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Cameron Diaz, Ashton Kutcher, Rob Corddry, Lake Bell, Treat Williams ... see more see more... , Dennis Farina , Jason Sudeikis , Dennis Miller , Zach Galifianakis , Michelle Krusiec , Deirdre O'Connell , Krysten Ritter , Queen Latifah , Rick Garcia , Andrew Daly , Benita Robledo , Amanda Setton , Toni Busker , Jessica McKee , Ricardo Walker , Valerie Orlik , Ben Best , Clem Cheung , Eric Zuckerman , Caroline Willman , Tommy R. McGoldrick , Billy Eichner , Maddie Corman , Jerry V. Lindsay , Samantha Ridge , Ricahrd M. Schaeffer , Michael P. Molnar , John Eisenberg , Ciarant O'Kelly , Jennifer Trier , Michael Harkins , Patrick Knighton , Adam Zuniga , Aaron Nauta , Christopher Negrin , Brittany Dawn Beall , Ariel Shafir , Sheena Alonzo , Bradley Morone

Two strangers (Cameron Diaz and Ashton Kutcher) find themselves hitched after a wild night of Las Vegas shenanigans in this 20th Century Fox comedy. Jack Fuller (Kutcher) is a single Manhattanite who ... read more read more...can never quite commit to a permanent, long-term relationship and repeatedly hears from his lovers that he "isn't serious boyfriend material." Employed by his father (Treat Williams) at a local furniture business, Jack spends his workdays goofing off by watching sporting events behind dad's back. Joy McNally (Diaz) is faring slightly better; a young, polished urbanite, she juggles a demanding job as a trader on the NYSE with a marital engagement to the impressive Mason (Jason Sudeikis), but has modified her entire life and all of her interests to please her intended.Coincident with Mr. Fuller's decision to fire his son, Mason severs his engagement to Joy; as a result, both Jack and Joy hit the skids at around the same time and decide to cut their losses by heading out to Vegas. The two accidentally bump into one another when a computer mix-up at the hotel puts them in adjoining rooms; though they begin their acquaintanceship by bickering endlessly, they end up spending a long, drunken night on the town together, and when the sun rises and Joy comes to, she discovers that she unwittingly married Jack in the middle of the night. Alas, just when the two are about to call it quits by filing for divorce after the shortest marriage in history, Jack tosses a coin into a Vegas slot machine and hits a three-million-dollar jackpot -- which naturally pits the newlyweds against one another in an attempt to claim the full share of the money. A conservative local judge, R.D. Whopper (Dennis Miller), then adds the final twist by refusing to grant a divorce until Joy and Jack have given married life a fair shake. In time, the marrieds may just discover that this union isn't as far off the mark as they initially thought. Dennis Farina, Queen Latifah, and Zach Galifianakis round out the supporting cast. ~ Jeremy Wheeler, Rovi

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PG-13, 1 hr. 39 min.

Directed by: Tom Vaughan

Release Date: April 22, 2008

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DVD Release Date: August 26, 2008

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  • wildaly14
    July 3, 2011
    wildaly14
    Funny comedy romp. Kinda enjoyed it.
  • blkbomb
    June 25, 2011
    blkbomb
    "Gay people aren't ruining the sanctity of marriage, you people are!"

