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What Happens in Vegas (2008) is ranked overall as out of 4 stars What Happens in Vegas (2008) is ranked overall as out of 4 stars
Overall Rating:1.8227
Avg Critic Score:1.6959

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What Happens in Vegas (2008) scores a combined 2.40 out of 4 stars for Boxoffice Magazine (Pete Hammond) Boxoffice Magazine (Pete Hammond)
This breezy confection should work well corralling it’s target demo to come up triple 7s for Fox if the marketplace can handle yet another rom com. ...read the complete What Happens in Vegas movie review at Boxoffice Magazine (Pete Hammond)
What Happens in Vegas (2008) scores a combined 2.40 out of 4 stars for Antagony & Ecstasy (Tim Brayton) Antagony & Ecstasy (Tim Brayton)
Pleasantly forgettable. ...read the complete What Happens in Vegas movie review at Antagony & Ecstasy (Tim Brayton)
What Happens in Vegas (2008) scores a combined 2.40 out of 4 stars for Bullz-Eye.com Bullz-Eye.com
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What Happens in Vegas (2008) scores a combined 2.40 out of 4 stars for Common Sense (James Rocchi) Common Sense (James Rocchi)
Raunchy romantic comedy has a softer side, too. ...read the complete What Happens in Vegas movie review at Common Sense (James Rocchi)
What Happens in Vegas (2008) scores a combined 2.40 out of 4 stars for MSNBC (Alonso Duralde) MSNBC (Alonso Duralde)
While Diaz and Kutcher work through their stock repertoire of winsomeness, the second bananas steal the show. ...read the complete What Happens in Vegas movie review at MSNBC (Alonso Duralde)

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What Happens in Vegas (2008) scores a combined 2.40 out of 4 stars for ViewLondon (Matthew Turner) ViewLondon (Matthew Turner)
Despite the silly, overly contrived plot, the comic performances deliver plenty of laughs and ensure that What Happens In Vegas remains worth seeing. ...read the complete What Happens in Vegas movie review at ViewLondon (Matthew Turner)
What Happens in Vegas (2008) scores a combined 2.40 out of 4 stars for Eye for Film (Val Kermode) Eye for Film (Val Kermode)
...read the complete What Happens in Vegas movie review at Eye for Film (Val Kermode)
What Happens in Vegas (2008) scores a combined 2.40 out of 4 stars for Tolucan Times (Tony Medley) Tolucan Times (Tony Medley)
Kutcher has talent and potential. It has been his misfortune to attach his star to people who aren't up to the quality of his talent. He has time to correct this, but the clock is ticking. ...read the complete What Happens in Vegas movie review at Tolucan Times (Tony Medley)
What Happens in Vegas (2008) scores a combined 2.20 out of 4 stars for EmanuelLevy.com (Emanuel Levy) EmanuelLevy.com (Emanuel Levy)
Though utterly contrived, predictable, and disposable, this counter-proragmming date flick has a certain charm, due to Cameron Diaz's sex appeal and ease with slapstick and her onscreen chemistry with lead man Ashton Kutcher. ...read the complete What Happens in Vegas movie review at EmanuelLevy.com (Emanuel Levy)
What Happens in Vegas (2008) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Palo Alto Online (Jeanne Aufmuth) Palo Alto Online (Jeanne Aufmuth)
...read the complete What Happens in Vegas movie review at Palo Alto Online (Jeanne Aufmuth)
What Happens in Vegas (2008) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for National Post National Post
...read the complete What Happens in Vegas movie review at National Post
What Happens in Vegas (2008) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Sacramento Bee (Carla Meyer) Sacramento Bee (Carla Meyer)
Directed by Tom Vaughan and written by Dana Fox, who also wrote the excruciating The Wedding Date, this film often seems improvised, and not in a good way. Some setups go nowhere, and some jokes never get set up at all. ...read the complete What Happens in Vegas movie review at Sacramento Bee (Carla Meyer)
What Happens in Vegas (2008) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for ReelViews (James Berardinelli) ReelViews (James Berardinelli)
...read the complete What Happens in Vegas movie review at ReelViews (James Berardinelli)
What Happens in Vegas (2008) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for The Cinema Source (Dan Deevy) The Cinema Source (Dan Deevy)
...read the complete What Happens in Vegas movie review at The Cinema Source (Dan Deevy)
What Happens in Vegas (2008) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Miami Herald (Connie Ogle) Miami Herald (Connie Ogle)
