Wedding Crashers

"Life's a Party. Crash It."

2005 1h 59m EN

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★6.5TMDB · 4,848

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John and his buddy Jeremy are emotional criminals who know how to use a woman's hopes and dreams for their own carnal gain. Their modus operandi: crashing weddings. Normally, they meet guests who want to toast the romantic day with a random hook-up. But when John meets Claire, he discovers what true love – and heartache – feels like.

“Life's a Party. Crash It.”

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Cast

Owen Wilson
John Beckwith
Vince Vaughn
Jeremy Grey
Christopher Walken
Secretary Cleary
Rachel McAdams
Claire Cleary
Isla Fisher
Gloria Cleary
Jane Seymour
Kathleen Cleary
Ellen Albertini Dow
Grandma Mary Cleary
Keir O'Donnell
Todd Cleary

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: David Dobkin
Writers: Bob Fisher, Steve Faber
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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MONEY

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Made its money back 7.2× over at the box office.

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2 / 8

ERA

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Released 21 years ago.

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3 / 8

CAST

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205+ people credited in cast and crew — a small city's worth of labour.

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4 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by David Dobkin, shot by Julio Macat. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Rolfe Kent. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Mark Livolsi shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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7 / 8

CAST

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Owen Wilson and Vince Vaughn and Christopher Walken carry the top of the cast.

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8 / 8

FACT

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Marketing tagline: "Life's a Party. Crash It.".

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The take

David Dobkin directs. Julio Macat behind the camera. Rolfe Kent scores. Mark Livolsi cuts. Made its budget back several times over at the box office. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

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1Made its money back 7.2× over at the box office.
2Released 21 years ago.
3205+ people credited in cast and crew — a small city's worth of labour.
4Directed by David Dobkin, shot by Julio Macat. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Original score by Rolfe Kent. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
6Editor Mark Livolsi shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
7Owen Wilson and Vince Vaughn and Christopher Walken carry the top of the cast.
8Marketing tagline: "Life's a Party. Crash It.".
9IMDB entry: tt0396269 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
10Released under 12 different titles around the world.

The technical file

Cinematography: Julio Macat
Original score: Rolfe Kent
Editing: Mark Livolsi
Production design: Barry Robison
Costume design: Denise Wingate
Makeup / hair: Lori McCoy-Bell
VFX supervisor: Thomas J. Smith
Sound: Tim Chau
Stunt coordinator: Joe Bucaro III
Runtime: 119 min · 1h 59m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $40,000,000
Box office: $288,500,000
Return: 721% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): R
IMDB: Wedding Crashers (2005)

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CinemaSerf2025-01-11
★ 6/10
"He thought "Moby Dick" was a venereal disease" - made me smile at the start of this, but after I while I really did wonder if it was ever going to end! "John" (Owen Wilson) and his pal "Jeremy" (Vince Vaughn) are a couple of amorous types who have quite a successful habit of crashing other folks weddings - usually without knowing a soul - and chancing their arm amongst the hormonally vulnerable. Then something unexpected happens and they end up at the mansion of the US Treasury Secretary (Christopher Walken) where the most convoluted of love pentangles occurs between the two boys, "Claire" (Rachel McAdams), "Gloria" (Isla Fisher) and the pompous "Sack" (Bradley Cooper) - and that's before "Todd, the gay son of the house (Keir O'Donnell) takes a bit of a shine to one of them, too! Not only has romance gone into overdrive, but the relationship between the men is starting to strain. Thing is, the family believe the boys are something quite different from their real selves, and the question is as inevitable as the sun coming up. Will they get found out or be forced to admit who they really are, and will they escape with their lives? It has it's moments this, but it's far too long and padded out with most of the fun out of the way after the first twenty minutes. That leaves us with an increasingly orchestrated series of escapades along the rather puerile lines of "American Pie". These men do have comedy timing and their delivery is slick nd professional, but their humour is childish and predictable, as are the scenarios and jokes. It's not that it's bad, it's just dated and unsophisticated. Ellen Albertini Dow quite engagingly keeps up the spirit of Una O'Connor and Mlldred Natwick as the outrageous and curmudgeonly grandmother, but otherwise this wasn't really for me.

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