Note to Kevin Smith: This is how you do a buddy-cop comedy.
While an elite pair of New York City cops (Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson and Samuel L. Jackson) nabs headlines for their amazing heroics, fellow boys in blue Allen (Will Ferrell) and Terry (Mark Wahlberg) toil in obscurity as lowly desk jockeys, until a big break finally gives them a chance to tackle real police work. Rob Riggle, Eva Mendes, Michael Keaton and Steve Coogan co-star in this action-packed comedy directed by Adam McKay.
To start off with aspects of this film that I enjoyed, virtually every cast member involved does a solid job in their respective roles. Both Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg play off of each other much better than you might expect as the titular characters, and Michael Keaton once again, this summer steals just about every scene that he’s in as the Guys’ more-calm-than-he-probably-should-be captain. Also, for what little screen time that they have, both Sam Jackson and Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson shine as the two celebrity-status-garnered cops, being responsible for what could be the funniest movie moment of this year so far. Even Eva Mendes (who I’m typically not the biggest fan of) shares a couple of enjoyable moments with Ferrell as his purposely-out-of-his-league wife.
The problem is with this film is that it becomes an absolute mess especially by the last two acts. I feel like there wasn’t enough action for this film, so they just started to randomly throw in a bunch of crazy, cool, action sequences, to keep a lot of viewers entertained. The action is shot-well, but they just seem forced, and not like my favorite comedy of the year, Date Night, the film doesn’t quite know how to balance out the comedy and action as well.
The screenplay was good, I’ll give it that. A lot of stuff was ad-libbed, but many of the other jokes in this film worked, because they were silly, but made a lot of sense to the audience. However, by the end the film gets too wrapped up in some random satire, that I didn’t believe for one moment. And the ending does seem a bit forced, since there was a bit too much going on.
Consensus: The Other Guys may not know what to do by the last act, so they just add unbelievable satire, and random explosions. However, the cast is hilarious, with a great amount of consistent laughs.
7/10=Rental!!
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Nice review.
I’m a big Will Ferrell fan and looking forward to seeing it.
From what I read and heard it’s decent and i’m fine with that. I just didn’t want to hear it was like “Semi-Pro”. That movie was forgettable.
Semi-Pro blew sooo much!
This is just as quotable as Anchorman. If Hot Fuzz were made in America it would be this.
It is quotable, no doubt about that, and I still haven’t gotten myself to Hot Fuzz yet.
i tottaly agree with your review. i thought it was funny but not that great! you know what movie you have to see dinner for smucks! funnies movie ever:) i miss you dan!
Very true Jel!! Miss You toooo babyyy gurll !!!
last thing i want to be is a hater, but the movie was predictable and the forced moments were a bit too much for me haha, that movie bothered me. But I deff. agree with the cast was solid.
Damn Orcie! You are just stealing all my fun bro! Haha jk, I see what you’re saying.
I agree Semi Pro was Semi Shiteous. The Other Guys has some hilarious moments and is up there with Step Brothers and Anchorman in my opinion.
It is very very funny, but close to Step Brothers? Maybe. Close to Anchorman? Not by a long shot, sorry my friend.
rental, huh? good thing I rented it….lol
big mistake killing off sam jackson and the rock. then focus on mark wahlberg and will “i’m a big pussy” ferrell. i think michael keaton could have been a better partner to mark wahlberg than will ferrell. i think will ferrell is a pussy. he always plays a pussy in every movie. i will never watch another movie with will ferrell again. kudos to keaton. Michael keaton is better than will ferrell and so is sam jackson, dwayne johnson and mark wahlberg. worst buddy cop movie i saw from will ferrell. anchorman, talladega nights and step brothers really sucked.