“The movie cheerfully offends all civilized notions of taste, decorum, manners and hygiene… is the movie vulgar? Vulgarity is when we don't laugh. When we laugh, it's merely human nature.”

— Roger Ebert

Review http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/american-wedding-2003 of American Wedding (1 August 2003)
Reviews, Three star reviews

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American film critic, author, journalist, and TV presenter 1942–2013

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I've been Yogi ever since.
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