Review of Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates (2016) by Anthony I — 09 Jul 2016

It's Wedding Crashers for stupid people.. That's about what I thought of it for the first 15 minutes. I was fidgeting in my seat, cringing at every last failed joke. Then the film took off. Holy God did it take off.

The film waits until the duo and their dates come to Hawaii for the big comedic setups, and every one of them is a smash hit, including the best choreographed and outrageous massage scene in any movie I've seen.

Efron and Devine are a great team. Devine has some excellent comedic timing, and a John Belushi-type charm.. albeit some of his performance is a bit over-the-top. Plaza and Kendrick are delightful as the girls, although it seemed Kendrick was given way more screen-time than Plaza.

This is an uneven film, but you have to stick with it, and by the end, you'll realize it's worth sitting through. The big gags are worth it.