First Hit: There is nothing in this film that makes it romantic and little to make it funny.
Cameron Diaz plays Joy a floor broker on the New York Stock Exchange. She is engaged to a guy who decides that she is no fun and too controlling (schedule time to make a schedule).
Ashton Kutcher plays Jack who is generally irresponsible and gets fired by his father because he just screws around at work. These two, through some convincing of their best friends’, head to Las Vegas so that they can get away from it all and relax.
By happenstance the four of them end up in the same hotel room. After sorting it out with the front desk they end up spending an evening together getting drunk, gambling, dancing and Jack and Joy get married.
Through their hangover haze the next morning they decide they must get an annulment or divorce as quickly as possible because they don’t like each other and despise each other’s lifestyle. As they make this decision Joy’s quarter ends up in Jack’s hand and he puts it into a slot machine and wins 3 Million dollars.
Each of them wants the money but a judge decides they have to try to be a couple for 6 months before he will decide the case. Yes you know the outcome, they fight, manipulate and hurt each other but end up in each other’s arms, again.
There is no chemistry between these two on screen. The acting seemed forced and uneven. There is very little that is funny and some of the jabs and jokes are mean spirited (think Joy’s coworker and boss also Jack’s best friend and lawyer remarks' were just plain dumb). Their respective best friends are miscast and only there to provide some mean spirited prompting.
Overall: This film was a waste of time and is what needed to stay in Vegas.