Wedding Crashers

Wedding Crashers (2005)

Life's a Party. Crash It.

Release:2005
Runtime:1h 59m
Country:United States
Director:David Dobkin
Language:English

Keywords

CakeSailingFake IdentityWeddingLying

Wedding Crashers rating: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic

IMDb7/10· 396K votes
Rotten Tomatoes75%
Metacritic64%
TMDb6.5/10· 5K votes

With 75% on Rotten Tomatoes, backed by 7/10 on IMDb and 64/100 on Metacritic, critical reception of this film has been positive.

About Wedding Crashers

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.

Cast of Wedding Crashers

  • Owen Wilson

    Owen Wilson

    as John Beckwith

  • Vince Vaughn

    Vince Vaughn

    as Jeremy Grey

  • Christopher Walken

    Christopher Walken

    as Secretary Cleary

  • Rachel McAdams

    Rachel McAdams

    as Claire Cleary

  • Isla Fisher

    Isla Fisher

    as Gloria Cleary

  • Jane Seymour

    Jane Seymour

    as Kathleen Cleary

  • Ellen Albertini Dow

    Ellen Albertini Dow

    as Grandma Mary Cleary

  • Keir O'Donnell

    Keir O'Donnell

    as Todd Cleary

  • Bradley Cooper

    Bradley Cooper

    as Sack Lodge

  • Ron Canada

    Ron Canada

    as Randolph

  • Henry Gibson

    Henry Gibson

    as Father O'Neil

  • Dwight Yoakam

    Dwight Yoakam

    as Mr. Kroeger

Wedding Crashers facts

Budget
$40M
Box office
$288.5M

Our take on Wedding Crashers

David Dobkin's romantic comedy follows two smooth-talking friends, John and Jeremy, who make an art of crashing strangers' weddings to seduce guests swept up in the romance of the day. Their reckless routine hits a wall when John falls for Claire and discovers, for the first time, what genuine love and heartache feel like. It's a broad, wisecracking studio comedy built on charm, rapid banter and predictable but satisfying romantic beats, mixing crude gags with an underlying sweetness. Best for viewers wanting an easygoing, laugh-focused date-night watch and willing to forgive a familiar arc; those seeking realism or restraint should look elsewhere. Reliable, breezy fun that leans on its leads' rapport.

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Audience opinions

What the audience liked

  • Wedding setting provides romantic comedy backdrop with high-stakes deception
  • Sailing sequence and cake scenes create memorable comedic character moments
  • Fake identity premise generates sustained humor throughout the narrative arc

What the audience disliked

  • Romance resolution feels predictable undermining romantic comedy stakes
  • Lying theme becomes preachy in third act compromising entertainment value

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