What Happens in Vegas

Name: What Happens in Vegas
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Released: May 9, 2008
Duration: 99 min
Rating: 36
Cast: Ashton Kutcher, Cameron Diaz

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Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation | Release Date: May 9, 2008 | PG-13

Starring: Ashton Kutcher, Cameron Diaz

Summary: For charismatic party guy Jack Fuller and buttoned-up commodities trader Joy McNally, a rowdy weekend coincidentally shared in Las Vegas should have, by all rights, ended up being little more than a random blur. That is, if these two vacationing New Yorkers didn't have a signed marriage license staring them in the face to shockingly remindFor charismatic party guy Jack Fuller and buttoned-up commodities trader Joy McNally, a rowdy weekend coincidentally shared in Las Vegas should have, by all rights, ended up being little more than a random blur. That is, if these two vacationing New Yorkers didn't have a signed marriage license staring them in the face to shockingly remind them of the giant misstep they took while feeling no pain, Vegas style. Stacking the deck, not only did Jack and Joy tie the knot after tying one on, but later scored a mind-blowing 3 million bucks in a slot machine bonanza. Well, Jack won it, with Joy's quarter. At the machine she'd already been playing. Or was it the other way around? And whose loot is it, anyway? Therein lies the weird hand dealt this bickering duo, who take their predicament back to Manhattan only to be sentenced by the intractable Judge Whopper to "six months hard marriage." Despite the hapless protests of Jack's best friend and legal counsel Steve "Hater" Hader, Whopper refuses to grant Jack and Joy an annulment, freezes the prize booty, and forces the irresponsible couple to prove they have done everything humanly possible to make their impromptu marriage work. This includes cohabitation, weekly counseling sessions, and doing something the old-school Whopper believes Jack and Joy's "generation" hates to do: try. Otherwise, the judge guarantees, the 3 million bucks will stay caught up in a legal battle so long and expensive that no one but the lawyers will ever see a penny of it. Jack and Joy take the bait, only to find themselves locked in a hilarious, patience-testing, panty-twisting game of wild one-upmanship--may the best "pretend spouse" win. Can Jack and Joy survive their six months of "wedded bliss" without killing each other, and ultimately cash in for the big payoff? Or will the fiery sparks that ricochet between them actually ignite, turning a fake relationship into something real? In the end, What Happens in Vegas may prove the biggest surprise of all. (20th Century Fox)… Expand

Director: Tom Vaughan

Genre(s): Comedy, Romance

Rating: PG-13

Runtime: 99 min

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Travis Nichols

A first- or second-date flick, after which there can be some Cheesecake Factory and maybe a peck on the cheek, no harm done. What Happens in Vegas is pleasant enough for all of that (and it sidesteps all that "Forgetting Sarah Marshall" raunch). Read full review

Owen Gleiberman

Kutcher, who gives his most energized performance to date, and Diaz, darting between the caustic and shrill, look as if they're warming up to groovy hate sex, not love, which may be why the film goes flat the moment it turns friendly. Read full review

Joe Leydon

This two-seated star vehicle for top-billed Ashton Kutcher and Cameron Diaz wrings a respectable number of laughs from a formulaic scenario about attracted-opposites who bicker and back-stab their way toward happily-ever-aftering. Read full review

Elizabeth Weitzman

While Diaz and Kutcher make their clichéd characters as likable as possible, you can bet on this: Any movie named after an already-stale ad campaign isn't likely to gamble on the unexpected. Read full review

Lou Lumenick

Laughs are few and far between in the innuendo-laden script attributed to Dana Fox, who's also responsible for the reprehensible "The Wedding Date." Read full review

Peter Rainer

What Happens in Vegas is not only annoying, it's also incompetent – a bad mix. Read full review

Richard Schickel

Worst-in-breed not only for this year, but very likely in living memory. Read full review

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MikeH.

Aug 25, 2009

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!? 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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Tricia

May 29, 2008

I thought it was hilarious!!! I laughed through the entire movie, even cried a couple of times from laughing so hard... Best comedy I've seen in a long time!

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davidcraig

Aug 14, 2010

I was surprised to see such bad reviews for this one, i liked it, i thought it was great. It was funny all the way through, and i think it deserved much better reviews than it got.

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BWM.

May 12, 2008

Good. Funny. NYC loclaes are cool. "Dick Banger!"

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DarineS

Aug 2, 2008

it's supposed to be a light movie putting that in mind you'll never go under the influence of expecting too much...I did like it and there was something real about it... and of course ADORED Lake Bell's Part and Rob Corddry's too .. and the judge when talking bout his wife

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Compi24

Nov 28, 2012

A small dose of humor cannot redeem this movie from its ridiculous logline and even more ridiculous third act.

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ScottG

May 14, 2008

More sexualized unrealistic crap that let's our children and some adults think getting drunk out of control and acting like an idiot will turn out just fine.

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