    What Happens in Vegas is another in a long line of predictable and painful to watch romantic comedies. Jack(Ashton Kutcher) and Joy(Cameron Diaz) meet in Vegas and after a night of partying end up getting marr... read moreied. Then Jack wins $3 million and a Judge sentences the two to 6 months of marriage before they can get a divorce and the money. I'm sure you can guess how the plot plays out from here since it has zero originality. Rob Coddry and a small role from Zach Galifianakis are somewhat funny in the movie. Everyone else; not so much.
  • murphmann93
    June 24, 2011
    murphmann93
    Actually really funny and I loved the soundtrack. Cameron Diaz and Ashton Kutcher made a great comedy duo. A must see!
  • DreamExtractor
    June 16, 2011
    DreamExtractor
    I am an Ashton Kutcher fan, I loved him in That 70s Show and hes naturally funny. I dont like Cameron Diaz, she isnt funny, or good looking, and to me she cant act. Together they make half of a good comedy team. I haven't seen a movie like this because its a original premise b... read moreut cliche plot. I hate comedies that get all sweet and cuddly near the end, so I was mad at this movie. Kutcher is great and premise was original, but even he cant save a comedy that fails at providing a funny lead female and an original story.
  • movieguru12
    April 15, 2011
    movieguru12
    Very funny comedy. Love this movie. Aston Kutcher is so HOT!!!! This is a good romantic comedy. Perfect for watching with your bffs :) :) :)
  • MizturY0da
    February 14, 2011
    MizturY0da
    Hilarious!!
  • SirPant
    January 24, 2011
    SirPant
    I disliked this film so much that I'm not going to write a review, I'm just going to let my half a star rating do all the talking.
  • thmtsang
    January 23, 2011
    thmtsang
    Jack (Ashton) and Joy's (Cameron) lives are falling apart when they meet one night in Vegas. They get drunk and get married. Then Jack wins 3 million dollars on the slots. The judge freezes the money and makes them work at their marriage for 6 months. Very funny movie. Good cast ... read moreand plot. They have great chemistry. They should do more movies together. I always wonder why you can get married in Vegas when you are totally plastered!
  • CreedsDelight
    January 22, 2011
    CreedsDelight
    What happens in vegas, stays in vegas.

    Grade: B+
  • xXGiNoBiLiPRXx
    November 21, 2010
    xXGiNoBiLiPRXx
    It was very funny and entertaining.

    In New York City, high-strung stockbroker Joy Ellis McNally (Cameron Diaz) is dumped by her fiancé at his surprise birthday she threw for him in front of all their friends while at the same time easy-going carpenter Jack Fuller (Ashton Kutche... read morer) is fired from his job by his father, Jack, Sr. (Treat Williams). Both become emotionally distraught and, with their best friends Spitter (Lake Bell), a bartender and Shitter (Rob Corddry), a District Attorney, take a debauched trip to Las Vegas. They meet by chance when they are given the same hotel room because of a computer error. After clearing up the misunderstanding and receiving upgraded rooms and coupons to various clubs, they party and drink together and Joy and Jack end up getting married. The next morning, they realize it was a mistake and decide to divorce.

    Before they do so, Jack uses a quarter Joy gives him in a slot machine. He hits a $3,000,000 dollar jackpot and Joy reminds Jack that they are married and hence, she is entitled to half of the money. The couple returns to New York, where they attempt to divorce. Their judge (Dennis Miller) declares that the couple cannot divorce until they attempt to co-exist for six months, while attending weekly sessions with a marriage counselor (Queen Latifah). If they work at the marriage but still want to divorce after six months, each will be permitted to keep half the winnings. If either party does not cooperate, the money will be tied up in litigation by the judge.

    The newlyweds devise more and more cunning schemes to undermine each other, such as Jack telling Joy that their counseling session is canceled to prove she's not committed, and Joy inviting girls to their apartment to try to get Jack to cheat on her. Jack gives Joy's ex-fiancé Mason (Jason Sudeikis), her engagement ring back without Joy knowing. At Joy's job retreat, Jack and Joy ironically find themselves developing an unexpected sexual attraction to one another and they soon realize that being with each other has brought out the best in both of them.

    After they get back from the retreat, it's time for the judge to decide what happens to the money. On her way to the hearing, Joy sees her ex-fiancé Mason and he tells her that he wants her back. He gives her back the engagement ring and tells her that she is good enough for him. Joy realizes that Jack set her up to get back with him, therefore cheating on him and letting Jack keep the money. Joy walks away from Mason and goes to the hearing. At the hearing, their marriage counselor testifies that the couple truly tried to work on their marriage. The judge decides that they each get 1.5 million dollars, taking away taxes and the bills Joy had run up and Jack had spent on his new woodworking business. Joy tells the judge she doesn't want any money, and gives the engagement ring to Jack, telling him she officially doesn't want anything from him. Jack realizes she knows that he talked to Mason.

