I see perhaps 80-100 movies a year, and I have taken the time to write only one comment before, and that was three or four years ago. I watched the trailers for this movie, and I expected it to be mindless entertainment, kind of typical Owen Wilson-Vince Vaughn fare, expecting it to be a 5-6. When I got home and thought about it, I decided that 9-10 was more appropriate, and I hardly ever give a movie a 10. This time I did because of the (1) great performances of Vaughn, Rachel McAdams as Wilson's love interest, Isla Fisher as her sister, and Christoper Walken as the father of the sisters, and (2) and excellent, intelligent script.
I was really surprised. The actors in this movie must have had a ball making it because of a great script (R rated for language, but most kids have heard the words before), and the acting performances were all superb. This is, without a doubt, Vince Vaughn's best performance yet. Wilson is Wilson, but he has good lines and delivers them well. Walken is excellent, too. He's had a string of mediocre parts in the not to distant past, but this one allows him to shine, and it is the script and his deadpan way of delivering some lines in funny situations that make him better in this role, almost as good as Captain Koons in "Pulp Ficton." The truer test: The audience laughed heartily throughout, and the audience at this showing was, I would guess, an average age of 40.
I was really surprised. The actors in this movie must have had a ball making it because of a great script (R rated for language, but most kids have heard the words before), and the acting performances were all superb. This is, without a doubt, Vince Vaughn's best performance yet. Wilson is Wilson, but he has good lines and delivers them well. Walken is excellent, too. He's had a string of mediocre parts in the not to distant past, but this one allows him to shine, and it is the script and his deadpan way of delivering some lines in funny situations that make him better in this role, almost as good as Captain Koons in "Pulp Ficton." The truer test: The audience laughed heartily throughout, and the audience at this showing was, I would guess, an average age of 40.