tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18360914.post113666402112102795..comments2024-03-25T16:57:51.919+00:00Comments on Bina007 Movie Reviews: THE WEDDING CRASHERS - 50% mediocre frat-pack comedy, 50% damp squib chick flickBina007http://www.blogger.com/profile/01622085135305501711noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18360914.post-1136821482049007212006-01-09T15:44:00.000+00:002006-01-09T15:44:00.000+00:00Agree with your review - would add that the film h...Agree with your review - would add that the film had yet another split personality. It tried, at times, to deal with some fairly serious and adult themes, only to chicken out from developing them into a serious and adult movie. It seemed incongruous.<BR/><BR/>For example, the gay son who becomes the family reject - it *wasn't* funny, it wasn't frat-boy comedy - but it wasn't a serious movie either, nor was the plot line ever developed. This, along with other potentially serious plot-lines that were treated with levity, left me with a pervading feeling of un-easiness that prevented me from really enjoying the humour. <BR/><BR/>Sure, the jokes themselves weren't funny enough to make it a laugh riot - but even so, no reason to litter a film with uncomfortable depth, never exploited, but always there as a thorn in the side of light entertainment.<BR/><BR/>In many ways, this was an opportunity missed. It struck me that it'd be easy for a serious director to mould the plot a little, put it in French, and have a La Regle du Jeu on his hands - a serious examination of class struggle, or of the outsider, or a simple moral tale about what's really important in life. But I guess that's not what hollywood wants.<BR/><BR/>NDaniel Plainviewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14968846401298741261noreply@blogger.com