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# ‘Wedding crashers’ a match made in heaven
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/wedding-crashers-a-match-made-in-heaven/
- Published: 2005-07-15T15:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-23T07:26:24.000Z
- Author: Dan Dunn
- Tags: Entertainment, Santa Monica, #archive-import, Homeless

As guy movies go, “Wedding Crashers” qualifies as an instant classic. Bodacious babes, booze-addled mayhem and raunchy wisecracks abound, not to mention a couple of hard-partying male leads that are cooler than a homeless Eskimo. Throw in a topless Jane Seymour (OK, we only see her from behind), along with perhaps the hottest of young Hollywood hot-ties, “Mean Girls” vamp Rachel McAdams, and you’ve got a veritable smorgasbord of kinky good times. But a funny thing happened on the way to “Old School” infamy — it developed into a smart, dare I say, tender romantic comedy. There’s more to this movie than flips a frat boy’s lid — the ladies (or, at least, some of them) are also going to howl at this refreshingly R-rated romp.

Owen Wilson and Vince Vaughn star as D.C. divorce mediators John Beckwith and Jeremy Grey, lifelong buddies with commitment issues who spend every wedding season doing precisely what the title suggests — all for the glory of scoring bridesmaids in heat. This is a comedic pairing on par with Lewis and Martin or Murphy and Akroyd — Wilson and Vaughn just flat-out belong together, the former’s laid-back stoned-surfer shtick in perfect harmony with Vaughn’s rapid-fire riffing. The dashing duo decides to wrap up another successful crashing season at the wedding of Treasury Secretary William Cleary’s (Christopher Walken) daughter, but after John falls head over heels for the bride’s spellbinding sis Claire (McAdams), all of their ironclad rules of engagement are soon broken. The script, by sitcom vets Steve Faber and Bob Fisher, is fast-paced and persistently hilarious, and director David Dobkin, who made “Clay Pigeons” with Vaughn and guided Wilson through “Shanghai Knights,” does what smart directors should do with prodigious talent: He stays outta the way. Will Ferrell chews up the scenery in a third act cameo. (Rated R for sexual content/nudity and language. Running time: 119 minutes)

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on July 15, 2005.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/071505.pdf?ref=smdp.com)