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What Happens in Vegas

PG-13

Released May 9, 2008

1h 39m

Romance

Comedy

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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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Critics Consensus

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

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Anna Smith

Time Out

Rated: 2/5

Nov 18, 2011

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Stephen Garrett

Time Out

Rated: 1/5

Nov 17, 2011

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Eddie Harrison

film-authority.com

…keep this muck in Vegas and keep it out of my way…

Rated: 1/5

Jun 29, 2022

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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

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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

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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

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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

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erika l

somewhat normal romcom, not amazing but i did enjoy it.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

01/06/24

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Dalton F

Good concept, very funny, well acted. Don't understand how this is at a 25 and 30 % scores.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

11/30/23

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Xenia O

Classic Rom-Com to spend your night with just popcorn and PJs.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

10/29/23

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Demented N

When an episode of designing women from the 80s early 90s dose a vegas episode in 25 muinets better you have issues, although granted in the latter years story lines crossed over. Notice how I didn't mention the movie. I like the stars there sweet people in real just terrible actors.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

08/18/23

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Tom Vaughan

Director

Cameron Diaz

Joy McNally

Ashton Kutcher

Jack Fuller Jr.

Rob Corddry

Hater

Lake Bell

Tipper

Treat Williams

Jack Fuller Sr.

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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: Joseph Caracciolo Jr., Arnon Milchan, 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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