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I can't believe I'm about to write this line.
MIKE AND DAVE NEED WEDDING DATES is the funniest movie I have seen this summer (so far).
There, I said it and I don't even feel like I need a shower.
I know - I'm surprised, too. MIKE & DAVE is a pretty funny movie of the over-top, gross out type - think THE HANGOVER or NEIGHBORS,
M&D tells the story of...well...Mike and Dave (Adam Devine and Zach Efron) who think they are just "great partiers" at the various weddings they go to - as seen through their eyes in the opening credits, only to discover "the rest of the story" from their parents (Stephanie Faracy and the great, underused Stephen Root) - they go out of control to disastrous results. The remedy? Bring dates to their sister's destination wedding.
They go about it by putting an ad on Craigslist that goes viral. Enter into it Alice and Tatiana (Anna Kendrick and Aubrey Plaza) two ladies that party even harder than Mike and Dave who B.S. their way to the wedding pretending to be shy, demure and ladylike. As you can imagine, chaos ensues.
The key to this type of movie is the performances of the leads and in these 4, they are in good hands. Aubrey Plaza commands the first part of this movie as she is over the top and inappropriate from the start. She had me laughing early and often. Zach Efron joined in gamely and Adam Devine does what i think Adam Devine does, be the dimwit. I gotta admit that this act wears thin on me, but is serviceable here. Kendrick draws the short straw on this part of the movie as she seemed to be trying to hard in a part that was underwritten.
And then an interesting thing happens...as usually occurs in these types of films, they leads find their "hearts" and the shenanigans tone down. When this happens, the relationship between Kendrick and Efron shine (I'd really love to see a movie with just these two) their heart and sincerity come to center stage and I really start to root for them. Fortunately, for me at least, this means that Devine needed to tone down his act, which I was grateful for. The unfortunate side effect is that Plaza had to tone hers down as well, and she became somewhat of a background player in the 2nd half of the film after carrying the first half.
Comedic movies often rise and fall on the performances of the supporting players, the can be fun (see THE HANGOVER) or they can be non-descript (see the recent GHOSTBUSTERS), fun works, non-descript doesn't. This movie has fun supporting players starting with the afore-mentioned Root as Mike & Dave's father. Add to that Alice Wetterlund's bi-sexual Cousin Terry, Mary Holland's uptight Maid of Honor Becky and Lavell Crawford's Best-Man Keith, they all have their moments to shine. But, for the me, the real unexpected surprise was Sugar Lyn Beard as the Bride, Jeanie. She was inappropriately hilarious in a role that could have been one note, but wasn't. Only Sam Richardson's groom, Eric, was not fun, but he wasn't supposed to be - and he wasn't
Is this movie an Academy Award winner? Well...no. Is it a fun way to spend a couple of hours on a warm summer evening - heck, yes! And isn't that what summer comedies should be? I think so.
7 (out of 10) stars and you can take that to the Bank (of Marquis)
MIKE AND DAVE NEED WEDDING DATES is the funniest movie I have seen this summer (so far).
There, I said it and I don't even feel like I need a shower.
I know - I'm surprised, too. MIKE & DAVE is a pretty funny movie of the over-top, gross out type - think THE HANGOVER or NEIGHBORS,
M&D tells the story of...well...Mike and Dave (Adam Devine and Zach Efron) who think they are just "great partiers" at the various weddings they go to - as seen through their eyes in the opening credits, only to discover "the rest of the story" from their parents (Stephanie Faracy and the great, underused Stephen Root) - they go out of control to disastrous results. The remedy? Bring dates to their sister's destination wedding.
They go about it by putting an ad on Craigslist that goes viral. Enter into it Alice and Tatiana (Anna Kendrick and Aubrey Plaza) two ladies that party even harder than Mike and Dave who B.S. their way to the wedding pretending to be shy, demure and ladylike. As you can imagine, chaos ensues.
The key to this type of movie is the performances of the leads and in these 4, they are in good hands. Aubrey Plaza commands the first part of this movie as she is over the top and inappropriate from the start. She had me laughing early and often. Zach Efron joined in gamely and Adam Devine does what i think Adam Devine does, be the dimwit. I gotta admit that this act wears thin on me, but is serviceable here. Kendrick draws the short straw on this part of the movie as she seemed to be trying to hard in a part that was underwritten.
