Wedding Crashers

In honour of the wedding I crashed in JB on Saturday - okay, not crashed, went invited but only at the last moment - here's a link to my review of Wedding Crashers.

Wedding Crashers

Had a good time. Did not sing "Hava Nagila". (Which, come to think of it, I last heard playing in the background in Oscar's, at the Conrad Hilton...) Congrats to the happy couple.

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