5.2
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates (2016)
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Viewer Rating
Rating: 5.2
Overview
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.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Bias Dimensions
Political: Center
Diversity: Low
LGBTQ: Neutral
Trans: Negative
Overview
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.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Primary
The film primarily focuses on apolitical themes of family dynamics, social expectations, and comedic chaos. Any incidental social commentary, such as the subversion of gender roles, serves the humor rather than promoting a specific political ideology, leading to a neutral rating.
The movie features a largely traditional cast without explicit race or gender swaps for established roles. Its narrative focuses on comedic situations without offering critical portrayals of traditional identities or making DEI themes central to the plot.
Secondary
The film features LGBTQ+ elements through a comedic scene that uses gay stereotypes and a main character's lesbian identity. While the comedic scene is problematic, the character's arc culminates in a positive same-sex relationship, resulting in a largely neutral overall portrayal that neither strongly affirms nor denigrates queer identity.
The film features a minor transsexual character, Cousin Terry, whose identity is revealed as a comedic shock moment for one of the protagonists. This portrayal uses trans identity as a source of discomfort and mockery, lacking dignity or complexity, and reinforces harmful stereotypes for comedic effect.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
This film features original characters created for the movie, not adaptations of pre-existing figures from source material, history, or prior installments. Therefore, no gender swaps occur.
This film is an original story, not an adaptation of existing source material with pre-established character races. Therefore, no characters had a canonical or historically defined race that could have been altered.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
6.0
6.1
Critic Ratings
3.8
5.1
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