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What Happens in Vegas

Play trailer 2:22 Poster for What Happens in Vegas PG-13 Released May 9, 2008 1h 39m Romance Comedy Play Trailer Watchlist
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During a wild vacation in Las Vegas, career woman Joy McNally (Cameron Diaz) and playboy Jack Fuller (Ashton Kutcher) come to the sober realization that they have married each other after a night of drunken abandon. Besides that, there is a huge jackpot at stake. An implacable judge freezes the prize money and refuses to grant an annulment, so Joy and Jack must try to make their impromptu marriage work.
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What Happens in Vegas has a few laughs, but mostly settles for derivative romantic comedy conventions and receives little help from a pair of unlikable leads.

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Nell Minow Movie Mom Rated: C Feb 18, 2012 Full Review Anna Smith Time Out Rated: 2/5 Nov 18, 2011 Full Review Stephen Garrett Time Out Rated: 1/5 Nov 17, 2011 Full Review Eddie Harrison film-authority.com …keep this muck in Vegas and keep it out of my way… Rated: 1/5 Jun 29, 2022 Full Review James Croot Stuff.co.nz A dreary combination of The Break-Up and I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry, all the best bits of this film can be seen in its trailer. Rated: 1.5/5 Apr 8, 2022 Full Review Richard Propes TheIndependentCritic.com What happens in Vegas? The same stuff you've seen in every B-grade romantic comedy for the last 50 years. Rated: 1.5/4.0 Sep 27, 2020 Full Review Read all reviews

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alan g Two of the worst actors in Hokeywood teamed together. Neither can act, has any charm, or talent. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 09/23/24 Full Review Rich S The category in "Final Jeopardy!" is Box Office Bombs and the question is "how do you make Cameron Diaz as unlikeable as possible?" The answer is: you pair her with the king of douchebags, Ashton Kutcher. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 09/10/24 Full Review Face R One of my favourite rom-coms of all time. Definitely doesn't deserve the hate it gets. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 07/22/24 Full Review Laura L A 5-star romantic comedy! Joy McNally (Cameron Diaz) and Jack Fuller Jr. (Ashton Kutcher) meet in Vegas where they accidentally married. And because he got a USD 3,000,000 jackpot with her quarter, the judge decided that they must give a 6-month trial to their marriage before divorcing and deciding who gets the money. What follows is a comedy with games and traps, which they settle for each other to get the divorce and to keep the entire sum of money. It's a journey in which they learn about each other and themselves. Still, they get a divorce. But then... I let you discover what happens next. Don't miss a great laugh! Enjoy the movie! P.S. Those of you, who gave 1-star to this comedy (and to other movies), would you PLEASE TRY to be a little bit more ENCOURAGING with people watching movies and, in this case, have a great laugh, rather than discourage them from enjoying some quality time. THANK YOU! Rated 5 out of 5 stars 03/24/24 Full Review CHUD S A perfect movie to put on for a date to not watch so you can do other things. Easy ice-breaker any night; "Hey what do you want to do tonight?" ; ; " Wanna watch What happens in Vegas? " WINK WINK Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/09/24 Full Review erika l somewhat normal romcom, not amazing but i did enjoy it. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/06/24 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis During a wild vacation in Las Vegas, career woman Joy McNally (Cameron Diaz) and playboy Jack Fuller (Ashton Kutcher) come to the sober realization that they have married each other after a night of drunken abandon. Besides that, there is a huge jackpot at stake. An implacable judge freezes the prize money and refuses to grant an annulment, so Joy and Jack must try to make their impromptu marriage work.
Director
Tom Vaughan
Producer
Michael Aguilar, Shawn Levy, Dean Georgaris
Screenwriter
Dana Fox
Distributor
20th Century Fox
Production Co
21 Laps Entertainment, Mosaic Media Group
Rating
PG-13 (Language|A Drug Reference|Some Sexual and Crude Content)
Genre
Romance, Comedy
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
May 9, 2008, Wide
Release Date (Streaming)
Sep 18, 2012
Box Office (Gross USA)
$80.3M
Runtime
1h 39m
Sound Mix
DTS, Dolby SRD, SDDS
Aspect Ratio
Scope (2.35:1)
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