The latest uptight chick/slacker dude romantic comedy is so formulaic, you could win big if you placed bets on what's going to happen next. ...read the complete What Happens in Vegas movie review at Miami Herald (Connie Ogle)
What Happens in Vegas (2008) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Kansas City Star (Loey Lockerby) Kansas City Star (Loey Lockerby)
It’s a testament to how good casting can help a film and bad writing can hurt it even more. ...read the complete What Happens in Vegas movie review at Kansas City Star (Loey Lockerby)
What Happens in Vegas (2008) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Movies for the Masses (Joseph Proimakis) Movies for the Masses (Joseph Proimakis)
ena Tzak Pot sta klise poy paradoksos leitoyrgei anapanteha apotelesmatika, kyrios hari stin yperballoysa karikatoyristiki apeikonisi ton haraktiron poy se stigmes ftanei to anegkefala ksekardistiko kai sti himeia toy zeygoys ton ermineyton ...read the complete What Happens in Vegas movie review at Movies for the Masses (Joseph Proimakis)
What Happens in Vegas (2008) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Aisle Seat (Mike McGranaghan) Aisle Seat (Mike McGranaghan)
Ultimately, <EM>What Happens in Vegas</EM> resembles a drunken night in Sin City; when it's over, you don't really remember what happened except that it wasn't good. ...read the complete What Happens in Vegas movie review at Aisle Seat (Mike McGranaghan)
What Happens in Vegas (2008) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Washington Times (Christian Toto) Washington Times (Christian Toto)
The supporting players save What Happens in Vegas from rom-com infamy. ...read the complete What Happens in Vegas movie review at Washington Times (Christian Toto)
What Happens in Vegas (2008) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Reel Film Reviews (David Nusair) Reel Film Reviews (David Nusair)
...one can't help but wonder if there's anything of interest left to say within this increasingly stale genre. ...read the complete What Happens in Vegas movie review at Reel Film Reviews (David Nusair)
What Happens in Vegas (2008) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for San Antonio Express-News (Larry Ratliff) San Antonio Express-News (Larry Ratliff)
I like to learn something every day. In this case I discovered a harsh truth. You can have slapstick without the comedy. ...read the complete What Happens in Vegas movie review at San Antonio Express-News (Larry Ratliff)
What Happens in Vegas (2008) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Creative Loafing (Matt Brunson) Creative Loafing (Matt Brunson)
It's less obnoxious than Fool's Gold, less forced than Made of Honor and less formulaic (well, by a sliver, anyway) than 27 Dresses. ...read the complete What Happens in Vegas movie review at Creative Loafing (Matt Brunson)
What Happens in Vegas (2008) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Can Magazine (Fred Topel) Can Magazine (Fred Topel)
What Happens in Vegas is a reliable movie. It offers a certain type of humor and love story and it gets it done. It's no About a Boy or The Notebook but if you want to see people fight and then fall in love, it's way better than Made of Honor. ...read the complete What Happens in Vegas movie review at Can Magazine (Fred Topel)
What Happens in Vegas (2008) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for ComingSoon.net (Edward Douglas) ComingSoon.net (Edward Douglas)
Like Mr. and Mrs. Smith without the action or The Break-Up with less depth--if that's even possible... ...read the complete What Happens in Vegas movie review at ComingSoon.net (Edward Douglas)
What Happens in Vegas (2008) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Hollywood Reporter () Hollywood Reporter ()
Full-contact marital warfare connects with every body part save the funny bone. ...read the complete What Happens in Vegas movie review at Hollywood Reporter ()
What Happens in Vegas (2008) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Big Picture Big Sound (Karen Dahlstrom) Big Picture Big Sound (Karen Dahlstrom)
...read the complete What Happens in Vegas movie review at Big Picture Big Sound (Karen Dahlstrom)
What Happens in Vegas (2008) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Slant Magazine (Ed Gonzalez) Slant Magazine (Ed Gonzalez)
The film gives a transparent spin to the saying that whatever happens in Vegas stays in Vegas, but Diaz and Kutcher bring a surprising sweetness to their generic roles and the story's contrived situations. ...read the complete What Happens in Vegas movie review at Slant Magazine (Ed Gonzalez)
What Happens in Vegas (2008) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Boston Herald (Tenley Woodman  / Review) Boston Herald (Tenley Woodman  / Review)