And then an interesting thing happens...as usually occurs in these types of films, they leads find their "hearts" and the shenanigans tone down. When this happens, the relationship between Kendrick and Efron shine (I'd really love to see a movie with just these two) their heart and sincerity come to center stage and I really start to root for them. Fortunately, for me at least, this means that Devine needed to tone down his act, which I was grateful for. The unfortunate side effect is that Plaza had to tone hers down as well, and she became somewhat of a background player in the 2nd half of the film after carrying the first half.
Comedic movies often rise and fall on the performances of the supporting players, the can be fun (see THE HANGOVER) or they can be non-descript (see the recent GHOSTBUSTERS), fun works, non-descript doesn't. This movie has fun supporting players starting with the afore-mentioned Root as Mike & Dave's father. Add to that Alice Wetterlund's bi-sexual Cousin Terry, Mary Holland's uptight Maid of Honor Becky and Lavell Crawford's Best-Man Keith, they all have their moments to shine. But, for the me, the real unexpected surprise was Sugar Lyn Beard as the Bride, Jeanie. She was inappropriately hilarious in a role that could have been one note, but wasn't. Only Sam Richardson's groom, Eric, was not fun, but he wasn't supposed to be - and he wasn't
Is this movie an Academy Award winner? Well...no. Is it a fun way to spend a couple of hours on a warm summer evening - heck, yes! And isn't that what summer comedies should be? I think so.
7 (out of 10) stars and you can take that to the Bank (of Marquis)
'Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates' had some promise when the trailers first came out. I honestly believed this film would capture the tone of the first 'Hangover' movie, but something went wrong early on.
1. I know this film was based on true events, and I guarantee the true events would have been far more entertaining than the ones depicted in this film. For he most part, the movie has a strong opening where we see how these two brothers party, but we also witness the aftermath of their wild antics. Things move well enough till we get to the point where they actually end up on Hawaii. At this point, things take a tumble off a cliff.
2. Mike and Dave and played by Adam Devine and Zac Efron respectively. These two make an okay pair as brothers, but Adam Devine (especially) pushes the limit. Aubrey Plaza and Anna Kendrick are probably the worst additions to the cast, cause they are terribly unfunny. You would assume both Devine and Plaza would bring a certain level of comedy and timing, but they unfortunately don't and the jokes are misplaced.
3. I'm not saying the movie is completely unfunny, but the most you get are a few chuckles here and there. Efron and Kendrick are better actors to star in a film like this, frankly this is below their standards. This should have been a direct to TV or DVD movie which featured some unknown/up-and-coming actors instead of bigger names filling the void. The side characters are annoying as f#%k, which in turn lowers the bar on the comedy.
The movie fails to redeem itself and it's only passable as maybe a rental. No one should waste their time and especially money on going to the cinema to watch this.
1. I know this film was based on true events, and I guarantee the true events would have been far more entertaining than the ones depicted in this film. For he most part, the movie has a strong opening where we see how these two brothers party, but we also witness the aftermath of their wild antics. Things move well enough till we get to the point where they actually end up on Hawaii. At this point, things take a tumble off a cliff.
2. Mike and Dave and played by Adam Devine and Zac Efron respectively. These two make an okay pair as brothers, but Adam Devine (especially) pushes the limit. Aubrey Plaza and Anna Kendrick are probably the worst additions to the cast, cause they are terribly unfunny. You would assume both Devine and Plaza would bring a certain level of comedy and timing, but they unfortunately don't and the jokes are misplaced.
3. I'm not saying the movie is completely unfunny, but the most you get are a few chuckles here and there. Efron and Kendrick are better actors to star in a film like this, frankly this is below their standards. This should have been a direct to TV or DVD movie which featured some unknown/up-and-coming actors instead of bigger names filling the void. The side characters are annoying as f#%k, which in turn lowers the bar on the comedy.
The movie fails to redeem itself and it's only passable as maybe a rental. No one should waste their time and especially money on going to the cinema to watch this.
