Adam DeVine and Zac Efron star as Mike and Dave, brothers, roommates, and partners in a liquor distributing business. Prior to their sister Jeanie's (Sugar Lyn Beard) wedding in Hawaii, Jeanie, her fiance Eric (Sam Richardson), and their parents (Stephen Root and Stephanie Faracy) meet with them to tell them that they need to find dates to "keep them in line" at the wedding. Mike and Dave actually come across as nice and a ton of fun; they just always take things that extra step further that takes a party from fun to out of control. They put an ad on Craig's List for wedding dates that attracts so many responses (it's a free trip to Hawaii, after all, and Dave, in particular, is really good-looking) that they wind up on the Wendy Williams show. It is there that Tatiana (Aubrey Plaza) and Alice (Anna Kendrick) see them. Alice has been a mess ever since she got left at the altar, and the two have just been fired from their waitress jobs, so Tatiana decides that an adventure is in order. They pose as "nice girls," finagle a "chance meeting" with Mike and Dave, and are quickly invited to Hawaii, where the guys get more than they bargained for.
Alice, in particular, is an interesting character. She genuinely seems nice and well-meaning, but, like Mike and Dave themselves, always takes things a step too far, like offering a masseuse money to offer Jeanie a little "special treatment" during her pre-wedding massage and giving Jeanie ecstasy the night before the wedding. Tatiana is more just there for the free vacation and isn't super bummed once Mike figures that out. Dave and Alice genuinely hit it off, but Mike keeps dragging Dave away to deal with some "crisis," like their cousin Terry (Alice Wetterlund) potentially upstaging their rehearsal dinner toast. Basically, it winds up a movie about Alice, Tatiana, Mike, and Dave all learning to grow up and rely on each other a little less; Dave is afraid that Mike will be upset if he leaves the liquor business to work on his graphic novel, while Tatiana admits that she likes it that Alice kind of needs to be taken care of. They all bond over salvaging Jeanie's wedding, though the end result indicates that they haven't changed *too* quickly or completely.
Overall, I thought there were several funny moments, and solid performances from the whole cast, particularly Anna Kendrick. I'd recommend.
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