Wedding Crashers (2005)

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Wikidata Q238866, film, IMDb tt0396269, TMDB 9522: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by episode credits Rachel McAdams as actor (‘Mean Girls’ With Bill Simmons, Juliet Litman, and Amanda Dobbins); 7 more episodes agree.

What a model would be handed about it, for corpus:ask.

In the store as #634, Wedding Crashers (2005).

Who talked about it

Blank Check with Griffin & David

Blank Check — Patreon

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Came from

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Led to

What the speakers say drew on it, marked the same way.

No line says another film or person drew on it.

Connected to

David Dobkin: 2 lines people ×1 career ×1

  1. career (filmography-contrast): David Dobkin → Wedding Crashers. His pre-Judge filmography is ugly, misjudged comedies with regressive politics, which makes a serious drama odd.
    “his filmography is mostly ugly, misjudged comedies that have regressive social politics.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Judging The Judge · 0:38:44 · David Sims (0.50 sure it was them)

Domestic Disturbance: 2 lines craft ×2

  1. craft (craft): Domestic Disturbance → Wedding Crashers. Vaughn's snarky tone in the boat scene is comedy Vince, like Wedding Crashers.
    “Like his general tone is just like he's in wedding crashers in domestic disturbance.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Domestic Disturbance’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:21:25 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Old School: 2 lines theme ×1 craft ×1

  1. craft (shared device): Old School → Wedding Crashers. Both open with a wedding; Bill calls it his open-your-movie-with-a-wedding theory.
    “This movie also nicely slots into my open your movie with a wedding theory.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Old School’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:01:05 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)

Do the Right Thing: 1 line contrast ×1

  1. contrast (tone contrast): Do the Right Thing → Wedding Crashers. Most Rewatchables picks are quotable fun like Wedding Crashers; this movie is different.
    “a lot of the movies we do on this show are like wedding crashers.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Do The Right Thing’ With Sean Fennessey and Wesley Morris · 0:16:35 · Sean Fennessey (0.75 sure it was them)

Knocked Up: 1 line craft ×1

  1. craft (craft): Wedding Crashers → Knocked Up. Bill says Wedding Crashers and Mean Girls became genuinely funny, which is what Apatow figured out.
    “I think the thing Appatau figured out on wedding crashers and Mean Girls and some of these other things was, they became genuinely funny.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Knocked Up’ With Bill Simmons, Juliet Litman, and Craig Horlbeck · 0:06:03 · Bill Simmons (0.75 sure it was them)

Mean Girls: 1 line verdict ×1

  1. verdict (Apex Mountain comparison): Mean Girls → Wedding Crashers. Debating McAdams' Apex Mountain, they weigh Wedding Crashers as the third of her trilogy with career power.
    “So at the end, by the end of the trilogy of this notebook wedding crashers, she has so much career power at that point”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Mean Girls’ With Bill Simmons, Juliet Litman, and Amanda Dobbins · 1:04:16 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)

The Big Chill: 1 line contrast ×1

  1. contrast (contrast): The Big Chill → Wedding Crashers. Backyard football compared: Big Chill or Wedding Crashers.
    “This or Wedding Crashers?”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Big Chill’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:32:48 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Vince Vaughn: 1 line verdict ×1

  1. verdict (career apex): Vince Vaughn → Wedding Crashers. Chris argues Vaughn's apex is Wedding Crashers, a year after Old School, when he is clearly a star not a fluke.
    “Now it's not a fluke.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Old School’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:47:25 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)

Will Ferrell: 1 line people ×1

  1. people (scene-stealing cameo): Will Ferrell → Wedding Crashers. Ferrell as Chaz in Wedding Crashers is called the best part.
    “Literally the most best part of Wedding Crashers?”
    The Rewatchables · 'Talladega Nights' With Craig Horlbeck, Danny Heifetz, and Danny Kelly · 0:15:30 · Danny Heifetz (0.30 sure it was them)

You, Me and Dupree: 1 line industry ×1

  1. industry (industry): You, Me and Dupree → Wedding Crashers. Dupree did weirdly well riding the post-Wedding Crashers comedy wave.
    “Does weirdly well because it's that post-wedding crashers thing.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Captain America: The Winter Soldier · 0:25:56 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Where it came up

