In theaters. Rated PG-13, 107 minutes. Trailer.
Finally a summer comedy that works. Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg create chemistry and laughs in director Adam McKay's (Anchorman) The Other Guys. Ferrell and Wahlberg are workaday desk jockey detectives in the NYPD. Wahlberg is a talented cop pushed into obscurity after an infamous mistake and Ferrell is a geeky straight-shooter with no attitude. After the rock star cops (Samuel L. Jackson and The Rock) get killed, our team takes on a big case involving financial chicanery and their true personalities come out. Click below for more on TOG:
McKay gets the tone just right throughout the film - absurdity with just enough plot to hang the laughs on. Ferrell's character is an extension of Frank the Tank from Old School and Wahlberg reminds me most of his frustrated Marine from Three Kings. Michael Keaton, Eva Mendes and Rob Riggle provide quality comedic support in the film. The film is dense with laugh out loud moments, especially as Ferrell's former life as a pimp named "gator" starts to come back. I also enjoyed the 'frozen' montage set to the Black Eyed Peas, the repeated TLC jokes, any Little River Band jokes, and Keaton.
I can't wait to see this one again.
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Sunday, August 8, 2010
The Other Guys - B+
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I may theater this next week just because of Riggle. Can't get enough of that guy. I cry laughing during his silent breakdown at the end of Step Brothers.
Very little Riggle in this one, unfortunately.
this gets a B from me, but a very strong one. very, very funny at times, but some dead spots as well. anytime gator made an appearance, i was dying. great to see michael keaton back on the big screen.
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