Wedding Crashers

It seems unlikely that a movie about two sleezy friends who crash weddings and lie to women to get them in bed would end up a highly successful romantic comedy, but that's exactly what happened with "Wedding Crashers." To be fair, the movie had two of the funniest modern men - Owen Wilson and Vince Vaughn - starring plus a lovely Rachel McAdams and hilarious Isla Fisher as their love interests. Much like "My Big Fat Greek Wedding," the movie took romance and smushed it with family weirdness, but in this case it also was a bit on the raunchy side. The sex and language gave it a firm R rating, so it did not attract just the romcom couples, but a wide variety of adult comedy lovers as well. In the first 15 minutes alone we see a dozen different weddings, and the main characters all meet at one as well. Let's try to forget about the one funeral they end up in, though. Even if Will Ferrell rocked that scene.



The Wedding Singer

Adam Sandler was mostly known as a kooky comedian after appearing on Saturday Night Live and his goofball films like Happy Gilmore or Billy Madison. No one really expected him in the role of kind hearted Robbie Hart in "The Wedding Singer," nor were they ready for the perfect pairing of him with Drew Barrymore as Julia. Set in the 80s, Robbie is the wedding singer everyone dies to have, but after being left at the altar he swears off all weddings. He is drawn into a friendship with Julia and helps her plan her own wedding, but steadily the two fall in love with one another. With a great soundtrack and a variety of excellent cameos (Billy Idol and Steve Buschemi for example), "The Wedding Singer" is Sandler's sweetest film yet. He and Barrymore tried to relive their chemistry in 50 First Dates later, another adorable film. This movie was so popular it got made into a Broadway play years later!



Four Weddings and a Funeral

This movie accomplished several things: is was the highest-grossing British film of its time making well over $240 million, and it was a huge breakout role for its star Hugh Grant. This is a love story stretched over time and over four weddings and a funeral for Charles (Grant) and his group of friends. He meets American Carrie (Andie Macdowell) and is smitten, but he only seems to see her in those big events. Technically this movie ends with a couple who decides not to ever marry, but there are plenty of weddings intermingled with this ending decision. This quick witted film comments a lot on love and marriage, not always positively for either, but it was a big hit and a funny start to Hugh Grant's extensive career. Plus have you seen the scene with John Hannah at the funeral? Heartbreaking.




Story by Chelsea 'Dee' Doyle

Starpulse contributing writer