1. MikeH.

   10

   All critics are complaining about cliche... why does a person buy a dvd? to watch the same movie that they like over and over again! so what's wrong with making a movie of the genre that many people like, except with different actors, a different storyline and different jokes!? Obviously the critics would have known what this movie was going to be about, and if they don't like the genre, then why the hell watch the movie and then criticize it for being exactly as it should be. Critics are so stupid it's beyond words... all they're looking for is a movie that makes absolutely no sense, so they can say that it is really smart and appear as if they're the only ones who understand it, thinking this will make them seem like the clever ones… Expand

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2. Rev.Rikard

   5

   Okay, I knew it was a date-movie before purchasing the tickets. I expect fluff, some comedy and predictability. Sometimes I am surprised by a film in this genre; but not this time. I will admit that it began with enough energy to spark a little hope I might leave surprised. However, it ran out of gas after the first half hour and coasted to an ending so predictable a pre-adolescent could write it. What saves this ilk of film is that entertaining twist and elbow-in-the-ribs ending. The movie was void of both. I did find myself contemplating one serious matter: How long did it take for the Queen to learn her lines? She can be an amazing, mesmerizing presence in film and yet, they probably shot her scenes in one afternoon. She could very well have been the comedic shot in the arm the film could use.… Expand

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3. ChadS.

   3

   With its aggressively reactionary attitude towards Type A women in the workplace, it's surprsing to discover that "What Happens in Vegas" was written by a woman. The film reduces the stature of day trader Joy McNally(Cameron Diaz), through a series of degrading encounters with Jack Fuller(Ashton Kutcher), who she married under the influence of an all-night bender. And then there the matter of the slots. The slots make her a slut for the almighty dollar. When they finally do embark on their new lives together, Jack will take on the role of sole provider, because Joy decides that she'd rather do nothing. She turns down a promotion at her stock brokerage firm to be a trophy wife. Joy, literally, looks like a prize in her trophy-colored dress(a gold dress), when she asks Jack to unzip the back. This gesture of servility is a sort of unspoken promise that she'll ditch her "travelin'" pants(the pants belonging to a sisterhood of strong women), so he can wear his, when their union becomes legit. "What Happens in Vegas..." debases Joy by making her fawn over a man who displays nothing but contempt for this ambitious woman during their alleged courtship. Any sane female with a measure of self-respect for herself would walk out the door after falling inside a toilet bowl, and eating popcorn with possible trace elements of "hair-gel". The contrivances of this rom-com doesn't bother me; it's the misogyny.… Expand

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