Wedding Daze (2006)

A guy proposes to his girlfriend, who drops dead. His BFF tries to get him to date other women but he only talks about his dead big love. At a diner he proposes to a cute waitress just to get his BFF off his back. She says yes.

Director:

Michael Ian Black

Writer:

Michael Ian Black

Stars:

Jason Biggs, Isla Fisher, Michael Weston

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Jason Biggs	...	Anderson
Isla Fisher	...	Katie
Michael Weston	...	Ted
Ebon Moss-Bachrach	...	Matador
Joe Pantoliano	...	Smitty
Heather Goldenhersh	...	Jane
Joanna Gleason	...	Lois
Edward Herrmann	...	Lyle
Margo Martindale	...	Betsy
Mark Consuelos	...	Morty
Audra Blaser	...	Vanessa
Matt Malloy	...	Stuart
Rob Corddry	...	Kyle
Jay O. Sanders	...	Sheriff
Chris Diamantopoulos	...	William

Storyline

This is a comedy that shows us that love has nothing to do with perfection. After losing the woman of his dreams, Anderson is convinced he'll never fall in love again. But at the urging of his best friend, he spontaneously proposes to a dissatisfied waitress named Katie and an innocent dare evolves into the kind of love that they both have been looking for all along.

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Plot Keywords:

blonde | upskirt | mini dress | girl in panties | white panties | 

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Taglines:

Marrying a complete stranger is a life sentence.

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Genres:

Comedy | Romance

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for sexual content and some language

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

1 June 2007 (UK)

Also Known As:

The Next Girl I See

Filming Locations:

City Island, Bronx, New York City, New York, USA

Box Office

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$11,690,796

Company Credits

Production Co:

GreeneStreet Films, The Pleasure Company Inc., Fugitive Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

90 min (DVD) 90 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital DTS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

When Katie asks for Anderson's address when booking a taxi, Anderson says '6 New Lane' - this is actually the real address for the apartments in Staten Island where it is filmed.

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Goofs

In the scene when they are all leaving the restaurant they crash into a cop car parked in front of them numbered '310'. In the very next scene you can see the same cop car with no damage.

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Quotes

Matador: I like your Jew hat.

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Crazy Credits

After the credits; writer/director Michael Ian Black shows up in front of the police mugshots with the words "For Martha" on his sketch board

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Connections

References Deep Throat (1972)

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Soundtracks

Nothing's Gonna Stand in Our Way
Performed by Kenneth Springs
Written by Kenneth Springs, Paul Taylor & Marc Ferrari
Courtesy of Master Source Music Catalog

User Reviews

A Nutshell Review: Wedding Daze

It seems that the success of the American Pie trilogy which starred Jason Biggs and spawned a franchise of spin off movies bearing the American Pie branding, had somewhat slapped an unfortunate tag on actor Biggs. Of all the movies to date that I recall him in, they inevitably revolve around teenagers, sex, or romantic comedies. He can't shake off this tag, and I will be curious to see him take a big leap out of this unwarranted comfort zone, unless of course these are roles that appeal to him, and pays his bills anyway. What makes it ideal for him in roles as these, is his average everyday man looks and attitude.

Isla Fisher on the other hand, I've got to admit, despite being in a similar boat as Biggs, has got that exuberant charm that I can't get enough of. I guess it was her infectious smile and laughter in The Wedding Crashers as the psycho babe Gloria stalking Vaughn's Jeremy that made me take notice, and her turn as the carefree, free-spirited April in Definitely, Maybe, had placed the movie as a contender for one of my favourites this year. Perhaps it is her relatively small frame that can always pass her off as a young adult, that she gets saddled with such roles, and again she repeats another rather conventional performance for Wedding Daze, but I'm not complaining.

Biggs stars as Anderson, a man in between jobs and who still cannot get over the death of his fiancé (who actually hasn't said yes), spending twice as long a duration to mourn her, than the time spent with her. On his good friend Ted's (Michael Weston) advice to go out there and meet people. In a spur of a moment during a dare, Anderson proposes to the waitress serving his table, and surprise, Katie (Fisher) says yes. But of course things are never smooth sailing, as the couple soon discovers what they should have discovered during courtship, thus putting numerous spins and surprises that made this comedy go way out of control in the last 30 minutes, reminiscent of some of 80s styled comedies in this film written and directed by Michael Ian Black.

Sometimes you wonder what it would like to just take that leap of faith and plunge into deep waters. Our forefathers probably did that with matchmaking being the requisite way in which to find a mate. They had no say and everything's arranged through parents and parental contacts when a suitable age is reached. While in this case it's not matchmaking, but you just wonder if it'll work out should two people eye each other across a crowded room, like who they see on the surface of course, and decide that's it, he/she's the one? It's a fantasy proposition, but one which becomes key in love at first sight stories. Either that, or the usual courtship route would likely be a journey where flaws surface, and you start to question if you could live with them. Nobody's perfect, but the former way already bound you to an institution, versus a fairly constant probe where you can opt out at any time.

While the supporting characters specifically are present to provide laughter, they do somehow epitomize different aspects of relationships. Katie's mom personifies the typical indecisive woman who flits toward who currently can provide her certain advantages, while her real dad (Joe Pantoliano) and stepdad provide some laughs with the jokes on the latter seemingly a little culturally insensitive at times. But political correctness usually goes out of the window these days (unlike those of old) as it is possibly the quickest way to elicit laughs from an audience, and even sexual deviant acts come courtesy of Anderson's parents. Supporting characters also involve the maligned fiancé of Katie's (but she didn't say yes too), and his finding of his soulmate, best friends of Katie who are into circus tricks, and the very perfect fiancé of Anderson, who would inspire Anderson to have one of the best, honest lines toward the end of the movie, no matter how sappy it sounded, but made a lot of sense.

You might think that you've seen a number of similar movies already like What Happens in Vegas and Just Married, but those seemed a little more polished than the raw, indie treatment that is Wedding Daze, where jokes fly rather fast and furious, employing a whole repertoire of methods to deliver its punch lines, from sight gags to my personal preferences of extreme wit in dialogue where you really have to be at attention to catch them all. It might not be a big budgeted movie, but its charm more compensates for everything else.