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Just watched this with my movie theatre-working friend-who had seen this before and enjoyed it-and his nephew. It's quite raunchy and has plenty of current pop culture references which I found quite funny. There's also some slapstick scenes that were also good for some laughs. There were also some touching ones. Zac Efron and Adam Devine and Audrey Plaza and Anna Kendrick fit their roles and do their stuff to mostly good effect. We're told this is based on a true story...sort of. No doubt much of what is on screen is exaggerated for comic effect. This is mainly just the kind of movie just meant to entertain though some lines do make one think of what one's destiny is. Overall, I very much enjoyed Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates.
Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates was humorous and quite entertaining. It has somewhat of a plot and was enjoyable. Some scenes could have been removed however. It was thankfully not too vulgar and relied on the performances of its four main cast members to bring it home. There was great chemistry between the four, some funny moments that most audiences should laugh at and slightly sentimental too. Audrey is a natural treasure but the weakest link was Anna Kendrick who was not as funny as she was annoying. You know this film is not in the running for any Oscars but it exists to entertain and achieved that. Glad I watched it.
Zac Efron has starred in no shortage of comedies lately. With Dirty Grandpa and the Bad Neighbours franchise under his belt, he is really starting to flex his comedic muscles (so to speak). Therefore, it comes as no surprise that he stars in this hilarious 'loosely based on true events' romp, Mike And Dave Need Wedding Dates.
Zac plays Dave Stangle, a dim-witted lad who is in the alcohol business with his equally dim older brother Mike (played by Adam Devine, who you will remember from Pitch Perfect and Modern Family). Both are notorious for their destructive behaviour at family get-togethers so when they are confronted by their fed-up father to bring sensible dates to their sister's upcoming destination wedding, they are on a mission to find the perfect girls.
They end up with Alice and Tatiana (played by Anna Kendrick and Aubrey Plaza respectively) who are far from wholesome but manage to convince the boys that they are. It's not until various unconventional situations occur that the ladies' true colours are revealed to the Stangle brothers who are now facing the dilemma of potentially ruining yet another family event.
This film is what you would expect – a lot of crude humour and ridiculousness so don't expect anything more. My biggest fear was that (like most movies of this nature) the best bits are all in the trailer, leaving the film empty of anything fresh however I can safely say there are plenty other laughs to be had throughout. No Oscar nominations here, but a fun and easy watch.
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Zac plays Dave Stangle, a dim-witted lad who is in the alcohol business with his equally dim older brother Mike (played by Adam Devine, who you will remember from Pitch Perfect and Modern Family). Both are notorious for their destructive behaviour at family get-togethers so when they are confronted by their fed-up father to bring sensible dates to their sister's upcoming destination wedding, they are on a mission to find the perfect girls.
They end up with Alice and Tatiana (played by Anna Kendrick and Aubrey Plaza respectively) who are far from wholesome but manage to convince the boys that they are. It's not until various unconventional situations occur that the ladies' true colours are revealed to the Stangle brothers who are now facing the dilemma of potentially ruining yet another family event.
This film is what you would expect – a lot of crude humour and ridiculousness so don't expect anything more. My biggest fear was that (like most movies of this nature) the best bits are all in the trailer, leaving the film empty of anything fresh however I can safely say there are plenty other laughs to be had throughout. No Oscar nominations here, but a fun and easy watch.
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- WissenswertesThe real-life Mike Stangle and Dave Stangle make a cameo during the scene when cousin Terry offers to be the middle of a sandwich between two men that walk by.
- PatzerNear the end of the movie when Anna Kendrick is lying on the white bench, in one shot you can see her bare feet, then in the very next shot she wears pink flipflops, and in the last shot her feet are bare again.Also, when she tackles Zac Efron on the picnic bench, her bare foot can be seen. In the next shot, she is wearing pink flipflops.
- Crazy CreditsBloopers and alternate takes are shown during the end credits.
- SoundtracksMess Around
Written by Jared Champion, Brad Shultz, Matt Shultz, Daniel Tichenor
Performed by Cage the Elephant (as Cage The Elephant)
Courtesy of RCA Records
By arrangement with Sony Music Entertainment
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- 33.000.000 $ (geschätzt)
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- 46.009.673 $
- Eröffnungswochenende in den USA und in Kanada
- 16.628.170 $
- 10. Juli 2016
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- 77.068.246 $
- Laufzeit1 Stunde 38 Minuten
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