This movie is about a pair of brothers, Mike (Adam DeVine) and Dave (Zac Efron), who ruin all family events they go to due to their crazy party antics. When their sister is getting married in Hawaii, their parents tell Mike and Dave that they must bring dates to the wedding in hopes that it will calm them down. They post an ad on Craigslist that ends up going viral and lands them on The Wendy Williams Show. Tatiana (Aubrey Plaza) and Alice (Anna Kendrick) end up seeing Mike and Dave on TV and decide they want to be the girls that go with them to Hawaii. The only problem is that Tatiana and Alice are actually bigger partiers than Mike and Dave. Will Tatiana and Alice keep Mike and Dave in check or will Mike and Dave ruin their sister's wedding day?
For comedies to work there needs to be chemistry between the leads and with this movie the chemistry is fantastic. Adam and Zac did a great job of bringing that brotherly chemistry to Mike and Dave. They were able to bounce jokes off each other left and right that were highly enjoyable. Then you have Aubrey and Anna who had this great dynamic between them that only occasionally got annoying. Whenever the four of them are on screen together you can tell that the movie was probably a lot of fun to make. Everyone seemed like they were having a great time and because of that, I had a fun time watching the movie. Also I absolutely love Anna Kendrick and her charm comes through every time she appears on the screen.
Another important part of comedies are the jokes. In Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates I felt that the jokes came at a decent pace and the shock value was pretty consistent throughout. For most comedies the third act always seems to slow down and get serious with the jokes slowing to a halt. When I started to feel like this movie was falling into that trap, they were able to pull the rug out from underneath me and give a pretty hilarious and shocking scene. Also in the latter half of the movie there is a scene where the Mike and Dave's sister is getting a massage that goes insanely off the wall and is absolutely hilarious.
Unfortunately this movie doesn't hit all the marks of a comedy classic. Adam Devine is a comedian that gets on my nerves quickly. He is just incredibly loud and obnoxious and I get tired of him if he is on screen too long. If the other three actors weren't in this movie I would have been really annoyed. Also this movie doesn't have that much heart. Most of the characters are not likable at the beginning of the movie and they never improve throughout. Anna Kendrick's character has a little bit of an arc, but they had to keep reminding you throughout the movie about her past. It would have been more enjoyable to see her change than spend time watching her reminisce about the past.
Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates was a lot of fun. I was laughing throughout the entire movie and loved the chemistry between the leads. The jokes were completely inappropriate and at times cringe worthy, but for me they never went too far. Unfortunately the characters never change throughout the movie and are not that likable. I think this movie is a rental when it comes out on Blu-ray in a couple months. You will enjoy the laughs while watching it, but you will not need to see it again.
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