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What Happens in Vegas... (2008)

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27 out of 42 people found the following comment useful :-
Enjoyable comedy without the usual Hollywood overkill, 9 maggio 2008

Author: quirke_j da Ireland

I was in fear of going to see this movie.The reviews were appalling. At the last minute I relented and went expecting the worst. I was pleasantly surprised after 10 minutes my fears were dispelled and I actually started to enjoy the film. The basis of the film was predictable but the way the 2 central characters draw you in surprised me. They worked very well together and played off each other very well. Yes there are 1 or 2 silly scenes but it was still funny.

I think the best thing about this comedy was that it left it up to the audience to draw their own conclusions on the characters of the central characters without laying (on as Hollywood usually does)it on heavy with the romantic or schmuty character embellishment.

Just a funny story with 2 ( 4 including the supporting friends) very good comic actors. Give yourself a break its not overly typical Hollywood flick and I found it funny anyway ! PS I am not a teenager !

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8 out of 11 people found the following comment useful :-
A very funny movie!!!, 13 maggio 2008

Author: lobotaku-1 da Uruguay

I saw this movie today and I can say it's a very funny movie. Surely, isn't the next Oscar winner, but it's a very enjoyable movie that can make you laugh and laugh for like 2 hours. The actors are very good on their roles and let's be sincere: Ashton Kutcher IS funny! And Cameron Diaz make it funnier even if she's not so funny if she don't have good actors working with her. If you like love comedies you should see this movie, but if you are looking something more brainy...keep walking. Give it a chance! You won't regret. And keep an eye on the secondary roles, because they are as great as the main characters. I hope they work together again as soon as possible,meanwhile I want the DVD release!

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23 out of 42 people found the following comment useful :-
For an average Hollywood comedy, it's not bad…, 8 maggio 2008

Author: mario_c da Porto, Portugal

This romantic comedy starts with a good premise: two strangers meet in Las Vegas and after an evening of wildness and many drinks they get married and win a prize of 3,000,000 dollars on a slot machine. They agree to divorce and split the money, but the Judge doesn't concede it to them, and force them to live together for 6 months, in order to make them try to succeed their marriage. It's the beginning of a living hell to them, because they can't stand each other…

In the beginning the movie has a bit of originality and fits perfectly in the "it's so stupid that it turns out funny" comedy type but then, step by step, it turns into an average and "normal" romantic comedy. It has great number of comic scenes and some of them are really funny, but if we exclude the beginning the plot really lacks originality and significance. We can see it especially at the ending, because it has the expected, conventional, and boring Hollywood ending we are all used to watch in this sort of comedies.

I liked the performances of the main actors though. I think Ashton Kutcher is funny, in his own and particular way, like he was before on previous comedies; and Cameron Diaz still has that smile that I used to appreciate so much in my teenage years…

Of course it's not an excellent comedy, it's even a bit ridiculous and flawed at parts, but it's funny and entertaining, and for a "typical average Hollywood comedy" it's not bad…

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8 out of 14 people found the following comment useful :-
Typical, but still funny, 11 maggio 2008

Author: Kristine (kristinedrama14@msn.com) da Chicago, Illinois

When I first saw the trailer to What Happens in Vegas..., I thought it did look so predictable, but it had some really funny moments in the trailer, so I still wanted to see it. The only sad part, we have Cameron Diaz(who looks like a really good looking aging woman) and Ashton Kutcher(who still looks and acts like he's 12 years old), so we have two obnoxious actors that could have made a very disastrous film. But I saw What Happens in Vegas... yesterday and even though it was very predictable and stupid, it still had some very funny moments. I mean, Cameron and Ashton play two of the most unlikeable characters in movie history, who just bicker back and forth. The characters who win you over in the film are Rob Corddry and Lake Bell, who's fighting is actually very funny. But Aston and Cameron had some really good moments too.

Joy just got dumped by her boyfriend in front of her friends, Jack just got fired by his own father, so what's next for them? VEGAS! They happen to meet when their rooms get mixed up and end up drinking together, having a ball in Vegas, and end up accidentally marrying each other. When they come too, they realize it was a mistake, but start bickering, Joy leaves a quarter at her slot machine and Jack puts it in and wins 3 million dollars! But when it comes to the annulment, for some strange and unbelievable reason, the judge sentences them to 6 months hard marriage and freezes the money. So these two who have nothing in common battle it out, until of course they fall for each other.

What Happens in Vegas... is silly and predictable, but I do think the rating her on IMDb is a little harsh. I completely side with people who hate Cameron and Ashton, but their battle scenes together are pretty funny. Just I've seen so many worse films, this was just a fun romantic comedy to lighten the spirit of Iron Man and Speed Racer, not to mention the more action packed movies for the summer. So I'd say it's worth the look, but more of a rental vs. a high priced ticket, but just have fun, I think you'll get more than a few laughs.

