Movie Review: Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates

2016 has been a banner year for comedies so far and the movie gods have blessed moviegoers with yet another vulgar, consistently hilarious gem in Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates. Like other recent comedy standouts Popstar and Keanu, Mike and Dave boasts a unique premise (After placing an ad on the internet looking for dates for their sister's wedding in Hawaii, two hard-partying brothers end up bringing two harder-partying girls posing as conservative, "nice girls" in order to get a free vacation to the ceremony) that serves as the perfect playground for the cast to flex their comedic muscles. The four leads (Adam DeVine, Zac Efron, Anna Kendrick and Aubrey Plaza) switch off stealing scenes throughout the film thanks to their tremendous improv skills and the supporting cast is full of colorful, insane characters that perfectly complement the zany brilliance of the top-billed actors. This is one of the most stacked top-to bottom ensemble casts to appear in a comedy in recent memory and the film does a great job of disturbing the laughs fairly evenly and giving each member of the group their time to shine. The often over-the-top obscene and inane humor of Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates will definitely prevent it from resonating with some audiences, but it should do the trick for comedy fans looking for a fun twist on the typical bro comedies that populate multiplexes this time of year.

4/5 Stars