Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates

Name: Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Romance
Released: July 8, 2016
Duration: 98 min
Rating: 51
Cast: Adam DeVine, Anna Kendrick, Aubrey Plaza, Zac Efron

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Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation | Release Date: July 8, 2016 | R

Starring: Adam DeVine, Anna Kendrick, Aubrey Plaza, Zac Efron

Summary: Hard-partying brothers Mike (Adam Devine) and Dave (Zac Efron) place an online ad to find the perfect dates (Anna Kendrick, Aubrey Plaza) for their sister’s Hawaiian wedding. Hoping for a wild getaway, the boys instead find themselves outsmarted and out-partied by the uncontrollable duo.

Director: Jake Szymanski

Genre(s): Adventure, Comedy, Romance

Rating: R

Runtime: 98 min

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Mick LaSalle

Jul 7, 2016

Comedy is getting more and more nasty and more and more funny. But it’s hard to imagine any movie more nasty-funny than Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates. Read full review

Leah Greenblatt

Jul 7, 2016

Efron and Devine are an endearingly loony duo, and as much as Plaza and Kendrick never quite sell their vixen shtick, the supporting cast is wickedly stacked. It’s like riding a roller coaster fueled by Red Bull and grain alcohol: kind of gross but pretty fun, too. Read full review

Jesse Hassenger

Jul 6, 2016

There’s something liberating about a comedy where all four central characters f--k up with such youthful bravado. Read full review

The Film Stage John Fink

Jul 12, 2016

Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates is a funny-enough summer comedy that never quite breaks free from the countless raunchy iterations that have come before it. Read full review

Todd McCarthy

Jul 5, 2016

Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates rates medium on the grossness scale (an all-body, pre-marital naked-Indian-guru-administered massage for the bride with a happy ending, anyone?), and pretty high in crude talk. But it's kind of a dud when it comes to endurance and imaginative moves. Read full review

Katie Walsh

Jul 7, 2016

On the wildly uneven rollercoaster that is Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates, the lows far outweigh the highs. Read full review

Manohla Dargis

Jul 7, 2016

Witless, soulless, often amateurish and filled with product placements (nice going, Coors), the movie has nothing going for it other than some wasted talent. Read full review

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Dimpho_Mona

Aug 17, 2016

Wow. This is the best movie i have watched this year. I like the drama the comedy and the music. Its well written and anyone can watch this kind of movie and enjoy it. My Action crazy friend watched this with me and he was super entertained even though he was skeptical about it at first.Wow. This is the best movie i have watched this year. I like the drama the comedy and the music. Its well written and anyone can watch this kind of movie and enjoy it. My Action crazy friend watched this with me and he was super entertained even though he was skeptical about it at first. Great Job you guys.

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TheQuietGamer

Jul 10, 2017

At first glance it looks like one of those comedies that is going to try getting by on having it's leads act ridiculous and over the top while firing off as many weird, profanity laced raunchy lines as possible. Yet it makes the most of it's four way team of Efron, Kendrick, Plaza, andAt first glance it looks like one of those comedies that is going to try getting by on having it's leads act ridiculous and over the top while firing off as many weird, profanity laced raunchy lines as possible. Yet it makes the most of it's four way team of Efron, Kendrick, Plaza, and Devine. They all bounce off of each other nicely. What really makes the movie work though is several, unbelievable set pieces that set a new high bar for dirtiness and shock value in comedies. Lately it seems like every R-rated comedy is trying to one up the rest in some way or another. Usually they try too hard and it ends up getting in the way of the actual humor. Not here though. I haven't seen a comedy that hits this level of vulgarity while still making me laugh in the process.

The plot is kind of bare as it's a sort of "we need to save the wedding and also grow up in the process" set-up. The sub-plots are actually pretty good here. One of the best goes to the bride-to-be's struggle with letting loose. A girl's just got to have fun sometimes, and seeing her try to cut loose leads to some of the movie's most outrageous and hilarious gags. Kendrick gets a nice one as well dealing with abandonment and heartbreak. Everyone else deals with things like insecurities and not being able to let go of one another and make their own path. It may all be pretty basic, but it's a little heart to the film to go alongside all of the filth.

