What Happens In Vegas...
Two strangers (Cameron Diaz and Ashton Kutcher) 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 schemes to undermine each other and get their hands on the money - only to find themselves falling in love amid the mutual backstabbing.
- Director:
- Tom Vaughan ('Starter for 10')
- Writer:
- Dana Fox
- Cast:
- Cameron DiazAshton KutcherLake BellQueen LatifahKrysten RitterDennis Farina
Reviews & comments
Flicks, Andrew Hedley
flicksJack (Ashton Kutcher) and Joy (Cameron Diaz) meet each other while drowning their sorrows on a drunken night in Vegas (He’s just been fired by his father, she’s just been dumped by her corporate bore of a boyfriend). They wake up with a splitting headache, finding themselves married to each other and discovering that they’re none too pleased about it. After a painless decision to get divorced as soon as possible, matters are complicated when Jack wins three million dollars from a slot machine by using Joy’s quarter.
Gave a good laugh
Withing the first 10 minutes I had shaken off the gloom of a cold and windy Sunday afternoon. I was faced with realistic scenes of a night on the plonk and relived the horrors of the morning after the night. Laughs were witty and fast coming within the first quarter but did dry up when the story really started to come together. A bit slow through the...
Variety
pressThis two-seated star vehicle for top-billed Ashton Kutcher and Cameron Diaz wrings a respectable number of laughs from a formulaic scenario about attracted-opposites who bicker and back-stab their way toward happily-ever-aftering.
Urban Cinefile
pressDirector Tom Vaughan keeps the pace snappy and slides the tempo up and down as required. I had a good time with this upbeat mainstream comedy that never pretends to be anything other than what it is - and that's fun.
New Zealand Herald
pressThis isn't a typical sweet and sugary yawn-inducing love story, this is more a bitch-slapping battle of the sexes aimed as much at guys as girls.
Newshub
pressKnowing where the box office gravy train is heading doesn't have to stop you enjoying the journey, but this film just wasn't fresh enough to make it worth the trip.
Empire Magazine
pressDarker shades are swerved, subtlety snubbed, and invention avoided, as director Tom Vaughn, who got going with Starter For Ten, reveals no sign whatsoever of developing into an interesting director. So predictable are his moves, you’ll think you’ve developed a cinematic sixth sense: ‘I see punchlines’.
Christchurch Press
pressThe latest crime against romance (and tourism in Nevada) is this stunningly unfunny tale of when Joy (Cameron Diaz) met Jack (Ashton Kutcher). A New York stock trader, Joy is well known for making a plan to make plans.
Flicks, Andrew Hedley
flicksJack (Ashton Kutcher) and Joy (Cameron Diaz) meet each other while drowning their sorrows on a drunken night in Vegas (He’s just been fired by his father, she’s just been dumped by her corporate bore of a boyfriend). They wake up with a splitting headache, finding themselves married to each other and discovering that they’re none too pleased about it. After a painless decision to get divorced as soon as possible, matters are complicated when Jack wins three million dollars from a slot machine by using Joy’s quarter.
Variety
pressThis two-seated star vehicle for top-billed Ashton Kutcher and Cameron Diaz wrings a respectable number of laughs from a formulaic scenario about attracted-opposites who bicker and back-stab their way toward happily-ever-aftering.
Urban Cinefile
pressDirector Tom Vaughan keeps the pace snappy and slides the tempo up and down as required. I had a good time with this upbeat mainstream comedy that never pretends to be anything other than what it is - and that's fun.
New Zealand Herald
pressThis isn't a typical sweet and sugary yawn-inducing love story, this is more a bitch-slapping battle of the sexes aimed as much at guys as girls.
Newshub
pressKnowing where the box office gravy train is heading doesn't have to stop you enjoying the journey, but this film just wasn't fresh enough to make it worth the trip.
Empire Magazine
pressDarker shades are swerved, subtlety snubbed, and invention avoided, as director Tom Vaughn, who got going with Starter For Ten, reveals no sign whatsoever of developing into an interesting director. So predictable are his moves, you’ll think you’ve developed a cinematic sixth sense: ‘I see punchlines’.
Christchurch Press
pressThe latest crime against romance (and tourism in Nevada) is this stunningly unfunny tale of when Joy (Cameron Diaz) met Jack (Ashton Kutcher). A New York stock trader, Joy is well known for making a plan to make plans.
Gave a good laugh
Withing the first 10 minutes I had shaken off the gloom of a cold and windy Sunday afternoon. I was faced with realistic scenes of a night on the plonk and relived the horrors of the morning after the night. Laughs were witty and fast coming within the first quarter but did dry up when the story really started to come together. A bit slow through the...
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