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Friday, 16 May 2008 |
 Starring Cameron Diaz, Ashton Kutcher; Directed by Tom Vaughan
What Happens In Vegas is working with a good premise: a down-on-their-luck couple meet in Vegas and get married somewhere during the blurry hours of a long, debauched night. That Jack and Joy actually despise one other is a minor matter, until he wins $3 million with her coin. Suddenly, the quick, easy divorce gets messy when the judge (“it’s not gays destroying the sanctity of marriage – it’s you people!”) refuses an annulment and forces them to cohabit while they work things out.
Yet somewhere between concept and script, the air was sucked out of Vegas. A more tepid, dispirited comedy you couldn’t hope to watch. Two, maybe three, bright moments engender a wan smile while the rest of Fox’s work is flat, self-conscious, and by-the-numbers. Even the usually rewarding presence of Diaz, and to a lesser extent Kutcher, fails to get this off the ground.
Among slender pickings is a half-joke about ball-sack flavoured popcorn and a late revelation regarding the relationship between Joy and Jack’s best friends. It’s not much, and not worth waiting for. On the upside, Kutcher displays ample flesh while Jet make it to the soundtrack. Otherwise, What Happens In Vegas should have stayed in Vegas.
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