"Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates" Is Not the "Wedding Crashers" We Wanted It to Be

Zac Efron and Adam DeVine lack chemistry.

By Lauren Yoshiko

Based on a true story of hard-partying brothers Mike and Dave Stangle (Adam DeVine and Zac Efron), this summer comedy is a frat fantasy in which the Stangles use Craigslist to find parent-friendly dates for their sister's wedding. Writers Andrew Jay Cohen and Brendan O'Brien rely on the dynamic between Efron's straight man and DeVine's screeching tantrums, but their lack of comedic chemistry fails to carry the simple storyline. Anna Kendrick plays the neurotic sweetheart, Alice, whose best friend (Aubrey Plaza) sees the Hawaiian wedding as a free vacation. They play their girl-next-door parts well, until marijuana smoke starts rolling out of their room. But switching the roles would've been funnier here, with Kendrick as the bad girl who trades oral sex for Rihanna tickets, and Plaza as a twittering mess who falls for DeVine's soft side.

Rated R.

Critic's Grade: C.

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