
Director Adam McKay surrounded Ferrell and Wahlberg with a bunch of scene-stealing guest-spot actors. Michael Keaton is back in the world of comedy, Eva Mendes is the brunt of jok

McKay busts up cars, buses, storefronts, explodes vehicles and otherwise takes every single action set piece to the extreme, spoofing buddy cop films from decades past with such ridiculous, over-the-top, unbelievable action that there's no chance audiences won't get the joke. And speaking of ridiculous, I felt the plot was unnecessarily complicated for its

I felt it was a half an hour too long, and about one third of the jokes miss their mark - they just kind of felt forced or over-the-top to be truly funny. But overall it's better than Ferrell's recent movies and while it’s not the funniest movie I’ve seen - it's not in the same league as Anchorman or Talladega Nights - it definitely has its funny moments.
RATING: D+
The Other Guys was directed by Adam McKay and is rated PG-13 for crude and sexual content, language, violence and some drug material.
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1 comments:
Wow a C+? I would have given The Other Guys a C-. Lacked all substance and humor that the other McKay+Ferrell have had.
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