What Happens in Vegas (2008)

User Rating:

5.8/10   

Director:

Tom Vaughan

Writer (WGA):

Dana Fox (written by)

Release Date:

9 May 2008 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Romance

Tagline:

Get Lucky.

Plot:

Set in Sin City, story revolves around two people who discover they've gotten married following a night of debauchery...

Plot Keywords:

Taxicab | Girl In Bra And Panties | Friendship | Wedding | Corporate Retreat

Awards:

2 wins & 1 nomination

Cast

Cameron Diaz	...	Joy McNally
Ashton Kutcher	...	Jack Fuller
Rob Corddry	...	Hater
Lake Bell	...	Tipper
Jason Sudeikis	...	Mason
Treat Williams	...	Jack Fuller Sr.
Deirdre O'Connell	...	Judy Fuller
Michelle Krusiec	...	Chong
Dennis Farina	...	Richard Banger
Zach Galifianakis	...	Dave the Bear
Queen Latifah	...	Dr. Twitchell
Krysten Ritter	...	Kelly
Ricky Garcia	...	Fuller Closets Worker
Andrew Daly	...	Curtis
Benita Robledo	...	Maid

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for some sexual and crude content, and language,including a drug reference.

Runtime:

USA:99 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | Serbo-Croatian

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

SDDS | DTS | Dolby Digital

Certification:

UK:12A | Ireland:15A | Switzerland:10 (canton of Vaud) | Switzerland:10 (canton of Geneva) | Singapore:PG | Netherlands:6 | Finland:K-11 | South Korea:15 | Philippines:PG-13 (MTRCB) | Portugal:M/12 | Malaysia:U | USA:PG-13 (certificate #44208) | Argentina:Atp | South Africa:10M | Germany:6 | Norway:7 | Denmark:7 | Sweden:Btl | Canada:G (Québec) | Canada:PG (Alberta/British Columbia/Manitoba/Ontario) | France:U | Hong Kong:IIA | Australia:M | Sweden:11 | Spain:T | Brazil:12 | Taiwan:PG-12 | Singapore:NC-16 (DVD rating)

Filming Locations:

Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

Company:

Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation

Goofs:

Audio/visual unsynchronized: At the retreat you can clearly see the drummer not making contact with the snare drum. His brush is in mid-air.

Quotes:

Joy McNally: Is there any part of the night, I don't know, maybe say the part where I was about to marry the rebound guy, that you thought, 'hey oh my God, this is a really good time for an intervention'?
Tipper: [extremely hungover] Seriously?
Joy McNally: Yeah.
Tipper: I like... threw up in my own purse... so...

Movie Connections:

References Citizen Kane (1941)

Soundtrack:

It's Alright

Something enjoyable to watch with the missus

When I think of the RomCom genre I see 2 people meeting by accident, not getting along, circling around each other for 1 hour and then in the end, by magic, finally seeing the beauty in each other and living happily ever after. Im not saying that this movie is all that better or even different from that, but its one of the few in the genre that actually made me laugh out loud a couple of times.

The story is pretty plain, 2 people have to go on with this drunken Vegas marriage to get the 1,5 million each that they won, they struggle hard to make the other one give up on it. This is the setting for most of the film and it gives the viewer some really familiar every day situations pushed to the extreme, the interaction between Cameron and Ashton is working out well all through the movie, they really seem to be having fun acting their parts.

I don't understand why this movie is at a 5.1 rating, sure its nothing new, sure its not the best storyline you have ever seen, but its good clear fun if you are looking for just that, nothing more nothing less.