5/10

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1 out of 1 people found the following comment useful :-
Great fun!, 14 maggio 2008

Author: jhobdell da Southampton, UK

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OK, I'm assuming here that anyone that's seen a trailer for this film knows the basic premise: girl and guy seek escape in Vegas, get hitched and then fall foul of the legal system (well, this particular judge anyway). That basically means that there can be only one logical path for the film: verbal and behavioural bitching, all-too-brief insights into respective histories and then a reconciliation. That's what you should be expecting even before you decide to see the film, and that's pretty much what you get.

The soundtrack is great (and that's high praise from me): it all just seems to work with the film very smoothly (including the opening track from Mika, whom I can't stand!) Diaz and Kutcher have great chemistry (possibly better when they're being mean to each other but I'm not judging!) and I think the story works from concept to conflict to resolution very well. There are some great comic moments and the transition from hatred to understanding is almost touching. I might even recommend this film as a relationship guidance tool!

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3 out of 5 people found the following comment useful :-
What happens when you get two supernova stars, Diaz & Kutcher, together? You get a sizzler, despite a so-so script!, 13 maggio 2008

Author: Amy Adler da Toledo, Ohio

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Joy (Cameron Diaz) is a Wall Street financier with a rich fiancé. However, her intended is an overbearing killjoy and she has struggled for four years to please him. Naturally, on the day she throws him a surprise birthday party, he breaks off the engagement in earshot of the hiding guests. Crushed, Joy receives advice from close friend, Tipper (Lake Bell) that they should head for Vegas, where troubles get washed away like rain. Jack (Ashton Kutcher), a talented cabinet-maker, works for his father (Treat Williams) but has a touch of the Peter Pan syndrome and goofs off on the job repeatedly, causing his dad to finally fire him. He, too, heads to Vegas with a lawyer pal, Hater (Rob Cordrry). Of course, the mixed-up duo, Joy and Jack, meet, get drunk together, and end up marrying late into the night. When morning comes, both are chagrined at the situation but, playing the slots for diversion, Jack hits a 3 million dollar jackpot, with Joy's quarter. Since they are married, things get complicated, especially when a tough-nut judge (Dennis Miller) will not grant them a quickie divorce and money-split but insists that they try marriage for six months. Horrors indeed! Joy moves into Jack's place, which Lysol has not touched in ages and where each is out to sabotage the other. Will they kill each other in the process? This is a movie built on star power, rather than a great script. Diaz and Kutcher are, well, supernova actors, with good reason. Each of them is gorgeous and very deft at comedy. It is no small pleasure at all to see them in action, it is a mighty one. The rest of the cast is likewise good, with Corddry doing a great turn as a woman-hating scummy lawyer and Miller, in a small role, making the most of his good lines. Queen Latifah is on hand, too, as the court appointed marriage counselor to the young couple and she is also a joy. The costumes are knockout, especially Joy's gold-colored dress to a work-related retreat and dance. Also nice is the scenery, both in New York and in Vegas. So, why is this movie getting mixed reviews? It falls to the script, for the direction is rather good. There are some very funny scenes, such as the one in which an older "girl scout" shows up at Jack's doorstep for some unusual merit badge training. But, alas, the screenplay goes hot and cold, with some jokes just falling flat. Perhaps, a second screenwriter (like Buck Henry, haha) would have turned this one into a big winner. Yet, in the final analysis, the film is most enjoyable, thanks to the sizzling Diaz and Kutcher, and the very uplifting ending. If you are a romcom fan, do not miss it for the world. But, even if you prefer other genres, my guess is that you will end up laughing and smiling, for that is what happens when lovable stars surpass the material.

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A Nutshell Review: What Happens In Vegas, 7 maggio 2008

Author: DICK STEEL da Singapore

My only trip to the US (not counting the toddler days) where I can remember what the heck I was doing, was back in December 2005 (gee, time flies!) where I spent a total of 7 full days trawling the streets as well as the casinos up and down the Strip and its outskirts, and seriously, it's never as sexy as that portrayed in the movies (or that television series), though you'd truly never really run out of things to do, despite everything being overly expensive at tourist prices. I think I still possess a mental map of everything on the Strip!

And of course, Vegas is famous amongst other things besides the Elvis impersonators, live entertainment etc, is the ability to conduct quicky marriages, which is what Ashton Kutcher's Jack Fuller and Cameron Diaz's Joy McNally get themselves into during a night of drunken stupor and cheap dares, two lonely souls who journey to Sin City as an escapism from their failed lives, where you can enjoy all the pleasures the city have to offer, before the drudge comes kicking in when you receive that credit card bill.

