Keeping Up with the Joneses (2016)

Very best movie i ever watch

It's no definitive masterpiece but it's damn close.

Great Film overall

I like movies that are aware of what they are selling... without [any] greater aspirations than to make people laugh and that's it.

Just a simple fun movie, a good refreshment away from comedies that are all now about sex and sex talk and lots of bad language. That's why I liked it, it's PG-13 but close to a PG in my opinion

Midsize PG comedies swinging for a double never seem to get any love from critics. Sure trifles like "Keeping Up with the Joneses" won't leave you in stitches but it has its moments. Most of the moments come from jokes related to Zach Galifianakis' skills as an HR professional coming in handy when dealing with ruthless thugs. Also, the friend dynamic between the always eminently watchable John Hamm playing with type as a hyper-confident man's man and the sensitive Jeff Gaffney. They both have a genuine character development arc and learn from the relationship. Some of the dialog and action sequences brings some real laughs and some real pathos but, no, none of it is a home run. In short, if you don't expect to much you might not be let down with this modest outing.

I am a big fan of Jon Hamm (Madmen). Michael LeSieur (writer of You,Me, And Dupree) came up with this comedy script about violent means to an end -A suburban couple get into an international espionage plot when they discover that their seemingly perfect new neighbors are government spies. Hamm's Tim Jones is perfectly dead panned straight man with the uber good looking Gal Gadot as wife Natalie Jones, a tall couple of spies who move into a suburb home next to Jeff (Zach Galifianakis) and Karen Gaffney (Isla Fisher). There can be no doubt the couples are physically appealing. Patton Oswalt is Scorpion, who helps make life complicated for everyone. While the film has a lot of action and is pretty lively, the jokes often physical in nature just miss the mark sometimes. There are moments which come close to being inspired but the action stuff being outrageous often gets the feeling of being done before. One thing done here that comes close to porn films but for humor is a little making out between Gadot and the shorter Fisher which comes close to getting steamy hot. That kind of says it all about this one. I like Hamm so I'd watch it again, but a classic film,umm...no but at least it connects the dots and keeps you awake better than some films I'd prefer to snore through.

'Keeping up with the Joneses' isn't that hard to keep up with, but it is fun. Not the funniest film ever written, nor is it the most original, but then, it's not trying to be. This movie knows what it is and knows what it's not and plays its hand beautifully. Isla Fisher's character is easily the most interesting while Gal Gadot's is the funniest. The males are dry and uninspired, one too suave and Bond- like while secretly hating his job, the other a bumbling idiot that tries too hard to get laughs from the audience. The screenwriters didn't delve into their vaults for anything of value when penning this script and could have worked a little harder to have the film keep up with you. Nothing here will stay with you forever but there are worse ways to spend an afternoon. 6/10