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The Wedding
Crashers (R)
By John Walker
arts@barnstablepatriot.com
The Wedding Crashers is the
first film in a long time to get
me excited about its release on
DVD. It is one of the best movies
to come out in 2005 and one of
the best comedies to come out
in quite a while.
The Wedding Crashers earned
a place on my elite list all time
favorite comedies, which include
This Is Spinal Tap, Stripes , Slap
Shot ,Animal House and, of course,
Caddy shack. It is a throw back to
the days when filmmakers cared
less about playing to the junior
high school crowd and more to
adults.
Though the film can be crude
and rude it is still packed with
enough heart and enough smarts
to make it enjoyable to all but the
prudest of prudes
It greatly benefits from having
two of the funniest motor mouths
working in Hollywood today.
Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson
are hilarious when they are by
themselves. Together they are a
comedicforce to bereckoned with.
The chemistry between the two
stars is reminiscent of the chem-
istry between Robert Redford and
Paul Newman in Butch Cassidy
And The Sundance Kid.
Vaughn is the real standout in
the film. He perfected the role he
has played in Old School , Made
and Dodgeball as a quick-talking
slacker wise guy.
The two play divorce mediators,
Jeremy (Vaughn) and John (Wil-
son), who spend their weekends
crashing weddings. Like skilled
predators, the two men go from
wedding to wedding changing eth-
nic backgrounds and using every
trick from their arsenal to bed as
many bridesmaids as possible.
The two men have every angle of
the crash worked out right down
to fake purple heartsfor the recep-
tions with cash bars and an ever-
changing resume of professions
from the French ForeignLegionto
the CEO's of an emerging maple
syrup conglomerate.
The opening montage shows
the two going through a series of
weddings and sets a high energy
level for the film. The opening
is such a great time, it makes
you wish that they 'd crash your
wedding.
To end the wedding season on a
high note the two decide to crash
the social wedding of the year:
the wedding of treasury secretary
William Cleary 's (Christopher
Walken) daughter.
They successfully gain entrance
and are soon running through
their litany of tricks and ruses to
get the women they want. Before
you know it, John has fallen in
love with the secretary's middle
daughter Claire.
The two are next invited to the
family's beach home, where Jer-
emy endures a series of hilarious
abuses at the hands of various
family members while John con-
tinues to work on getting Claire
to fall for him.
The last third of the film con-
tains some of the funniest bits as
well as one of the best cameos in
a film that I have ever seen.
The Wedding Crashers can be
crude , yet it maintains a sweet-
ness that keeps it a love story
at heart.
The DVD comes with the option
to watch either the theatrical
version or the uncorked version
that has added scenes not in the
original film. Either version is
funny, though the theatrical ver-
sion runs slightly smoother. The
film also has some of the best and
funniest deleted scenes since This
Is Spinal Tap . The scene where
the two sing "99 Red Balloons" is
absolutely hilarious.
Wedding Crashers is one of
those rare films that will have you
laughingand keep you entertained
throughout the entire film. It is
rarer still in the fact that you will
have such a good time watching it
that you'll want to see it again.
Library Pick:
Mr And Mrs Smith
Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie
star in this action/comedy about
a handsome married couple living
in a beautiful suburban home
who fight over such mundane
things as curtains for the living
room.
The couple grows bored with
their married life and go to a
marriage counselor. They express
their mutual disinterest in each
other stating that they are just
like every other married couple ,
but there is one major difference
both Mr. and Mrs. Smith are elite
assassins.
Their marriage heats up how-
ever when they discover their
partners true identity and are
forced to carry out a contract on
each other.
The film crackles with excellent
performances by Brad Pitt and
Angelina Jolie and boasts some
superb dialogue and a supporting
role by Vince Vaughn.
The film gained notoriety for
the off-screen chemistry between
stars Jolie and Pitt. The film
is enjoyable albeit somewhat
predictable. Mr And Mrs Smith
is available at the Cotuit Public
Library.
The Entertainment Report...
