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Features: DVD, Widescreen, Aspect Ratio 2.35:1, English, Spanish, French, Korean, Cantonese, Subtitled
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 -- they got married! The road to annulment takes a hilarious turn after Jack wins a three-million-dollar jackpot while playing Joy's quarter and a no-nonsense judge (Dennis Miller) sentences them to six months "hard marriage." 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!
"Amiable screwball comedy." Andrea Gronvall, Chicago Reader
"Diaz and Kutcher restore the original, ebullient meaning of 'sex comedy'. They're fun to watch..." Armond White, New York Press
"...delivers more than its fair share of laughs, thanks to terrific comic performances from Kutcher, Diaz and supporting players Rob Corddry and Lake Bell." Matthew Turner, ViewLondon
"Move over Knocked Up. [What Happens in Vegas is a] Sex And The Sin City Vegas jackpot." Prairie Miller, NewsBlaze
"An exceedingly bright comedy...[with] brisk pacing, smart lines, sound construction and superb comic acting..." Stephen Hunter, The Washington Post
Editor's Note
Cameron Diaz and Ashton Kutcher star as strangers who wake up a married couple after a crazy night in Las Vegas in director Tom Vaughn's (STARTER FOR 10) feature film. Joy (Diaz) is the type of woman who makes plans to make plans. She's expecting a marriage proposal, but her live-in boyfriend, Mason (Jason Sudeikis), has other ideas. When he dumps her, Joy heads to Vegas to forget her troubles with her friend Tipper (Lake Bell) and discovers her fun, spontaneous side. Unfortunately, she also wakes up with recently unemployed Jack (Kutcher) as her husband. The two quickly decide to divorce, but the plot thickens when Jack wins a $3 million slot jackpot using Joy's quarter. Since neither one of them wants to give up the cash, they each try to drive the other to file for divorce and give up the bounty. But love has a funny way of appearing when you least expect it, and in acting their worst, Joy and Jack actually bring out the best in each other.Diaz and Kutcher have nice onscreen chemistry and make a very photogenic couple. Treat Williams stars as Jack's difficult-to-please father, while Rob Corddry is Jack's best friend, Hater. Queen Latifah and Dennis Miller appear briefly as a marriage counselor and divorce court judge, respectively. The Vegas scenes are flashy and fun--just like Sin City--and the settings for the New York City scenes differentiate nicely between Joy's organized, structured life and Jack's less serious, happy-go-lucky attitude.
| Features | Audio Commentary By Director Tom Vaughan & Editor Matt Friedman | | Audio: English DTS HD 5.1 Surround Sound | | Audio: French, Spanish Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound | | Deleted & Extended Scenes | | Dubbed: French, Spanish | | Featurettes: Sitting Down With Cameron & Ashton, DVD Extra Time With Zach Galifianakis, & From The Law Firm Of Stephen J. Hader, Esq. | | Gag Reel | | Includes A Digital Copy Of The Film! | | Interactive Menus | | Scene Selection | | Subtitles: English, French, Spanish, Mandarin, Korean, Cantonese | | This Is A Blu-Ray DVD Made For Blue-Laser Format Players Which Produce Higher Quality Picture & Sound | | Trailers |
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Release Information
| | Studio: Foxvideo |
| Release Date: 1/12/2010 |
| Running Time: 101 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 2008 | | Catalog ID: 2252884 | | UPC: 00024543528845 | | Number of Discs: 2 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: English | | Available Audio Tracks: English, French Dubbed, Spanish Dubbed | | Available Subtitles: English, French, Korean, Spanish, Cantonese, Mandarin | | Video: Color |
Aspect Ratio | | Widescreen 2.35:1 |
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| | Professional Reviews | Entertainment Weekly
"Ashton Kutcher and Cameron Diaz hate on each with dynamic verve in WHAT HAPPENS IN VEGAS..." 05/16/2008 p.46Sight and Sound
"The relationship between Kutcher and Diaz radiates with both sexual and comic chemistry, and is reminiscent of the bickering couples in 1930s and 1940s screwball comedies..." 07/01/2008 p.82 Reel.com 5 of 10
The battle for the human heart has officially morphed from witty, sophisticated banter between star-crossed lovers to something akin to mixed martial arts. Or, in the case of the new Ashton Kutcher/Cameron Diaz rom-com What Happens in Vegas..., dull marital artifice. In this cloying, created-by-committee exercise in screaming and facial mugging, personal humanity is reduced down to five or six of the seven deadly sins, particularly greed, sloth, and...no wait, that's about it. As a result, we witness gender dynamics as primitive pandering...Wrapping 197 plots into a single, sloppy narrative, What Happens in Vegas... is almost painful to watch. It's a decent romance rigged to a hideously unfunny comedy. Bouncing wildly between farce and calculated coupling insights, our characters exist in a world where men are pigs, women are manipulative shrews, and somewhere in between exist a sprinkling of skanks, dipsticks, and sexually inappropriate bosses. The script, by Wedding Date scribe Dana Fox, contains so many flaws that you wonder what's holding it all together. It clearly isn't the pedestrian, music-montage-heavy direction from Tom Vaughn...Somewhere buried in this staid, stereotypical excuse for a likeable lover's spat is a decent idea for a movie. Since all involved can't find it, it's up to the audience. They'll be lost as well. - Bill Gibron
ReelViews 7 of 10
What Happens in Vegas takes the "thin line between love and hate" approach to the romantic comedy...In this case, director Tom Vaughan starts his protagonists out as if they're in The War of the Roses but concludes with them in the grip of emotions that make it impossible to live without one another. The film's misstep - and it is a significant one - is to take too long to tone down the broad, cartoonish portrayals of the leads into something resembling human beings. As a result, the first half of What Happens in Vegas plays like shrill sit-com material...In the romantic comedy genre, What Happens in Vegas is forgettable. Years from now, no one will remember it and mentions of the title will draw blank stares. It's not bad enough to sting like an infected insect bite and it's not good enough to make its way to home video libraries. The movie has one thing going for it when it comes to regurgitating the expected formula: it never introduces any serious "romantic complications"...Diaz and Kutcher work well enough together that this isn't an unwelcome development, especially once the movie disposes with its over-the-top attempts at outrageousness and starts getting us to care about their characters. Sadly, about the nicest thing I can say about What Happens in Vegas is that I didn't hate it - although I suppose that's something. - James Berardinelli
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