...read the complete What Happens in Vegas movie review at Boston Herald (Tenley Woodman  / Review)
What Happens in Vegas (2008) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for TV Guide's Movie Guide (Ken Fox) TV Guide's Movie Guide (Ken Fox)
When a movie depends on supporting characters to tell the audience just how good the romantic leads are together, you know you're in trouble deep. ...read the complete What Happens in Vegas movie review at TV Guide's Movie Guide (Ken Fox)
What Happens in Vegas (2008) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for L.A. Weekly (Julia Wallace) L.A. Weekly (Julia Wallace)
The stars, despite having only a fraction of the charm and talent of classic sparring-but-meant-for-each-other duos, know how to mug for the camera and well up on cue, and somehow that turns out to be enough to carry this trifle. ...read the complete What Happens in Vegas movie review at L.A. Weekly (Julia Wallace)
What Happens in Vegas (2008) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for USA Today (Claudia Puig) USA Today (Claudia Puig)
What Happens in Vegas refuses to take a gamble. Like a bleary-eyed gambler repeatedly tossing a pair of dice, it tiredly goes through the motions. ...read the complete What Happens in Vegas movie review at USA Today (Claudia Puig)
What Happens in Vegas (2008) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Associated Press (Christy Lemire) Associated Press (Christy Lemire)
What happens in Vegas is exactly what you would expect: It's formulaic, slapsticky, silly and loud, until it goes all gooey in the end. ...read the complete What Happens in Vegas movie review at Associated Press (Christy Lemire)
What Happens in Vegas (2008) scores a combined 1.80 out of 4 stars for film.com (Eric D. Snider) film.com (Eric D. Snider)
I didn't laugh much, and I never felt even an inkling of 'aw, cute!' romance -- but I didn't want to claw my eyes out, either. If that counts as a success, then I guess it's a hit. ...read the complete What Happens in Vegas movie review at film.com (Eric D. Snider)
What Happens in Vegas (2008) scores a combined 1.80 out of 4 stars for Onion AV Club (Scott Tobias) Onion AV Club (Scott Tobias)
Complain all you want about the affable slobs in Judd Apatow comedies; at least they're not tools. ...read the complete What Happens in Vegas movie review at Onion AV Club (Scott Tobias)
What Happens in Vegas (2008) scores a combined 1.80 out of 4 stars for Beliefnet (Nell Minow) Beliefnet (Nell Minow)
What should have stayed in Vegas is this movie. ...read the complete What Happens in Vegas movie review at Beliefnet (Nell Minow)
What Happens in Vegas (2008) scores a combined 1.80 out of 4 stars for Detroit News (Tom Long) Detroit News (Tom Long)
Ashton Kutcher and Cameron Diaz almost pull off Vegas despite everything. And there's quite a bit of everything. ...read the complete What Happens in Vegas movie review at Detroit News (Tom Long)
What Happens in Vegas (2008) scores a combined 1.80 out of 4 stars for Fresno Bee (Donald Munro) Fresno Bee (Donald Munro)
Middling and forgettable. ...read the complete What Happens in Vegas movie review at Fresno Bee (Donald Munro)
What Happens in Vegas (2008) scores a combined 1.60 out of 4 stars for Sacramento News & Review (Jim Lane) Sacramento News & Review (Jim Lane)
...one of those bird-brained contrivances that would be over in no time if any of the characters had a lick of sense... ...read the complete What Happens in Vegas movie review at Sacramento News & Review (Jim Lane)
What Happens in Vegas (2008) scores a combined 1.60 out of 4 stars for Empire Movies (Brendan Cullin) Empire Movies (Brendan Cullin)
...read the complete What Happens in Vegas movie review at Empire Movies (Brendan Cullin)
What Happens in Vegas (2008) scores a combined 1.60 out of 4 stars for ShowBizCafe.com (Alex Florez) ShowBizCafe.com (Alex Florez)
...read the complete What Happens in Vegas movie review at ShowBizCafe.com (Alex Florez)
What Happens in Vegas (2008) scores a combined 1.60 out of 4 stars for FilmJudge (David Mercier) FilmJudge (David Mercier)
...read the complete What Happens in Vegas movie review at FilmJudge (David Mercier)
What Happens in Vegas (2008) scores a combined 1.60 out of 4 stars for efilmcritic.com (Dan Lybarger) efilmcritic.com (Dan Lybarger)
...read the complete What Happens in Vegas movie review at efilmcritic.com (Dan Lybarger)
What Happens in Vegas (2008) scores a combined 1.60 out of 4 stars for The Critical Critics The Critical Critics
