "Grandma" Mary Cleary - William's mother, Kathleen's mother-in-law, and the siblings grandmother who lives in the compound.
* Keir O'Donnell as Todd Cleary - The reclusive, hyper-sensitive son of William and Kathleen. He is an extremely angry homosexual artist. He is also convinced Jeremy "had a moment" with him at the dinner table, and tries to seduce him and play tummysticks. He creates a painting devoted to Jeremy, who finds it unsettling - however, when John and Jeremy are thrown out, Jeremy demands to keep the painting...momentarily startling Todd into a rare moment of satisfaction and suggesting that Jeremy has taken him seriously as an artist and likes his work.
* Bradley Cooper as Zachary "Sack" Lodge - Claire's sociopathic, testosterone-fueled, preppy, violent boyfriend who is obsessed with winning at any cost. Though he cheats regularly on Claire, he is threatened by John and Jeremy. After physically abusing John, Zach gets his just desserts in the end.
* Henry Gibson as Father O'Neil, the priest officiating at several weddings.
* Jennifer Alden as Christina Cleary - Eldest daughter of William Cleary, she is getting married when John and Jeremy crash her wedding and meet Gloria and Claire.
* Will Ferrell as Chazz Reinhold - The sage who passed on the wedding crashing rules to his protege Jeremy in 1993. He happily lives with his mother who, according to John, tried to poison Chazz's oatmeal. Chazz has most recently moved on from crashing weddings, and now predominantly crashes funerals.

Original Sound Track :
1. The Sound of Settling - Death Cab for Cutie
2. Love Underground - Robbers on High Street
3. Aside - The Weakerthans
4. (Splash) Turn Twist - Jimmy Eat World
5. Sister Jack - Spoon
6. I Hope Tomorrow Is Like Today - Guster
7. In The Summertime - Mungo Jerry
8. This Modern Love - Bloc Party
9. Rock 'N Roll - The Sounds
10. Mr. Ambulance Driver - The Flaming Lips
11. Circus - The Sights
12. Cinnamon - The Long Winters
13. More Adventurous - Rilo Kiley
14. Shout - The Isley Brothers
15. Hava Nagilah - Vince Vaughn/Owen Wilson/The Klezmer Juice Band

Plot :
Single bachelors and lifelong best friends, John Beckwith (Owen Wilson) and Jeremy Grey (Vince Vaughn) are business partners in divorce mediation in Washington D.C.. The friends frequently "crash" wedding parties to meet women, working from a set of rules taught to them by a past ‘crasher,’ Chazz. The duo always have cover stories for inquisitive guests and inevitably become the hit of every reception, to charm their way into bed with ladies at the wedding for a one night stand.

After a sequence of successful ‘crashes,’ Jeremy spots the wedding of the daughter of the Secretary of the Treasury William Cleary and his wife, Kathleen. After infiltrating the lavish event as brothers, John and Jeremy set their sights on two bridesmaids, also daughters of Secretary Cleary: Claire (Rachel McAdams) and Gloria Cleary (Isla Fisher). While Jeremy manages to make it on the beach with "stage-five clinger" and supposed virgin Gloria, John works on Claire. While talking afterwards, John is blocked by Claire's hotheaded and controlling Ivy League graduate boyfriend Zach, whom as the film progresses, isn't such a loyal boyfriend when he brags of his sexual conquests to his buddies behind Claire's back and seems to only want to marry Claire so he can advance his future political career by marrying into the family of powerful political figure. John convinces a resistant Jeremy to break the rules and accept an invitation to an extended weekend party at the Cleary family compound.

Jeremy and John are convinced into playing touch football where Jeremy is hurt by Claire's obnoxious boyfriend. Gloria puts Band-Aids on Jeremy, hoping to have sex with him. However, Jeremy turns her down with a philosophical love speech. Jeremy is shown to not really like Gloria all that much, at least not initially. At dinner later that day with Jeremy's assistance, John proceeds to spike Zach's wine with eye-drops which makes him sick, letting John have some alone time with Claire. That night, Gloria ties up Jeremy while he sleeps and then has her way with him. Jeremy is then visited by the girl's brother Todd later that night, thinking the two had "had a moment" earlier at the dinner table to which his advances are quickly rebuffed by a terrified Jeremy. The next morning, Jeremy asks John to leave the island with him but John convinces him otherwise. The family takes a boat ride in the afternoon, which ends in a hunting trip in which Zach shoots Jeremy in the rear end. John and Claire leave on a bike ride in which they connect deeply. In the meantime, Gloria reveals to relieved Jeremy that she was not a virgin. She merely told him so, as she "thought that's what guys liked to hear." John and Claire return from their bike ride, after which Zach "proposes" to Claire by announcing their engagement, leaving Claire at a loss for words. John talks to Claire afterwards, as she is apparently discomforted by the announcement. John tries to comfort her but ends up telling her his true feelings for her. They are interrupted by Jeremy running out of the house being chased by the grandmother with a gun. Zach comes out and tells the family who the "brothers" really are, as he had them privately investigated. John reveals their true identities, upsetting and hurting the entire Cleary family, particularly Claire. John and Jeremy are forced to leave the island.

John and Jeremy return to their normal lives; however, John is distraught, as he was never given the chance to reconcile with Claire, even though he attempted to contact her multiple times. During one such attempt, John pretends to be a waiter at Claire and Zach's engagement party. However, he is caught and brutally beaten by Zach and his friends. He returns home to find Jeremy, who was supposed to have attended the event with John, locked in a passionate moment with Gloria. This results in a rift between John and Jeremy, as they no longer see eye-to-eye on the idea of marriage. John crashes several more weddings by himself, but behaves erratically. Meanwhile, Jeremy continues his relationship with Gloria, culminating in an accepted marriage proposal. Jeremy attempts to reconcile with John, asking him to be his best man, but John cannot bear to think about the marriage and asks Jeremy to leave.

John meets their mentor Chazz (Will Ferrell) to reaffirm Jeremy's apparent stupidity in getting engaged. During the visit, he discovers that Chazz has moved onto "funeral crashing," as he believes that grief is the best aphrodisiac. John joins Chazz on an outing, but is taken aback by the amount of love and sorrow shown by the widow of the deceased. He reconsiders his stance on love and marriage and rushes to Jeremy's wedding. He joins them mid-ceremony as the best man, but disrupts it by attempting to speak to Claire while standing at the altar. After intense arguments and a mild scuffle, Claire finally reveals that she, too, has feelings for John. Zach is dumbfounded by the situation, and turns to Secretary Cleary for help. However, Secretary Cleary fully supports his daughter's decision to reject Zach. Defeated and clearly angry, Zach begins demanding Claire to return to the altar (And his true nature being shown in front of the entire wedding.) before attacking John; however, Jeremy intervenes and knocks Zach to the ground with a solid punch. The film ends with Jeremy getting married to Gloria, John uniting with Claire, and the two couples driving away joking about crashing a wedding all together.

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