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...story that illuminates a signature disgrace of the Bush presidency: its tendency to treat the war in Iraq as an issue to be spun, rather than a life-and-death struggle to be won. In this case the White House was trying to "knock down" a former ambassador, Joseph Wilson, who had disputed the claim--made by President Bush in his State of the Union address--that Iraq attempted to buy uranium in Niger. The Administration had built its case for war on the probability that Saddam Hussein had "reconstituted," in Vice President Dick Cheney's felicitous and inaccurate phrase...
Director David Dobkin (veteran of the Wilson flick “Shanghai Knights” and Vaughn’s “Clay Pigeons”) allows the romance to slip into overload, and the numerous musical montages and extreme close-ups to start to grate. But all this is tempered by the chemistry of Wilson and McAdams...
...chemistry hits a home run. Not just with Wilson and McAdams—a natural demeanor goes a long way in making romance work—but with big ol’ softie Vaughn. Choosing not to make too many juvenile and so-10-years-ago allusions to a homosexual love for laughs (a choice neglected in the case of Claire’s brother), Dobkin lets the two actors create a real friendship. Like all good buddy movies, the girls are mainly diversions, allowing male viewers to avoid the squeamishness of going on a man date...
...Vaughn and Wilson might do well to graduate to a different level of movie, as their acting skills are better showcased when they are toned down. Until that time, we’ll have to settle for “Crashers” and hope that its genial cast and decent infusion of laughter—not to mention more than a few blubber-worthy moments for the romantics—fulfills our expectations...
...Wilson said in an e-mail on Wednesday that he had “just learned about the flooded offices...