Definitely competing for the worst movie of the year, What Happens in Vegas fails to meet my lowest of expectations. I never thought this movie would be good. I expected some cheap laughs. Maybe a reliving of my youth, as That 70’s show is one of my all-time favs. From the trailer, that promised a romantic comedy, it looked like Ashton Kutcher was reviving his role as Michael Kelso from That 70’s show; like Kelso grew up and was living with Carmon Diaz. In fact, there were about three Kelso moments but that was it. Overall the movie seemed to be a testament of why people hate America.
It seemed to be a mix of self absorbed, stupid people with lots of money, who are psychotically aggressive. The plot is pretty true to the trailer. Two people down on their luck go to Vegas to feel better about themselves. After a night of heavy drinking they get married. The next day the hit a jackpot which motivates them to stay married. They are ordered to stay married for six month in order to cash in. Then somehow they fall in love.
I don’t know what to say, it was really bad. Almost everything about it didn’t work. Cameron Diaz working on the floor of a stock exchange that was as believable as the reactions she was getting to the stupid way she spoke. Queen Latifah as Marriage therapist, come on, don’t these roles have to be at least somewhat believable. I did some how buy Ashton Kutcher doing nothing and hanging around the house all day.
I think what was most insulting was the idea that when one acts as a stupid over-the-hill clubber the higher one gets in life. I am not sure how old the Diaz character was suppose to be, but she looked like she was in her earlier forties. Diaz has not taken very good care of herself as she is only 36. Kutcher , 30 looks about 24 years old, so maybe they were going for the Kutcher really life senario of being married to a much older woman. It was just a little bizarre.
The movie is barely watchable. Rob Corddry is comic relief in a movie that should be a comedy, but I have been soap opera’s with better story lines. Coddry is good as always.
The movie seems to be shot mostly in the DUMBO area of Brooklyn, which my favorite area in that borough, so that was cool. I always find it funny to see people doing things in movies which you could never do in real life. There is a scene in the movie Kutcher and Corddry are hitting golf balls in a park in DUMBO. You so can’t do that.
Anyway this movie is so bad.
there was genuine chemistry between Diaz and Kutcher in What Happens in Vegas, though at first i thought they were acting a lot like brother vs. sister... they even look alike
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