I watched this at home on DVD from my public library. I would not usually take the time to watch this type of movie but I like the actors, especially Efron and Plaza, and I watch most of what my public library buys.
The premise here is decent. Brothers Dave and Mike have a track record of screwing up various family get-togethers. Their younger sister is getting married, in Hawaii, and mom and dad want this to work smoothly. They don't want the brothers hitting on all the ladies there so they demand that they get dates for the wedding.
Neither have steady girlfriends but a couple of enterprising waitresses learn of the brothers' plight and decide they are perfect for the task and it would be a nice paid vacation to Hawaii. They set the boys up, get involved in an accident, requiring the boys to help save them. And the rest is history.
My biggest problem is filmmakers today seem to think the only way to make a comedy is to have all the characters using non-stop foul language all the way through. It is a substitute for good writing. What could have been a pretty good movie is in my view a flop. There were two very funny scenes, one where the bride to be gets an unusual massage from the Indian masseuse and the second near the end when the two brothers do a duet at the wedding party. Otherwise there isn't much funny here.
Zac Efron is one brother, Dave Stangle and Adam Devine is the other brother, Mike Stangle. The two "dates" are played by Anna Kendrick as Alice and always funny Aubrey Plaza as Tatiana.
The premise here is decent. Brothers Dave and Mike have a track record of screwing up various family get-togethers. Their younger sister is getting married, in Hawaii, and mom and dad want this to work smoothly. They don't want the brothers hitting on all the ladies there so they demand that they get dates for the wedding.
Neither have steady girlfriends but a couple of enterprising waitresses learn of the brothers' plight and decide they are perfect for the task and it would be a nice paid vacation to Hawaii. They set the boys up, get involved in an accident, requiring the boys to help save them. And the rest is history.
My biggest problem is filmmakers today seem to think the only way to make a comedy is to have all the characters using non-stop foul language all the way through. It is a substitute for good writing. What could have been a pretty good movie is in my view a flop. There were two very funny scenes, one where the bride to be gets an unusual massage from the Indian masseuse and the second near the end when the two brothers do a duet at the wedding party. Otherwise there isn't much funny here.
Zac Efron is one brother, Dave Stangle and Adam Devine is the other brother, Mike Stangle. The two "dates" are played by Anna Kendrick as Alice and always funny Aubrey Plaza as Tatiana.