Not everything is perfect though. They fire off a lot of lines here and not all of them are funny. Particularly early on. Devine is sometimes given some way too over-the-top moments like a particular crying scene with Jim Carrey-esque facial expressions that just feel out of place. Kendrick's character can also be a little too cartoonish to fit along as well. Efron and Plaza are perfect though. Carrying scenes where the other two are held back.

A comedy that will definitely surprise you with how far it is willing to go. However, it is likely also to surprise you just as much with how easily it can make you laugh. With four hilarious people center-stage and a great selection of supporting cast members and cameos to back them up, it's hard to not be pulled in by the amount of comedic talent onscreen. Especially since they are given some great, shocking stuff to work with.… Expand

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Ralfbergs

Nov 19, 2016

Good comedy, did lack a bit and wasn't one of my favorites, but I like Aubrey Plaza and she made this movie a lot more fun. Either way, I liked that it was something different that unusual.

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Pamuditha007

Oct 8, 2016

Was an average comedy movie ... not the 'can't stop laughing' kind of a comedy, but definitely had a few good laughs while watching it :)
could have done better with more jokes ... the end credit scenes were much funnier than the movie scenes :D

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TrevorsView

Dec 13, 2016

It’s based on a true story… sort of. Essentially, it began with these two single fellas whose parents complain to them that they’re always starting trouble at every party. So in order to stay in line, they are told to find dates for their upcoming sister’s wedding in Hawaii. As a joke, theyIt’s based on a true story… sort of. Essentially, it began with these two single fellas whose parents complain to them that they’re always starting trouble at every party. So in order to stay in line, they are told to find dates for their upcoming sister’s wedding in Hawaii. As a joke, they throw an ad up on Craigslist, their description for the essential date looking something like this:
An excuse to get dressed up
Open bar & food all night
Eccentric/downright dangerous bro-2-bro dance moves (may need to sign a waiver)
Adventure
Mystery
Suspense
True Love
Royalties once our night's story is developed into a romantic comedy*

*if this happens (we estimate the chances at 85%) we refuse the right to let Ashton Kutcher play either of our characters, however, we will consider him for a supporting role.

Next thing they know, they get over 6,000 responses from girls who find them attractive, leading to appearances in talk shows and a series of mock-dates. Fox Studios even made the last part of their ad come true. The unfortunate result is a wild and mean-spirited “comedy” that exists for all the wrong reasons.

The two leading males, Mike and Dave, are played by the overly handsome Adam Devine (Mike) and Zac Efron (Dave). Their dates are played by the even more overly attractive Aubrey Plaza (Mike’s date) and Anna Kendrick (Dave’s date). None of these four young stars are as funny as you’d think they are, and they each resort only to screaming like drunk bozos to spice up the sleazy screenplay. They’re all unbearably annoying to watch, Anna Kendrick in particular. The supporting cast was equally as horrible, say for instance Sugar Lyn Beard, who plays the soon-to-be-married sister of Mike and Dave. She’s not exactly a “bad actress,” she just has this annoying high-pitched voice that doesn’t even sound that natural.

But that’s not even the worst of it. No, the worst is yet to come.

There is no story, but rather a series of jokes that drag on and on and on without a clear punchline. Within the hour and thirty-eight minutes you’ll need to suffer through, a girl falls off a roof and gets seriously hurt, a building catches fire at a 4th of July party, a grandfather dies at his birthday celebration, a girl gets hit in the face by an all-terrain vehicle and is heavily bruised the day before her wedding rehearsal, and all of these bits are intended to be the most hilarious thing ever. But did I laugh? Well no, but the audience in my screening were hysterical throughout the entire movie, which makes me incredibly worried.

Emotional moments of redemption are attempted by the third act, but none of them are earned nor appropriate. The crazy events and dirty jokes all try to meet up in some sort of message about how life is not about getting the big things. Yeah, right. Just the number of “should I really be laughing at this” type of jokes glamorizes the romantic lifestyle rather than attacks it. So therefore, the redemption that this movie tries to get to is complete bull crap. In the end, Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates becomes exactly how it started as: a joke. It thinks that funny is about being rebellious and mischievous, but there’s no way that has any affect in the long run.… Expand

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