Wedding Crashers (2005)
Actors:
Owen Wilson (actor),
Rebecca De Mornay (actress),
Vince Vaughn (actor),
Christopher Walken (actor),
Dwight Yoakam (actor),
Richard Riehle (actor),
Henry Gibson (actor),
John McCain (actor),
Bradley Cooper (actor),
Al Cerullo (actor),
Will Ferrell (actor),
John H. Tobin (actor),
Ron Canada (actor),
Rachel Zeskind (actress),
Jane Seymour (actress),
Plot: Divorce mediators John Beckwith and Jeremy Grey are business partners and lifelong friends who share one truly unique springtime hobby--crashing weddings! Whatever the ethnicity of the wedding party--Jewish, Italian, Irish, Chinese, Hindu--the charismatic and charming duo always have clever back stories for inquisitive guests and inevitably become the hit of every reception, where they strictly adhere to their proven rules of wedding crashing to meet and pick up women aroused by the very thought of marriage. At the tail end of another successful season of toasting brides and grooms, Jeremy learns that the daughter of Treasury Secretary William Cleary and his wife, Kathleen, is getting married in what is sure to be the Washington D.C. social event of the year. After infiltrating the lavish affair, John and Jeremy quickly set their sights on two bridesmaids, Claire and Gloria Cleary. With the lavish reception in full swing, Jeremy works his game plan to perfection in seducing Gloria, but John's flirtation banter with Claire is unexpectedly impeded by her pompous, Ivy League boyfriend Sack. Having uncharacteristically fallen hard and fast for Claire, John convinces a resistant Jeremy to bend the crashing rules and accept an invitation to an extended weekend party at the Cleary family compound. Once at the palatial waterfront estate, John and Jeremy endure a multitude of comical mishaps at the hands of the dysfunctional members of the Cleary family, but also learn a few unexpected lessons about love and relationships.
Keywords: 2000s, adult-living-with-mother, adultery, american-football, anger, apology, argument, arizona, asian, assault
Genres:
Comedy,
Romance,
Taglines: They're just a couple of guys who just wanna have fun. On July 15th, they're coming to your wedding...with or without invitations. Hide Your Bridesmaids. Life's a Party. Crash It.
Quotes:
Jeremy Grey: Tattoo on the lower back? Might as well be a bullseye.
Chazz Reinhold: What is she doing back there? I never know what she's doing.
John Beckwith: Are you going to give a toast?::Claire Cleary: Yes.::John Beckwith: Nervous?::Claire Cleary: A little bit.::John Beckwith: What are you going to say?::[Claire pulls a piece of paper from inside her dress]::John Beckwith: You keep it in your cleavage.::Claire Cleary: Nowhere else to put it. Normally I'm not very good at these things, but I think this one's pretty good.::[John reads from Claire's notes]::John Beckwith: "I never thought my sister would find someone who cared about what other people thought as much as she did - until I met Craig?"!::Claire Cleary: Yes, that's funny. It's funny because it's true. People like funny.::John Beckwith: I know, but the whole funny-because-it's-true bit only works if the truth is a *small* thing like "everyone knows Jennifer likes to shop, ha ha ha". I think you're better off going with something from the heart. Honestly.::Claire Cleary: I think people are going to like this.::John Beckwith: I think you're going to hear crickets.::Claire Cleary: I think you're wrong.::John Beckwith: Sounds of silence. Go walk the plank.::Claire Cleary: Uh uh. I'm sticking to it.::John Beckwith: Ok, meet me at the back of the room. I'll be the guy waiting to say I told you so.
