Jack (Kutcher) just got fired by his father...Joy (Diaz) just got dumped by her fiance in front of all their friends. How do you fix this...go to Vegas with your best friend! A room mixup brings them together, and a shared sense of frustration leads to a night of partying, and a surprise wedding. Coming to their senses the next morning, Joy and Jack try to get a divorce...but first, they win 3 million dollars (he pulls the lever, with her quarter). They go to court to find out who gets the money, but the judge (Dennis Miller) is disgusted by their attitude towards marriage and sentences them to marriage counseling (with Queen Latifah) and sharing an apartment for a few months. If they are trying to make the marriage work, they will have access to the money at the end.
Taking the advice of their friends, Jack's best friend / incompetant lawyer Hater (Corddry) and Joy's angry bartender pal Tipper (Bell), they decide to sabotage each other any way possible: playing with insecurities, messing with the counselling session, etc.
Completely predictable. They hate each other...hate becomes interest, which becomes love...but then someone screws up...but we all know what happens in the end. The friends, Rob Corddry and Lake Bell were the funniest parts of the film. Normally Ashton Kutcher and Cameron Diaz are funny, and they had moments here, but overall it wasn't enough. Dennis Miller, the judge, had some funny lines as well...Queen Latifah was completed wasted in the role of counselor. The funniest scene occurs during the credits when you actually get to see Jack & Joy's wedding. The whole ceremony is hysterical. The other scene during the credits is Tipper and Hater visiting Joy's ex (Jason Sudeikis), which is also funny.
If you want mindless entertainment...and have the opportunity to see it for free then go for it. But don't actually spend money on this.
What Happens in Vegas (2008) 99 minutes
Rating: PG-13 for some sexual and crude content, and language, including a drug reference.
Director: Tom Vaughan
Starring: Cameron Diaz as Joy McNally
Ashton Kutcher as Jack Fuller
Rob Corddry as Hater
Lake Bell as Tipper
Jason Sudeikis as Mason
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