What was said about it, by kind

career (1)

  1. career (filmography-contrast): David Dobkin → Wedding Crashers. His pre-Judge filmography is ugly, misjudged comedies with regressive politics, which makes a serious drama odd.
    “his filmography is mostly ugly, misjudged comedies that have regressive social politics.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Judging The Judge · 0:38:44 · David Sims (0.50 sure it was them)

contrast (2)

  1. contrast (contrast): The Big Chill → Wedding Crashers. Backyard football compared: Big Chill or Wedding Crashers.
    “This or Wedding Crashers?”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Big Chill’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:32:48 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
  2. contrast (tone contrast): Do the Right Thing → Wedding Crashers. Most Rewatchables picks are quotable fun like Wedding Crashers; this movie is different.
    “a lot of the movies we do on this show are like wedding crashers.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Do The Right Thing’ With Sean Fennessey and Wesley Morris · 0:16:35 · Sean Fennessey (0.75 sure it was them)

craft (4)

  1. craft (craft): Domestic Disturbance → Wedding Crashers. Vaughn's snarky tone in the boat scene is comedy Vince, like Wedding Crashers.
    “Like his general tone is just like he's in wedding crashers in domestic disturbance.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Domestic Disturbance’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:21:25 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  2. craft (craft): Domestic Disturbance → Wedding Crashers. Vaughn's odd throwing in the catch scene is odd because he looks athletic in Wedding Crashers football.
    “Because he's not bad in wedding crashers playing football.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Domestic Disturbance’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:42:38 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  3. craft (craft): Wedding Crashers → Knocked Up. Bill says Wedding Crashers and Mean Girls became genuinely funny, which is what Apatow figured out.
    “I think the thing Appatau figured out on wedding crashers and Mean Girls and some of these other things was, they became genuinely funny.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Knocked Up’ With Bill Simmons, Juliet Litman, and Craig Horlbeck · 0:06:03 · Bill Simmons (0.75 sure it was them)
  4. craft (shared device): Old School → Wedding Crashers. Both open with a wedding; Bill calls it his open-your-movie-with-a-wedding theory.
    “This movie also nicely slots into my open your movie with a wedding theory.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Old School’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:01:05 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)

industry (1)

  1. industry (industry): You, Me and Dupree → Wedding Crashers. Dupree did weirdly well riding the post-Wedding Crashers comedy wave.
    “Does weirdly well because it's that post-wedding crashers thing.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Captain America: The Winter Soldier · 0:25:56 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

people (2)

  1. people (director): Wedding Crashers → David Dobkin. Dobkin directed this monster hit, which they say is misogynistic and unfunny but well shot.
    “It is very well shot, though. I will say it looks nice.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Judging The Judge · 0:37:36 · Griffin Newman (0.40 sure it was them)
  2. people (scene-stealing cameo): Will Ferrell → Wedding Crashers. Ferrell as Chaz in Wedding Crashers is called the best part.
    “Literally the most best part of Wedding Crashers?”
    The Rewatchables · 'Talladega Nights' With Craig Horlbeck, Danny Heifetz, and Danny Kelly · 0:15:30 · Danny Heifetz (0.30 sure it was them)

theme (1)

  1. theme (same-era run): Old School → Wedding Crashers. Old School starts the R-rated comedy boom that runs through Wedding Crashers, Superbad, Step Brothers, and The Hangover.
    “This sets off an era from 03 all the way through, and the R-rated comedy boom”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Old School’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:04:50 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)

verdict (2)

  1. verdict (Apex Mountain comparison): Mean Girls → Wedding Crashers. Debating McAdams' Apex Mountain, they weigh Wedding Crashers as the third of her trilogy with career power.
    “So at the end, by the end of the trilogy of this notebook wedding crashers, she has so much career power at that point”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Mean Girls’ With Bill Simmons, Juliet Litman, and Amanda Dobbins · 1:04:16 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
  2. verdict (career apex): Vince Vaughn → Wedding Crashers. Chris argues Vaughn's apex is Wedding Crashers, a year after Old School, when he is clearly a star not a fluke.
    “Now it's not a fluke.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Old School’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:47:25 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)

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