During a wild vacation in Las Vegas, career woman Joy McNally and playboy Jack Fuller come to the sober realization that they have married each other after a night of drunken abandon. They are then compelled, for legal reasons, to live life as a couple for a limited period of time. At stake is a large amount of money.
During a wild vacation in Las Vegas, career woman Joy McNally and playboy Jack Fuller come to the sober realization that they have married each other after a night of drunken abandon. They are then compelled, for legal reasons, to live life as a couple for a limited period of time. At stake is a large amount of money.
The film, while using an apolitical rom-com premise, ultimately champions the traditional institution of marriage and the value of commitment through personal growth, aligning with socially conservative themes.
The movie features a predominantly white main cast with some diversity in supporting roles, but without explicit race or gender swaps of traditional characters. Its narrative is a conventional romantic comedy that does not critique traditional identities or center on DEI themes.
What Happens in Vegas does not feature any identifiable LGBTQ+ characters or themes. The story centers entirely on a heterosexual couple and their journey, resulting in no LGBTQ+ representation to evaluate.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
This film is an original romantic comedy from 2008, not an adaptation, reboot, or biopic. All characters were created for this specific movie, meaning there is no prior source material or historical record to establish a canonical gender for any character. Therefore, no gender swaps occur.
What Happens in Vegas is an original film with characters created specifically for this movie. There is no prior source material, historical record, or previous installment to establish any character's race before this film's production. Therefore, no race swaps occurred.
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