John Beckwith: Claire! Will you wait just a second? All I wanted is was a second alone with you so I could explain things. But I've never gotten that chance. Maybe I don't deserve it, so here goes. For longer than I care to remember, my business has been crashing weddings. I crashed weddings to meet girls. Business was good. I met a *lot* of girls. It was childish and it was juvenile.::Claire Cleary: And pathetic.::John Beckwith: Yeah. That's probably the best word to describe it. But you know what? It also led me to you, so it's hard for me to completely regret it. And that person that you met back at your folks' place? That was really me. Maybe not my name, I'm John Beckwith by the way. Or my job. But the feelings we felt; the jokes, the stupid laughs, that was all me. I've changed. I've realized something. I crashed a funeral today.::Jeremy Grey: [mutters] Oh Jesus.::John Beckwith: It wasn't my idea, I was basically dragged to it.::[to Jeremy]::John Beckwith: I went with Chazz who you forgot to tell me is totally insane. He also might be a genius because it actually does work, he's cleaning up.::Claire Cleary: John!::John Beckwith: I'm sorry, I'm sorry. That's neither here nor there. Anyway, I saw this widow and she's a wreck. She has just lost the person she loved the most in this world and I realized we're all going to lose the people we love. That's the way it is, but not me. Not right now. Because the person *I* love the most is standing right here and I'm not ready to lose you yet. Claire, I'm not standing here asking you to marry me, I'm just asking you not to marry *him* and maybe take a walk, take a chance.
Claire Cleary: So is it just about the money?::John Beckwith: No no, it's about, uh, investing in companies that are ethically and morally defensible.::Sack Lodge: Well, like what? Give me an example.::John Beckwith: Like what? Well, there's the company that we have where we're taking the, the fur or the wool from sheep and we turn it into thread for homeless people to sew. And then they make it into cloth, which they in turn sew, then um... make little shirts and pants for other homeless people to sell. It's a pretty good deal.::Jeremy Grey: [fumbling his words because Gloria is giving him a hand job under the dinner table] People - People helping people.::Claire Cleary: That's - that's very admirable.::John Beckwith: Thank you. Although, don't make me out to be a saint just yet. We do turn a small profit. After all, someone has to pay for the, uh,::[motions to Jeremy]::John Beckwith: Lap dancers for the big guy here.::Jeremy Grey: [laughing pleasurably] Oh, ha ha ha, he's joking around. It feels so good when he jokes.
Todd Cleary: We had a moment at the dinner table didn't we?::Jeremy Grey: No! No! We did not have a moment at the dinner table, Todd!
Jeremy Grey: John? I need to see you right away. It's important.::John Beckwith: [Walking into Jeremy's office] What's going on?::Jeremy Grey: [sighs] We got three big weeks ahead of us. It's wedding season, kid!::John Beckwith: You sandbaggin' son of a bitch!::Jeremy Grey: I've got us down for 17 of them already.::John Beckwith: Okay, now how many of them have cash bars?::Jeremy Grey: Great question. I like where your head's at and two of them actually are, but I got us covered: Purple hearts. We won't have to pay for a drink all night.::John Beckwith: Oh, yeah. Perfect.::Jeremy Grey: We are gonna have tons and tons of opportunities to meet gorgeous ladies that get so aroused by the thought of marriage that they'll throw their inhibitions to the wind.::John Beckwith: And who's gonna be there to catch them?::Jeremy Grey: Grab that net and catch that beautiful butterfly, pal! What do you like better, Christmas or Wedding Season?::[Jeremy raises his hand]::John Beckwith: Mr. Grey?::Jeremy Grey: Yes. The answer would be, um, Wedding Season?::[shimmy-shakes]::John Beckwith: Bingo! I'm gonna get my suit. Now who are we this time?
Claire Cleary: Your brother. He's down again.::John Beckwith: What is his deal?
John Beckwith: What are you doing? It's a game of touch football, every time I look over you're on your ass again.
Claire Cleary: Are you OK?::John Beckwith: Yeah, I'm just swinging the jib for your dad, starboard.::Claire Cleary: But starboard's *this* way.::John Beckwith: That's right. What am I thinking? I'm used to sailing Down Under with the Kiwis so everything's backwards. Even the toilets, when you flush them, the water spins the opposite way. Really freaks you out the first time you see it.