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What Happens in Vegas (2008) scores a combined 1.60 out of 4 stars for Orlando Sentinel (Roger Moore) Orlando Sentinel (Roger Moore)
Screenwriter Dana Fox (the dreadful Wedding Date was hers) and director Tom Vaughan can't find much fun or romance in this. What Happens in Vegas ... offers none of the surprises that screen comedy so desperately needs. ...read the complete What Happens in Vegas movie review at Orlando Sentinel (Roger Moore)
What Happens in Vegas (2008) scores a combined 1.60 out of 4 stars for Arizona Republic (Bill Goodykoontz) Arizona Republic (Bill Goodykoontz)
What Happens in Vegas . . . should have stayed in Vegas. Or in New York, where most of this predictable, uninspired film takes place. Or in Hollywood, where such lamebrained ideas are hatched. ...read the complete What Happens in Vegas movie review at Arizona Republic (Bill Goodykoontz)
What Happens in Vegas (2008) scores a combined 1.60 out of 4 stars for Metromix.com (Matt Pais) Metromix.com (Matt Pais)
Though a notch above Made of Honor on the tolerability scale, Vegas takes a shot at love with all the romantic know-how of Tila Tequila. ...read the complete What Happens in Vegas movie review at Metromix.com (Matt Pais)
What Happens in Vegas (2008) scores a combined 1.60 out of 4 stars for New York Daily News (Elizabeth Weitzman) New York Daily News (Elizabeth Weitzman)
While Diaz and Kutcher make their clichéd characters as likable as possible, you can bet on this: Any movie named after an already-stale ad campaign isn't likely to gamble on the unexpected. ...read the complete What Happens in Vegas movie review at New York Daily News (Elizabeth Weitzman)
What Happens in Vegas (2008) scores a combined 1.60 out of 4 stars for Los Angeles Times (Carina Chocano) Los Angeles Times (Carina Chocano)
What Happens in Vegas feels oddly stilted yet desperate, as though its principals felt the need to overcompensate for the too-neat symmetry of opening scenes with over-the-top violence and bright orange tans. ...read the complete What Happens in Vegas movie review at Los Angeles Times (Carina Chocano)
What Happens in Vegas (2008) scores a combined 1.60 out of 4 stars for Jam! Movies (Kevin Williamson) Jam! Movies (Kevin Williamson)
None of this is anything we haven't seen countless times before in rom-com land, of course, and it would be giving the filmmakers way too much credit to say they have entertainingly tweaked a winning but cob-webbed formula. ...read the complete What Happens in Vegas movie review at Jam! Movies (Kevin Williamson)
What Happens in Vegas (2008) scores a combined 1.60 out of 4 stars for Las Vegas Weekly (Josh Bell) Las Vegas Weekly (Josh Bell)
The overall sour tone and worn-out feel of the movie overwhelm any positive aspects. ...read the complete What Happens in Vegas movie review at Las Vegas Weekly (Josh Bell)
What Happens in Vegas (2008) scores a combined 1.60 out of 4 stars for efilmcritic.com (Dan Lybarger) efilmcritic.com (Dan Lybarger)
'What Happens in Vegas' has a similar structure to 'Knocked Up,' only it has neither the unplanned pregnancy, nor the laughs. ...read the complete What Happens in Vegas movie review at efilmcritic.com (Dan Lybarger)
What Happens in Vegas (2008) scores a combined 1.60 out of 4 stars for Empire Magazine () Empire Magazine ()
Bland enough to make millions as culture edges closer to oblivion. ...read the complete What Happens in Vegas movie review at Empire Magazine ()
What Happens in Vegas (2008) scores a combined 1.60 out of 4 stars for Killer Movie Reviews (Andrea Chase) Killer Movie Reviews (Andrea Chase)
...read the complete What Happens in Vegas movie review at Killer Movie Reviews (Andrea Chase)
What Happens in Vegas (2008) scores a combined 1.50 out of 4 stars for TheMovieBoy.com (Dustin Putman) TheMovieBoy.com (Dustin Putman)
So moronic it almost makes the recent mediocre Made of Honor seem sophisticated by comparison. ...read the complete What Happens in Vegas movie review at TheMovieBoy.com (Dustin Putman)
What Happens in Vegas (2008) scores a combined 1.50 out of 4 stars for Chicago Tribune (Michael Phillips) Chicago Tribune (Michael Phillips)
So many things, small and large, erode any sense of fun here. The movie looks like crud -- like it, too, stayed up and drank all night. ...read the complete What Happens in Vegas movie review at Chicago Tribune (Michael Phillips)
What Happens in Vegas (2008) scores a combined 1.50 out of 4 stars for ColeSmithey.com (Cole Smithey) ColeSmithey.com (Cole Smithey)
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. ...read the complete What Happens in Vegas movie review at ColeSmithey.com (Cole Smithey)
