Wedding Crashers is a 2005
comedy film,
directed by
David Dobkin. The film stars
Owen Wilson and
Vince Vaughn, with
Christopher Walken,
Rachel McAdams,
Isla Fisher,
Jane Seymour, and
Bradley Cooper. The film debuted in North American theaters on July 15, 2005, and the DVD version was released on January 3, 2006.
Plot
Single bachelors and longtime friends, John Beckwith and Jeremy Gray are business partners in divorce mediation in Washington D.C.. The friends frequently "crash" wedding parties to meet women, working from a set of rules taught to them by a past ‘crasher,’ Chazz. The duo always have cover stories for inquisitive guests and inevitably become the hit of every reception, to charm their way into the hearts of a ladies at the wedding for one night only.
After a sequence of successful ‘crashes,’ Jeremy spots the wedding of the daughter of the Secretary of the Treasury William Cleary and his wife, Kathleen. After infiltrating the lavish event as brothers, John and Jeremy set their sights on two bridesmaids, also daughters of Secretary Cleary: Claire and Gloria Cleary. While Jeremy manages to make it on the beach with "stage-five clinger" and supposed virgin Gloria, John works on Claire. While talking afterwards, John is blocked by Claire's U.S. Naval Academy graduate boyfriend Zack. John convinces a resistant Jeremy to break the rules and accept an invitation to an extended weekend party at the Cleary family compound.