Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates
Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates

Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates

2016Movie98 minEnglish

Mike and Dave are young, adventurous, fun-loving brothers who tend to get out of control at family gatherings. When their sister Jeanie reveals her Hawaiian wedding plans, the rest of the Stangles insist that the brothers bring respectable dates. After placing an ad on Craigslist, the siblings decide to pick Tatiana and Alice, two charming and seemingly normal women. Once they arrive on the island, however, Mike and Dave realize that their companions are ready to get wild and party.

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IMDb6.1/10
Rotten Tomatoes71%
Metacritic57/100
Google Users71%
Director: Jake SzymanskiGenres: Comedy, Romance

Plot Summary

Two hard-partying brothers, Mike and Dave, are told by their parents that they must bring dates to their sister's wedding to ensure they behave. They place an online ad seeking "respectable" women, but end up attracting two equally wild women, Alice and Tatiana, who see the wedding as an opportunity for their own brand of fun. What follows is a chaotic and hilarious battle of wits as the brothers try to control their dates, leading to escalating absurdity and unexpected romantic entanglements.

Critical Reception

Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates received mixed to positive reviews from critics, with many praising its comedic performances, particularly from Adam DeVine and Aubrey Plaza. While some critics found the plot to be formulaic and predictable, the film was generally lauded for its R-rated humor and ability to deliver laughs.

What Reviewers Say

  • Praised for its outrageous humor and strong comedic performances.
  • Acknowledged for its energetic pacing and willingness to embrace R-rated gags.
  • Criticized by some for a predictable plot and underdeveloped characters beyond the leads.

Google audience: Audiences generally enjoyed the film, appreciating its laugh-out-loud humor and the chemistry between the lead actors. Many found it to be a fun and entertaining movie for a casual watch, though some noted that the plot was not particularly original.

Fun Fact

The film's marketing campaign heavily leaned into the idea of the brothers' disastrous online ad, which went viral before the movie's release.

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r96sk

r96sk

A great cast and amusing humour, but man does it take itself too seriously. I think I can just about consider <em>'Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates'</em> as a good film. The lead stars do respectable jobs and most of the comedy is funny,...
Reno

Reno

**Sorry Mike and Dave, it's an Alice and Tatiana's free vacay.** I should be honest that I had some good laughs, but not the overall film was impressive. For me it was a chick film, and Anna Kedrick and Aubrey Plaza are the lead actors. ...
Frank Ochieng

Frank Ochieng

Director Jake Szymanski’s fictitious siblings Mike and Dave need more than wedding dates in this baseless and brainless raunchy comedy. For starters, it needs to wipe off its monotonous mediocrity as a lame laugher laced with empty-headed v...