What Happens in Vegas

I would like to meet the salesmen who sold this movie to the studio. The film is full of tired, movie cliches that have been used dozens of time on the big screen and on every sitcom in the 80’s and 90’s. Dana Fox’s screenplay is an assult on the intellegence of every movie goer who will sit in a theater and pay good money to see her film.

An unlikely couple comes together from across the country and find each other married in Vegas. Of course they were so wasted at their wedding, they don’t realize what they’ve done until they wake up the next morning. This whole idea of them getting married while they were drunk is just ridiculous. Beside the fact it’s against the law in the state of Nevada to marry while intoxicated, it’s equally unbelievable that the justice would marry them!

They agree a divorce is necessary and plan to go their respective ways until Jack (Ashton Kutcher) wins three million dollars at the casino using a quarter given to him by Joy (Cameron Diaz). Craziness ensues until they end up in divorce court to settle who is owed the money. In an act of movie zaniness, the judge who sentences them to “six months of hard marriage” after which the money can be spit evenly. However they figure out if one of them files for divorce in the mean time the other gets the entire three million dollars.

The rest of the movie is full of insipid one liners and predictable gags, I’m not surprised to learn that many people have walked out on this movie half way through. If you do suffer all the way until the end, I know you won’t be shocked to learn these two crazy characters find they have more in common with each other then they originally believed. This movie was a waste of Ashton and Cameron’s talent. You may chuckle a couple of times, but I guarantee you’ll spend most of the time rolling your eyes. This film gets a half of star.