Young Chris Brander (Ryan Reynolds) has a problem. He has been best friends with Jamie Palamino (Amy Smart) for years, but it seems like that’s all they will ever be. He’s stuck in The Friend Zone.
Now they’re graduating, so he’s going to write her a special note in her yearbook. The only problem is one of those jerk jocks gets a hold of it and reads the note to everyone at the party, and he’s humiliated again. He jumps on his bike and rides off.
10 years later, he is in LA and his boss gives him an ultimatum. Sign (another) bratty superstar to a contract, or find somewhere else to work. It just so happens that he’s been dating this one, so they jet off towards Paris to see what he can do.
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Comedy on September 23rd, 2006 by Chad Everett
I wrote an entry comparing this movie to Animal House nearly ten months ago, but I never really reviewed the movie itself, so I figured that it was time to rectify that situation.
Overall, the movie is certainly enjoyable. It’s nothing like Animal House, true, but very few movies are. Frankly, I don’t think it’s even as good as Old School, but it’s definitely a closer comparison. The problem is that it simply doesn’t flow. Both Animal House and Old School stayed true to their vision throughout, while Wedding Crashers starts and stops, which detracts from the overall enjoyment.
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Comedy on June 12th, 2006 by Chad Everett
This coming-of-age movie has one variation that most don’t. The girl (Elisha Cuthbert) is – or was recently – a porn star.
And in the middle, she goes back to Las Vegas for an appearance at the annual convention to be one again, before the boy goes back to rescue her from her evil boss (Timothy Olyphant). Naturally that won’t work out well. A high school kid at an adult film convention?
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