What Happens in Vegas (2008) scores a combined 1.50 out of 4 stars for Seattle Times (Moira MacDonald) Seattle Times (Moira MacDonald)
We all know what happens in Vegas -- and we know, without having to watch it, what happens in this movie. ...read the complete What Happens in Vegas movie review at Seattle Times (Moira MacDonald)
What Happens in Vegas (2008) scores a combined 1.50 out of 4 stars for Dark Horizons (Garth Franklin) Dark Horizons (Garth Franklin)
Two people who hate each other end up falling in love - it's a well-trodden formula of romantic comedies. To make it work though, you need at least one of the characters to be mildly endearing - without that, it simply becomes a story of two obnoxious ...read the complete What Happens in Vegas movie review at Dark Horizons (Garth Franklin)
What Happens in Vegas (2008) scores a combined 1.50 out of 4 stars for Filmjerk.com (Brian Orndorf) Filmjerk.com (Brian Orndorf)
...read the complete What Happens in Vegas movie review at Filmjerk.com (Brian Orndorf)
What Happens in Vegas (2008) scores a combined 1.50 out of 4 stars for Oregonian (Mike Russell) Oregonian (Mike Russell)
You know how some movies feel like they were made by a committee? What Happens in Vegas feels like it was made by checklist. ...read the complete What Happens in Vegas movie review at Oregonian (Mike Russell)
What Happens in Vegas (2008) scores a combined 1.50 out of 4 stars for Bangor Daily News (Maine) (Christopher Smith) Bangor Daily News (Maine) (Christopher Smith)
The real sin here isn't Vegas. It's this movie. ...read the complete What Happens in Vegas movie review at Bangor Daily News (Maine) (Christopher Smith)
What Happens in Vegas (2008) scores a combined 1.50 out of 4 stars for NewsBlaze (Kam Williams) NewsBlaze (Kam Williams)
The colorful second bananas' bawdy badinage turns out to be a lot funnier than that of the co-stars who have little more to offer than their looks and sexual chemistry going for them. ...read the complete What Happens in Vegas movie review at NewsBlaze (Kam Williams)
What Happens in Vegas (2008) scores a combined 1.50 out of 4 stars for One Guy's Opinion (Frank Swietek) One Guy's Opinion (Frank Swietek)
A movie that just seems to be going through the motions, a thoroughly uninspired rehash of a formula done far better elsewhere. ...read the complete What Happens in Vegas movie review at One Guy's Opinion (Frank Swietek)
What Happens in Vegas (2008) scores a combined 1.50 out of 4 stars for Chicago Reader (Andrea Gronvall) Chicago Reader (Andrea Gronvall)
The felicitous pairing of Cameron Diaz and Ashton Kutcher overcomes the mechanical setup of this amiable screwball comedy about mismatched Manhattanites who wed in Las Vegas following a drunken first date. ...read the complete What Happens in Vegas movie review at Chicago Reader (Andrea Gronvall)
What Happens in Vegas (2008) scores a combined 1.50 out of 4 stars for Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Sue Pierman) Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Sue Pierman)
What Happens in Vegas is about as bubbly as flat champagne. While aiming for an intoxicating blend of high-energy comedy, the romantic comedy's predictable story, and the lack of chemistry between stars Diaz and Kutcher, don't leave it withmuch of a kick. ...read the complete What Happens in Vegas movie review at Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Sue Pierman)
What Happens in Vegas (2008) scores a combined 1.50 out of 4 stars for New York Post (Lou Lumenick) New York Post (Lou Lumenick)
For an idea of the level of wit, several gags are built around the name 'Dick Banger'. ...read the complete What Happens in Vegas movie review at New York Post (Lou Lumenick)
What Happens in Vegas (2008) scores a combined 1.50 out of 4 stars for Newark Star-Ledger (Stephen Whitty) Newark Star-Ledger (Stephen Whitty)
It's called What Happens in Vegas, but it should have been called What Happens in Hollywood as it pretty much defines contrived studio comedy. ...read the complete What Happens in Vegas movie review at Newark Star-Ledger (Stephen Whitty)
What Happens in Vegas (2008) scores a combined 1.50 out of 4 stars for Lee's Movie Info (Craig Younkin) Lee's Movie Info (Craig Younkin)
...read the complete What Happens in Vegas movie review at Lee's Movie Info (Craig Younkin)
What Happens in Vegas (2008) scores a combined 1.50 out of 4 stars for LarsenOnFilm (Josh Larsen) LarsenOnFilm (Josh Larsen)
While watching insipid romantic comedies, I often cling to the comic supporting characters as my life preserver. ...read the complete What Happens in Vegas movie review at LarsenOnFilm (Josh Larsen)
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