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List Price: $34.98 | | Label: 20th Century Fox
Salesrank: 7040
Released: August 26, 2008 |
| Our Price: $19.99 |
| Used Price: $15.17 |
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MPAA Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Media: DVD |
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Editorial Review:
After the wildest party night of their lives, two mismatched strangers, Jack (Ashton Kutcher) and Joy (Cameron Diaz), wake up in Vegas to discover they not only got lucky â?" they got married! The road to annulment takes a hilarious turn after Jack wins a three-million-dollar jackpot while playing Joyâ??s quarter and a no-nonsense judge (Dennis Miller) sentences them to six months â??hard marriage.â? What follows is an all-out war of the sexes as Jack and Joy go to outrageous lengths to try and cheat each other out of the money. But in the end, they may learn that when you gamble on love, you just might win, against all odds!
Description of What Happens in Vegas (Extended Jackpot edition with digital copy):
What Happens in Vegas is a comedy waiting to happen. It takes an old premise (drunk strangers regretting their decision to get married in Las Vegas) and adds in a dilemma (a $3 million slot machine win) that could've been easily resolved. But then again, there would've been no movie if the unhappily wedded couple figured out that splitting the money in half and getting their marriage annulled would've been quick and effective. Cameron Diaz plays uptight clean-freak Joy, who has just been dumped by her fiance. Ashton Kutcher is Jack, a slacker furniture maker who has been fired--by his own dad. Each goes to Vegas to let off some steam. And while they have nothing in common (except being exceptionally good looking) they make out, get married, and fight over the money Jack wins with Joy's quarter. Instead of letting the couple get divorced, a judge sentences the odd couple to half a year of marriage. What happens in Vegas doesn't stay in Vegas, but extends into New York where Jack and Joy live. Both actors have fared well in comedies, especially Diaz in My Best Friend's Wedding. And while Kutcher still has to live down Dude, Where's My Car?, he showed a lot of comedic flair and charm in A Lot Like Love. But the two face an uphill battle here with inane dialogue and a premise that not only is unbelievable, but unlikeable. The two are so incompatible (and immature) they can't even control bathroom time and, in Jack's case, his bladder. --Jae-Ha Kim
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Stills from What Happens in Vegas (Click for larger image) What Happens in Vegas (Extended Jackpot edition with digital copy) Reviews:
Great buy 
2008-10-06 - I wanted to add this movie to my collection and it was almost $5 less than other places through Amazon's pre-order option. Great price, great service, great flick!
What Naps in Vegas, or is it Happens 
2008-10-04 - A little slow, not as funny as advertised ,but still a good movie. Was still enjoyable.
Comedy fun on Blu-ray! 
2008-10-03 - No regrets with buying this blu-ray release. Get it if you're a fan of Ashton or Cameron. Worth every cent!
Perfect Comedy!!!
2008-10-02 - I thought this was an extremely funny movie! Everyone did an awesome job & Ashton Kutcher and the sexy Cameron Diaz were perfect together! After a wild party in Vegas, Jack and Joy realize they got married, but they don't remember it. Jack wins a 3 million dollar Jackpot with Joy's quarter. Since they are married, have to share it, but they don't want to. Judge Whopper takes away the money until they go through six months of 'hard marriage' Throughout the months, Jack and Joy do all they can to drive the other crazy. Even their friends try to help them, but soon, they slowly begin to fall in love. If you love romantic comedies, you'll love WHAT HAPPENS IN VEGAS!!!
WHat's all this anti-Chinese in the movie? 
2008-09-27 - I am really surprised at this sub-plot of coming back again and again to portray Joy's Chinese colleague in the worst possible stereotype. While I liked the movie and found the leading actors cute and funny I couldn't figure out the racist approach everytime Joy's Chinese colleague had to say something or do something. The scenes at work or in the boardroom or in the boss's house or in the night party with the Chinese woman with her Chinese husband? I thought that was far too much and I thought all this confirms it was done on purpose. Maybe it is fashionable now to bash China? What others think about this? I did not also appreciate the portrayal of other minorities in the movie, such as the African American guy who arrived in a police suit. Is the movie telling us that only this couple of mainstream white Americans can be truly "American" and that Joy's boss found a connection with her husband (Ashton) because he displayed some cultural treats?
