In a 2018 review, Scott Meslow of "GQ" reexamined the film, writing "the gender and sexual dynamics that have aged rather poorly, Wedding Crashers feels awfully uneven today." He noted a date-rape joke in the opening minutes, complained about the lack of developed female characters, objected to the sassy racist grandmother trope, called the predatory gay man trope "inexcusably unfunny", felt that the film trivializes rape, and called Will Ferrell's cameo lazy. Meslow conceded that "For all its faults, it does have an extremely strong pair of leads", but ultimately concluded that the film does not hold up.