What Happens in Vegas (2008)

A man and a woman are compelled, for legal reasons, to live life as a couple for a limited period of time. At stake is a large amount of money.

Director:

Tom Vaughan

Writer:

Dana Fox

Stars:

Cameron Diaz, Ashton Kutcher, Rob Corddry

2 wins & 3 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Cameron Diaz	...	Joy McNally
Ashton Kutcher	...	Jack Fuller
Rob Corddry	...	Hater
Lake Bell	...	Tipper
Jason Sudeikis	...	Mason
Treat Williams	...	Jack Fuller Sr.
Deirdre O'Connell	...	Mrs. Fuller
Michelle Krusiec	...	Chong
Dennis Farina	...	Banger
Zach Galifianakis	...	Dave the Bear
Queen Latifah	...	Dr. Twitchell
Krysten Ritter	...	Kelly
Ricky Garcia	...	Fuller Closets Worker
Andrew Daly	...	Curtis
Benita Robledo	...	Maid

Storyline

Set in Sin City, story revolves around two people who discover they've gotten married following a night of debauchery, with one of them winning a huge jackpot after playing the other's quarter. Unhappy pair try to undermine each other and get their hands on the money -- falling in love along the way.

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Plot Keywords:

jackpot | judge | wedding | hotel | bartender | 

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Taglines:

It's a battle of the sexes and they're playing dirty.

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Genres:

Comedy | Romance

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for some sexual and crude content, and language,including a drug reference

Details

Official Sites:

Official site [jp]

Country:

USA

Language:

English Serbo-Croatian

Release Date:

9 May 2008 (USA)

Also Known As:

Locura de amor en Las Vegas

Filming Locations:

Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$35,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

£1,263,093 (UK) (9 May 2008)

Gross:

$80,276,912 (USA) (12 September 2008)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation, Regency Enterprises, 21 Laps Entertainment

Technical Specs

Runtime:

99 min 101 min (extended edition)

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital SDDS DTS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Joy's party trick was performed by Cameron Diaz in another movie - Charlie's Angel's: Full Throttle during the recovery of the Halo rings.

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Goofs

When Joy and Tipper arrive to the hotel room, they laid on the bed and unmade it. When Jack and Hater arrive, the bed is made.

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Quotes

Chong: I eat girls like you.
Joy McNally: You eat girls?
Chong: That's not what I me...
Joy McNally: No, makes sense.
Chong: No! I'm not...
Joy McNally: Totally understandable.

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Crazy Credits

There is a second additional scene at the end of the credits

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Connections

Featured in Getaway: China (2008)

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Soundtracks

"If You Love Me"
(TG Remix)
Written by Gordon Chambers, Nicci Gilbert (as Nichole Gilbert), Dave Hall
Kevin Madison and Erick Sermon
Performed by The Buzz Junkies featuring Elesha Moses
Courtesy of All Around The World Productions, Ltd.

User Reviews

A romantic comedy

The story behind this Romantic Comedy is that Ashton Kutcher just got fired from his job by his own father.

Cameron Diaz just threw a surprise birthday party for her fiancé and he dumps her before she can even surprise him.

They both have two best friends that tell them to go to Las Vegas to get away from their recent problems.

Neither of them do not even know the other two exist.

They end up meeting because there was a mishap in the room situations.

Then end up straiting that problem out with the concierge working.

Ashton Kutcher works his charm on Cameron Diaz and gets her to go out to dinner and then they start partying and without realizing it until the next morning

They had gotten married because they were both drunk and had just met that very day.

The next morning Cameron Diaz puts in a coin for the slots. Does not finish playing and just walks away because she is frustrated with everything that had happened. Ashton finishes playing it and ends up getting triple jackpot.

After that they go to court and try to sort out the problem of who gets the money. The judge orders them to have 6 months hard marriage.

I found this film to be just brilliant. I have seen this movie many times and it just never gets old.

Cameron Diaz and Ashton Kutcher really work good together, so the screen performance was great.

It has a good storyline to it and it goes with the title itself. This could happen to you. Maybe not the exact problem but something similar to it. I would recommend this movie to anyone that is interested in seeing it. It has a great actress and a great actor as the star. Combine that with comedy and romance and you get a very good movie.