"What Happens In Vegas" - Early Review And Movie Trailer

Stars: Cameron Diaz, Ashton Kutcher, Rob Corddry
Directed by: Tom Vaughn
Grade: B-
Soundtrack: B+

"What Happens in Vegas" is certainly of the lame sitcom variety. It stars two attractive individuals, Cameron Diaz and Ashton Kutcher, but it is the supporting cast that really keeps the film from dying.

In "What Happens in Vegas" - which only uses Las Vegas as a backdrop for about fifteen minutes of it's running time - stars Ashton Kutcher as Jack, a New Yorker who decides to spend a wild weekend in Las Vegas with his best friend after losing his job.

Kutcher's Vegas adventure leads him to Cameron Diaz's character "Joy", a fiercely independent business woman in town to let loose after her successful fiancee dumps her. At first, Jack and Joy don't like each other much, but after a night of heavy partying, they wake up to a sorry set of circumstances. While in a drunken fog, these two nitwits get married. From there, things get even more absurd.

We do finally get to see a little bit of heart and chemistry between the two leads. Rob Corddry and Lake Bell are an absolute riot as Jack and Joy's best friends. Dennis Miller has a few humorous moments as a judge out to better the lives of the misguided leads.

Treat Williams shows up in a tiny but funny role as Jack's working class father. And then there's the wonderful character actor Dennis Farina as Joy's big mouth boss Banger. Every time he's on screen, he makes the movie better.

What Happens in Vegas is a below average comedy filled with really dumb jokes, but as romantic comedies go, you could do much worse. It will probably be remembered for its few funny quotes like, "So your name is Dick Boner?"

Also, the movies songs, music and soundtrack have turned out to be a big seller - especially Benny and the Jets, alphabeat and P.S. I Love You. Who knew?

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Cameron Diaz at StarLink
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