The combined verve Diaz and Kutcher bring to the table saves a routine time-killer from being entirely forgettable.
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06/07/08
What Happens in Vegas (2008)
27 %
Reviews Counted: 124 Fresh: 34 Rotten:90 Average Rating: 4.5/10
Consensus:
What Happens in Vegas has a few laughs, but mostly settles for derivative romantic comedy conventions and receives little help from a pair of unlikable leads.
Rated: PG-13 [See Full Rating]
Runtime: 1 hr 39 mins
Theatrical Release: May 9, 2008 Wide
Box Office: $78,344,563
Synopsis: Cameron Diaz and Ashton Kutcher star as strangers who wake up a married couple after a crazy night in Las Vegas in director Tom Vaughn's (STARTER FOR 10) feature film. Joy (Diaz) is the type of woman who makes plans to make plans. She's expecting a marriage proposal, but her live-in boyfriend,... [More]
Genre: Comedies
Starring: Cameron Diaz, Ashton Kutcher, Queen Latifah, Dennis Farina, Michelle Krusiec
Director: Tom Vaughan
Screenwriter: Dana Fox
Producer: Jimmy Miller, Shawn Levy, Michael Aguilar, Arnon Milchan
Composer: Christophe Beck
Screenwriter: Dana Fox
Producer: Jimmy Miller, Shawn Levy, Michael Aguilar, Arnon Milchan
Composer: Christophe Beck
Reviews
From seeing this movie and talking to several moviegoers, I discovered that there are two kinds of people: people who like Ashton Kutcher, and people who don't.
06/04/08
Should have stayed, not in Vegas, but elsewhere in the state of Nevada. How about those mountains where they are supposed to store the radioactive waste?
05/29/08
Both Kutcher and Diaz are in full-on desperation mode, straining in each scene to prove they can still be relevant, showing flashes of the charm that made them famous in the first place.
05/27/08
During the screening, I tried to come up with as many synonyms for the word "excruciating" as I could.
05/27/08
attempts nothing novel in its retelling of the couple who don't realize that they are perfect for each other, aside from positing an unsavory new popcorn topping
05/26/08
(Vegas) isn't a horrible film but it is not worth spending your money on to see in theatres.
05/24/08
...one of those bird-brained contrivances that would be over in no time if any of the characters had a lick of sense...
05/18/08
It's a sure bet you'll realize "What Happens in Vegas" is a by-the-numbers romantice comedy within the first 15 minutes.
05/16/08
Like many Vegas weddings, this mean-spirited "romantic comedy" only makes sense if you're drunk.
05/16/08
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05/16/08
Hardly a massive gamble, Cameron Diaz and Ashton Kutcher play a safe romcom hand you can tolerate.
05/15/08
What happens in this seriously flawed would-be romantic comedy is Nothing Much.
05/15/08
It's less obnoxious than Fool's Gold, less forced than Made of Honor and less formulaic (well, by a sliver, anyway) than 27 Dresses.
05/15/08
Ultimately, What Happens in Vegas resembles a drunken night in Sin City; when it's over, you don't really remember what happened except that it wasn't good.
05/14/08
Diaz and Kutcher restore the original, ebullient meaning of 'sex comedy'. They’re fun to watch, which is a rare thing in this Zellweger, Clooney, Kidman, Gosling, Apatow world.
05/14/08
This film is not the equivalent of brain surgery, but it is entertaining.
05/13/08
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