‘Wedding Crashers’ Is Back (And Wokesters Will Be Furious)
Raucous 2005 comedy captured R-rated Hollywood at its very best
Type “Wedding Crashers Problematic” into Google and you’ll be flooded with responses.
- Toxic!
- Sexist!
- Awful!
- Inappropriate!
- White!
And yet it made a shocking $209 million in U.S. theaters. Weird. It’s almost as if the people had spoken and the scolds were in the distint minority.
Yes, the woke mind virus has trashed some of the best comedies of the modern era, and “Wedding Crashers” fit right into that fun-free ethos.
The comedy cast Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson as best buds who invade weddings unannounced, drink to their hearts’ content and, on ocassion, woo some bridesmaids along the way. They were scoundrels, of course, and the film shows the limits to their selfish schemes.
The killer cast included Christopher Walken, Isla Fisher and a caffeinated Bradley Cooper (the latter before his “Hangover” breakthrough).
Now, Fathom Entertainment is bringing “Wedding Crashers” back to theaters on Dec. 4 and 11. The revival, part of the film’s 20th anniversary, will feature 10 minutes of footage trimmed from its theatrical release.
Why did the woke scolds skewer the beloved film? Some examples:
The Cleary family employs a butler, the only Black character in the whole movie, who exists just to tell the white characters where the other white characters are, so, trope number one. The youngest Cleary is Todd, a mentally unstable artist who is also gay and, thanks to his repressed upbringing (I guess), a predatory freak. The wife of Secretary Cleary, played by Jane Seymour, is an aggressive cougar who exposes herself to John on his first night at the house. The grandmother is homophobic toward her own grandson and, weirdly, former First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt…all of it is played for laughs and all of it comes across as brutally hack today.
This YouTuber dedicated a whole video to the problematic film.
Now, it’s back. And, chances are, it’ll make more money than some 2025 releases.
Why? Great comedy never goes out of style. “Wedding Crashers” also didn’t play by the rules, something Hollywood has learned the hard way. Bad boys are funny. Period.
They’re not role models. Nor should they be.
The bigger takeaway is obvious. Hollywood should get back into the R-rated comedy business. Why? It’s profitable.
Quick, what recent comedy has made anywhere near $209 million domestically?