So begins the story when the duo find themselves in a situation to annul their marriage given a night of impulse that they cannot remember, but cannot do so when McNally's quarter was inserted into a jackpot machine by Fuller, and that brought them a cool 3 million dollars jackpot. Which they can't agree how to split the money, and a quirky judge sentenced them to 6 months "hard marriage" to work through their marital vows, before their frozen cash can be touched. As what the trailer had already explicitly spelt out, it's War of the Roses in Mr and Mrs Smith styled couch-therapy sessions by Queen Latifah, with comedy ranging from the slapstick, to the plain juvenile toilet tricks.

Attempts to elevate the movie and give the characters more depth, come in the form of Jack Fuller learning to believe in himself and to shed his playboy, non-committal ways, and with Joy McNally having to learn to let her hair down, lighten up, and basically doing something she loves rather than to continue doing things that she dislikes, in true "live your dream" fashion. And throw in a quirky boss and ideal parents into the mix, you'd have a whole host of supporting cast to boost variety in this rather predictable tale, where you can see the outcome shining brightly like a star in a moonless night.

I thought Ashton Kutcher and Cameron Diaz could be playing themselves, i.e. one's dating an older woman, the other other no qualms in dating younger men. Well, at least their characters had never felt the need to reveal their ages, but you can tell Diaz is a spring chicken no longer since her big screen debut in The Mask. Typical of all her roles, Diaz again plays a ditzy blonde with quirky skill sets, and I thought somebody should really consider giving her a role in an action movie, since she has on display, really menacing looking biceps, and a scene where she got to show off her combo moves of a right hook and reverse roundhouse kick.

Kutcher on the other hand is, well, Kutcher from Punk'd, with nothing really new offered in his role of the smooth talking slacker with brooding good looks. Instead, the one who stole the show was sidekick Rob Corddry as Hater, Fuller's best friend and lawyer. He would already be familiar to some as the crazy Homeland Security agent in Harold and Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay, and I'd stick my neck out to say this is one guy to watch over the next few comedic movies, as he totally let it rip in this movie with his crazy antics.

At best, What Happens in Vegas is ideal for those itching for yet another formulaic romantic- comedy from the factories of Hollywood, or for those who missed out on the hot tickets for Speed Racer. Stay behind after the end credits roll for a final coda. There are 2 at the beginning of the end credits, but hold out right until the end before you decide to make for the exit.

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11 out of 21 people found the following comment useful :-
Not Worth $13, 7 maggio 2008

Author: themegster88 (themegster88@hotmail.com) da Wellington, New Zealand

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The poster says 'get lucky' - sadly I didn't with this film. The premise is simple: drunken people get married in Vegas, but can't get annulled for some 'crazy' reason. ALA: Friends, Laws Of Atraction and many more. Diaz and Kutcher are both lacking something in this film. Diaz (again) relies on shaking her booty and being the same ditzy character that she is in so many of her films, but I felt this lacked the pizazz of her earlier films, such as The Sweetest Thing and Charlies Angels. Kutcher falls into the same 'pretty boy' trap of being a roguishly attractive man, and this role (and film) are almost identical to his 2003's Just Married - but this film is worse. The film was just off in so many places, displaced laughs, ongoing jokes that aren't funny, and the compulsory 15 minutes of immature escalating pranks. Most of the 'laughs' are in the trailer. What Happens In Vegas... takes its time getting to the conclusion, too much time, for a normal ending. At least this film knows what it is, and it doesn't reach for the stars. It is a simple romcom, but not a memorable one, and one you will have seen a few times before. Save your $13, and check out What Happens in Vegas... on DVD.

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It creates a comedic atmosphere that entertains me so much!, 15 maggio 2008

Author: Gordon-11 da Hong Kong

This film is about two people getting married while being drunk in Las Vegas. They were ordered by court to try their marriage out for 6 months.

"What Happens In Vegas" is truly funny. Both Cameron Diaz and Ashton Kutcher are likable characters, charming and fun, which suits the film entirely. The script is quite predictable, but is still entertaining nonetheless. The obligatory fight between the two is so much fun to watch! It's not about the actual joke moments, but the entire comedic atmosphere that "What Happens In Vegas" creates that makes it so enjoyable. I think "What Happens In Vegas" is a good choice to relax and entertain yourself. Don't compare it to anything, just be happy and let it entertain you.

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5 out of 10 people found the following comment useful :-
Predictable but enjoyable, 13 maggio 2008

Author: brad_317 da Canada

All you have to do is watch the trailer for this movie and you know generally how it's going to pan out. And even while watching it, it's pretty predictable.

However, in saying that, it certainly had its moments. Ashton Kutcher plays the usual role, Cameron Diaz looks good and acts bad as always, Rob Corddry is hilarious in a secondary role as Kutcher's bumbling lawyer friend and the very attractive Lake Bell provides some more wit as Diaz best friend.

Overall, it definitely exceeded my expectations and I enjoyed the majority of it (with the exception of a few, forced sappy moments).

Worth my money? Yes, cause it was cheap night and only cost me $4.20! Worth your $10? Not really. Just rent it when it comes out.

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