Rating: PG-13
Movie Release Date: May 9, 2008
DVD Release Date: August 26, 2008
Plot 411: When tragedy strikes, two individuals seek a distraction in Las Vegas only to end up getting married to one another.
Review: When Joy (Cameron Diaz) is dumped by her boyfriend, her BFF Tipper (Lake Bell) insists they take a trip to Vegas to forget her troubles. Jack (Ashton Kutcher) is also in Vegas with his friend Hater (Rob Corddry) because he just got fired by his dad. After a hotel mix up, the foursome party the night away. Joy and Jack wake up the next morning married to one another. But before they can get a divorce, Jack hits a jackpot with a quarter he got from Joy. Now $3,000,000 is at stake and each is determined to walk away with the cash. Unfortunately, their judge (Dennis Miller) isn't going to make it easy on them. He sentences them to six months of marriage and weekly visits to a marriage counselor (Queen Latifah). Joy and Jack live together during this period to show the court that they're really trying to be married to one another. They also try desperately to make the other give up by doing increasingly horrible things to each other. This is where all the slapstick humor comes into play. The performances by Diaz and Kutcher aren't groundbreaking, but you do get a sense of their good chemistry. This makes all the torture comedy so much better and funnier. Corddry is really funny with his dry, one-liners. The plot's a bit unrealistic (What are the odds that you're so wasted you get married to a stranger AND hit a jackpot with one pull?) but still enjoyable. Also in this film are Zach Galifianakis, Treat Williams and Dennis Farina,
Watch It: For the comedic riffs and banter. Diaz and Kutcher are pretty to look at but anyone could've played those roles just as well.
Skip It: For a better Las Vegas-based movie - The Hangover.
Movie Release Date: May 9, 2008
DVD Release Date: August 26, 2008
Plot 411: When tragedy strikes, two individuals seek a distraction in Las Vegas only to end up getting married to one another.
Review: When Joy (Cameron Diaz) is dumped by her boyfriend, her BFF Tipper (Lake Bell) insists they take a trip to Vegas to forget her troubles. Jack (Ashton Kutcher) is also in Vegas with his friend Hater (Rob Corddry) because he just got fired by his dad. After a hotel mix up, the foursome party the night away. Joy and Jack wake up the next morning married to one another. But before they can get a divorce, Jack hits a jackpot with a quarter he got from Joy. Now $3,000,000 is at stake and each is determined to walk away with the cash. Unfortunately, their judge (Dennis Miller) isn't going to make it easy on them. He sentences them to six months of marriage and weekly visits to a marriage counselor (Queen Latifah). Joy and Jack live together during this period to show the court that they're really trying to be married to one another. They also try desperately to make the other give up by doing increasingly horrible things to each other. This is where all the slapstick humor comes into play. The performances by Diaz and Kutcher aren't groundbreaking, but you do get a sense of their good chemistry. This makes all the torture comedy so much better and funnier. Corddry is really funny with his dry, one-liners. The plot's a bit unrealistic (What are the odds that you're so wasted you get married to a stranger AND hit a jackpot with one pull?) but still enjoyable. Also in this film are Zach Galifianakis, Treat Williams and Dennis Farina,
Watch It: For the comedic riffs and banter. Diaz and Kutcher are pretty to look at but anyone could've played those roles just as well.
Skip It: For a better Las Vegas-based movie - The Hangover.
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