CONTINUED FROM PAGE 24
DVD QUICK PICKS
The Flintstones: The Complete
Fourth Series (Warner Home
Video)
Yabba Dabba Doo! Need proof
that the Hanna-Barbera '60s clas-
sic - the first animated program
to air in primetime -has earned
a rock-hard place in history?
Then dig in ... just the way Dino
would! This season celebrates the
introduction of Bamm-Bamm;
abandoned on the doorstep of
Betty and Barney Rubble, the
little tyke not only captured
Pebble 's teeny heart but proved
to have, shall we say, quite the
hard-hitting impact. Best of all,
the season'sfirst episode features
Ann-Margrock -it's a sassy trib-
ute to Ann-Margret (then hotter
than a kitten with a whip) and
the real A-M provided the voice.
No wonder bedrock (s) !
The Lenny Bruce Perf or-
mance Film (Koch Vision)
George Carlin says it best:
Bruce'sgenius'wasthe unique
abilityto investigatehypocrisy
and expose social inequities
in a street rap that was really
a form of poetry. In this -the
only complete stand-up perfor-
mance of Bruce ever captured
on film - the iconoclast poet
speaks. Loudly.Filmed in 1965
at SanFrancisco'sBasin Street
West (in what would be his
penultimate live appearance),
the show consists of Bruce's
responses to the accusations
and allegations stemming
from his multiple arrests for
obscenity and the trials that
followed. While the production
values are far from superior, it
is an important piece of history
for humorists and historians to
embrace.
Adventures of Superman: The
Complete Second Season (Warner
Home Video)
Faster than a speeding bullet
...more powerful than a locomo-
tive ...Warner Home Video is able
to leap tall buildings in a single
bound whenit releasesvolume two
in this must-have series. When we
reviewed the show's first season,
we cited the tight drama, first-rate
acting and humor -essential ele-
mentsthat havetranscended what
manythought wasmerely achild's
series based on a comic book into
an important look at crime and
society that still holds up. These
26 episodes simplyunderscore our
point. As the Man of Steel and
his alter-ego Clark Kent, George
Reeves infuses his performances
with gentle strokes of humor and
humanity. Great Caesar's Ghost!
What are you waiting for?
Is ft Can\Happen Here...
CONTINUED FROM PAGE 24
Patriot Act? What happens to our
families, our lives? How do we deal
with the loss of freedom?"
Roscoe deals with it by writ-
ing and by political activism. In
2000,shejoined forces withCotuit
historian Jim Gould to help save
hundreds of acres on the Cotuit-
Mashpee border that were slated
to become a private golf course.
At the time, Gould called her "one
of the few cultural geographers
on Cape Cod."
The playwright, who renewed
her acting chops in 2004 with
an acclaimed performance as
Bananas in House of Blue Leaves
at the Provincetown Theater, is a
member of Cape Codders for Peace
and Justice, one of the evening's
sponsors.
"Our concern is social justice
and action on the Cape," Roscoe
said, adding that two members
"are coming up with a universal
health care plan for the Cape, so
working poor like myself can be
really covered."
Roscoe said the play is a col-
laborative effort as well, with
other playwrights appearing in
several of the roles. A voice famil-
iar from veterans' observances in
Barnstable is Bob Silverberg of
Centerville, a member of Cape
Cod Veteransfor Peace, who plays
the Announcer.
Political junkies will note
that Peter White of Yarmouth
appears as Militia Man Shad
Ledue. According to the play 's
program , White , an outspoken
candidate for local office on the
Green Party ticket , "is form-
ing a Peter White for Congress
Committee. "
As the saying goes, "If not me.
who?"
(t Can't Happen Here will be presented
in a semi-staged reading one night only
Saturday, Jan. 7, at 8 at the Tilden Arts
Center 's Studio Theater at Cape Cod Com-
munity College. Reserved tickets are $25
and available by calling Dr. Stephanie Wall
at 508-428-3759. All remaining tickets will
be oflered at the door; the house opens
at 6:30 p.m. A contribution ot $10 is sug-
gested , but no one will be turned away for
inability to pay.
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