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What Happens in Vegas | 
 enlarge | Director: Tom Vaughan
Actors: Cameron Diaz, Ashton Kutcher, Rob Corddry, Lake Bell, Jason Sudeikis
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Category: Movie
Buy New: $3.99
Rating:  59 reviews
Sales Rank: 108
Genre: Comedy
Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Media: Video On Demand
Running Time: 99 Minutes
ASIN: B001GLYMII
Theatrical Release Date: May 9, 2008
Release Date: October 27, 2008
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Synopsis:
Jack Fuller (Ashton Kutcher) and Joy McNally (Cameron Diaz) are two strangers who awaken together to discover they've gotten married following a night of debauchery in Sin City... and one of them has won a huge jackpot after playing the other's quarter. The newlyweds devise ever-escalating schemes to undermine each other and get their hands on the money ? only to find themselves falling in love amid the mutual backstabbing. |
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| Customer Reviews: Read 54 more reviews...
 Better than I thought January 3, 2009
Ron (Jersey)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I didn't have high hopes for this one other than a dopey comedy that would entertain me for an hour and a half. I think this film succeeds in many ways. It is a good comedy. Not overwhelmingly funny, but solid throughout. It uses the characters wisely. Kutcher plays a slacker who loses his job and Diaz plays a regimented wall street worker who just got dumped. They come together in Vegas and after a wild night together they find themselves married. They plan to quickly annul the marriage until a 3 million dollar pull of a slot machine. In their battle over the money, they find that they must stay married for 6 months. During that time, they each try to make each other crazy as possible and to stop the other one from getting the money. You can probably guess the ending of the movie, it is typical hollywood, but still the ride was to the end was nice. I found it to be a charming and funny movie, with two likable leads.
What happens in Vegas happens in my living room, too! December 21, 2008
Judy K. Polhemus (LA)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Call me weird, but I like goofball romantic comedies. "What Happens in Vegas" is definitely goofball. I found it both funny and romantic. My brother would call it a chick flick and he definitely likes chick flicks and this movie.
So, is it any good? I've rented it twice and enjoyed it the second time as much as the first. I like Cameron Diaz and now I like Ashton Kutcher. OK, here's the deal. I liked him in "Coast Guard" with Kevin Costner (filmed in Shreveport). I like him in his camera commercials. He has enough money for his own production company. That unshaped hair has never been attractive, but in the party scene toward the end of the movie, Joy (Cameron) tells him he cleans up really nice. And he does! I've never found him attractive until then when he becomes quite the heart throb.
The film has a silly premise to work with (but what about some of the romantic Cary Grant movies--weren't they called goofball comedies?). "What Happens in Vegas" happens because Joy has been dumped by an anal-retentive fiance; Jack (Ashton) has been dumped by his dad (fired). The two throw caution to the wind and go to Vegas with their friends to forget their troubles, meet, get drunk, have a heck of a time together, get married because they are too drunk to consider consequences, wake up, and discover reality. Then comes a three-million-dollar jackpot!
The divorce judge (Dennis Miller with some hilarious lines) tells them they must stay together for six months before he will give them a divorce. During that time they must undergo marital counseling. Two people were never more different! Together for six months! It's a trial but one that has a 50-50 chance of working.
(Judy judgment: I know this Indian couple whose marriage was arranged. He did not go against his Indian heritage and protest the arrangement. He followed it and has a very happy marriage. It was their intention to make it work. Now consider how it is done in America. What is the chance of success--50-50.)
After living together six months without the tension of intimacy, Jack and Joy end up knowing each other well, or at least each other's bad points, and inadvertently some of the good points--more than enough to build on.
The old saying goes: Whatever happens in Vegas stays in Vegas. Not always. Not when you marry someone you just met. Can you salvage it? Do you dump it, too? Or do you find a judge who makes you make it work?
I really like this movie!
 if u must then RENT IT December 3, 2008
Girl Interrupted (United Arab Emirates)
If you really intend on watching this movie then go ahead and rent it. Its good for a few laughs induced by some silly comedy but that's just about it. If you have seen one Ashton Kutcher comedy then you have seen them all, his abilities in comedic acting are pretty much one dimensional and try as he might he just could not keep up with Cameron Diaz's comedic skills for sure.
 An Ok Lark December 2, 2008
D. Allen (Texas)
A surprisingly decent movie of this type mainly due to Aston Kutcher and Cameron Diaz .If you like this kind of movie, its OK for a couple of hours.
 Hilarious!!! December 2, 2008
Neria (Baltimore,Md)
I loved the movie. It kept my attention and was so so funny. Ashton & Cameron make a wonderful couple in this romantic comedy. Iwould recommend this to any and everyone!! A MUST SEE!!!
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