The two decide to crash one final wedding of the season, involving the daughter of a high ranking government official, Secretary Cleary, played by Christopher Walken. The two pick out their conquests, both end up being Cleary's other daughters and, of course, John falls in love. "Wedding Crashers" is almost a paint by numbers romantic comedy from that point on with the exception of a few brief scenes or snippets of dialogue that may make some people blush.

There is a lot to like in "Wedding Crashers," particularly Vaughn's performance. Vaughn's Jeremy is a fast-talking lothario, much like his characters in "Swingers" and "Old School" and when the film slows down for Wilson's romance with Claire, played by the stunning Rachel McAdams, Vaughn boosts the energy levels in the scenes he is in, bringing back the funny. It also helps that he is teamed up with the zany Isla Fisher, who plays Gloria Cleary with a wacky madness that the film could have used more of.

Wilson's main job in the film is to fall for Claire but he isn't given much else to do, which is too bad because he can pull off so much more. McAdams is turning into quite the leading lady and her performance as the "perfect girl" appears effortless. Speaking of effortless, while watching recent films that featured Walken I found myself wishing that he would tone down the crazy but he could have certainly turned it up a bit here. Why have him if he is just going to be a straight man?

There is more that I did not like in "Wedding Crashers." Jane Seymour's Kathleen Cleary, the wife of Walken's character, has very little to do and what she does is drink heavily and come on to Wilson. Not funny. There is also the gay brother character who seems to only be there to provide one uncomfortable scene. Not funny and not necessary and yet every "big comedy" seems to have to have some joke about a gay person who just can't help but come on to an uninterested straight person. Has that happened to you? It hasn't happened to me. In fact, I only think that it happens in films like this and episodes of "The Jenny Jones Show."

Perhaps the unfunniest part of this comedy though is a terrible cameo from Will Ferrell. Ferrell can be terrific but his character in this film falls flat and he takes that part of the movie with him.

Seeing "Wedding Crashers" is like going to the wedding of a second cousin or a friend of your spouses. You have a good time for a little while but eventually you run out of people to talk to, you don't want to dance anymore, you're starting to feel a little hung-over and you want to go home. *1/2

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