So what happens in Las Vegas? A lot of ideas for movies it seems. Irrespective of the fact whether the movie turns out to be palatable or not. As for this film, it was leaning more towards the latter.
With Ashton Kutcher and Cameron Diaz in a movie named What Happens In Vegas and a tagline that says 'battle of the sexes', we expected something like a How To Lose A Guy In Ten Days or a There's Something About Mary. But oh no! This movie was nothing close to anything romantic or comical at all.
For one there was 'NO' chemistry between Kutcher and Diaz. Kutcher who has probably acted only in romantic comedies all his life looked like Diaz's son or at the least her nephew who's just grown prematurely tall. And Diaz could make do with Botox, like NOW!
Though in real life Kutcher might just be sharing earth shattering chemistry with his wife Demi Moore who's two decades his senior, and we may think for once that he's used to kindling some chemistry even with older people, in the film, the age difference between the actors defy his capabilities for sure.
So what happens in the movie?
The story line is very predictable and so Bollywood that we almost had doubts of Karan Johar or Aditya Chopra ghost directing the film. So anyway, it starts of with Kutcher losing his job and Diaz being dumped by her boyfriend. And what do they do to get over their grief? VISIT VEGAS!!!
A stereotypical collage of Vegas follows which is shot fairly well, not as good as the collage in 21 but definitely better than Ghai's Pardes. It is actually the best part of the film. The hero and his friend hook up with the heroine and her friend under extremely filmy circumstances. If you are a Bollywood f
an, you probably already know what happens next.
For those who don't follow Bollywood, here's what you can expect...a drunken marriage in Vegas (a la Friends, remember Ross and Rachel?), a three million dollar Jackpot, a divorce that will split the money equally, an effeminate judge who wants the couple to try and make the marriage work, a counsellor who's actually Queen Latifah who has 15 lines or less to say in the entire film and so on and so forth.
Well, the story is predictable, many romantic comedies are. But how does that justify the utterly stereotypical situations that make the story? Every situation is either forced or you just know what will happen next. And not even the cute Kutcher makes it bearable.
To watch or not to watch?
Vegas is good. What Happens In Vegas well, is not the same. The movie lacks the cute, romantic feel that generally such movies have. Even Ashton Kutcher has ceased to look cute.
Only probably towards the end for a split second you'll feel the cute love feel, but apart from that, it's just a film which does nothing to you.
VERDICT: Considering there are no major releases this weekend, you might want to go for it. But seriously if you do not want to waste money, just wait for six months and watch it on one of the english movie channels which will air it for sure.
RATING: 1.5/5
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