Review of Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates (2016) by Movieme — 16 Jul 2016

Efron and Levine are hilarious together and for some reason they made me think of younger versions of Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly from step brothers with a sprinkle of RickyBobby/Cal from Talladega nights.

Aubrey Plaza and Anna Kendrick are just as off kilter as those two, with a little bit of the wedding crashers mixed in. Plaza had fantastic comedic timing and was just all around hilarious. The support actors (playing family members, friends, resort staff) and comedians were all fantastic and some of the scenes and lines were just balls out funny.

I think there was only one character that I thought was out of place (the cousin with some funny zingers) and I felt like Kendrick, while a good compliment to her costars for most of the film she was put in situations that have been done in other films but much better (if you're going to do a person being "inappropriately high at the wrong time" scene, it can't be subpar when cheech and chong, will Ferrell, martin, dave Chappelle, channing tatum and Michael Cera among others have done it way better.

So it was like they threw in a situation or two that didn't really work (it didn't detract from the movie, but I think they could've did it a little bit better or just left it out).This film is funny and is good for those who aren't really into the overly gratuitous Sacha Baron Cohen film but still want something closer to college humor.