    Joy ends up getting the promotion, but tells her boss that she would rather be happy doing nothing than doing something she hated and being miserable. The next scene is of Jack talking to his parents, and them telling him that it looked like he and Joy were actually in love. Realizing his mistake, he goes to her friend Spitter to find out where she is. Spitter tells Jack that she quit her job - a fact she seems quite disgruntled by - and that nobody knows where she is. He has a suspicion that she has gone to a beach (Fire Island, New York) that she told him about, the only place that makes her feel truly happy. Jack asks her to be his wife (again) and she says yes. As the two embrace, Joy says that she quit her job and has no idea what she's going to do. Jack reminds her that they have a lot of money between them. Joy states that they hit the jackpot, to which Jack replies that he certainly did (referring both to the money and to Joy).

    In the credits it shows a clip of what happened between Spitter and Shitter the day Jack and Joy got married. It also shows Spitter and Shitter subsequently enacting a plan of revenge on Mason, devised by Spitter earlier in the film.

    In a post-credits scene, Dave is telling Shitter about a party that evening, but Shitter no longer wants to associate with Dave, citing Jack as being "the glue" that held the two of them together as friends. With that, Shitter simply leaves. The movie ends with Dave randomly asking a random guy on the street if he wants to party.

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Critic Reviews

Richard Roeper
May 12, 2008
Richard Roeper, Ebert & Roeper

The screenplay is awful, the direction is bland and the performances are beyond redemption.

John Anderson
May 9, 2008
John Anderson, Newsday

What Happens in Vegas contains enough unbridled silliness to salvage its lowbrow high concept. Full Review

Joe Morgenstern
May 9, 2008
Joe Morgenstern, Wall Street Journal

What Happens in Vegas... should have stayed in development -- forever. This ramshackle -- and occasionally repulsive -- farce doesn't even deliver on the minimal promise of its title; most of it takes... Full Review

Claudia Puig
May 9, 2008
Claudia Puig, USA Today

What Happens in Vegas refuses to take a gamble. Like a bleary-eyed gambler repeatedly tossing a pair of dice, it tiredly goes through the motions. Full Review

Philip Marchand
May 9, 2008
Philip Marchand, Toronto Star

Here's a romantic comedy that is goofy, highly implausible, sometimes over the top, often in bad taste, and resolutely empty-headed. In short, it's the best example of its genre to appear on the scree... Full Review

Richard Corliss
May 9, 2008
Richard Corliss, TIME Magazine

Why do we have to suffer through movies like What Happens in Vegas, which is the worst-in-breed not only for this year, but very likely in living memory. Full Review

Peter Hartlaub
May 9, 2008
Peter Hartlaub, San Francisco Chronicle

Considering that the title of the movie was conceived by the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority, it's not a huge surprise that What Happens in Vegas is stocked with product placement. Full Review

Mary Elizabeth Williams
May 9, 2008
Mary Elizabeth Williams, Salon.com

You'd think the combination of Diaz, Kutcher and Vegas would be good for at least a little sexy, silly fun. But don't bet on it. Full Review

Roger Moore
May 9, 2008
Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel

Screenwriter Dana Fox (the dreadful Wedding Date was hers) and director Tom Vaughan can't find much fun or romance in this. What Happens in Vegas ... offers none of the surprises that screen comedy so... Full Review

Stephen Whitty
May 9, 2008
Stephen Whitty, Newark Star-Ledger

It's called What Happens in Vegas, but it should have been called What Happens in Hollywood as it pretty much defines contrived studio comedy. Full Review

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