What Happens in Vegas

This tone-deaf flick from hack screenwriter Dana Fox, is an example of a Hollywood formula romantic comedy where the author never properly learned the recipe. After being fired from his father’s cabinet construction company, Brooklyn lay-about Jack Fuller (played by Ashton Kutcher) heads off to Vegas with his attorney pal at the same time that fellow New Yorker Joy McNally (played by Cameron Diaz) is there recovering from being dumped by her fiancé. Jack and Joy have a wild night on the town that necessarily includes a drunken trip to the altar. The couple’s mutually agreed on divorce plan snags when Jack hits a 3 million dollar jackpot with Joy’s quarter. Back in New York, judge Whopper (played by Dennis Miller) decrees that the pair must make an honest effort at making their marriage work for six months before either can access any of the money. Back and forth games of marital sabotage transpire from the relative discomfort of Jack’s former bachelor pad, but there are no laughs to be had. 

Rated PG-13, 101 mins. (C-) (Two out of Five Stars)