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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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Drama on August 18th, 2006 by Chad Everett
Daniel ‘Rudy’ Ruettiger (Sean Astin) is small and undersized, he has a learning disability (dyslexia) and he is one of fourteen (yes, fourteen!) children from a blue-collar family, yet he’s wanted to attend Notre Dame and play on the football team since he’s been a young boy.
Let’s just say the odds aren’t with him. His brothers, his parents, his teachers, his coaches, no one has supported him, yet he has always believed that he will attend Notre Dame and play college football.
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Romance on August 11th, 2006 by Chad Everett
Jennifer Aniston and Vince Vaughn star in this romantic comedy about a couple who doesn’t quite get along. One night, as they prepare for a dinner with family, they end it all (well, she ends it all).
The only problem? They have a nice condo in Chicago, and they aren’t quite ready to let go of it, so they decide to stay together long enough to get the thing sold. Then they’ll move along.
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Action on August 5th, 2006 by Chad Everett
Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie star in this movie about two contract killers who are married to one another – only they don’t know it (at least at the outset).
They are simply two spouses who aren’t quite as happy in life as they could be, until one day when they are assigned the same target and while they do so, they actually interfere with the other’s plans.
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Comedy on April 1st, 2006 by Chad Everett
Average Joe’s gym, owned by regular guy Peter La Fleur Vince Vaughn, suddenly needs $50,000 to pay off their mortgage. It looks like the only way there is through a dodgeball tournament, so they put together a rag-tag team and sign up. The rest of the movie is, well, pretty predictable, though it takes a roundabout way to get there.
The most notable speed bump on the way is through White Goodman (Ben Stiller), owner of the competing gym that wants to buy Average Joe’s (and coincidentally, the reigning dodgeball champs).
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