The Other Guys (2010)

Nice effects though.

Good , But It Is Overrated By Some

This movie feels like it was made purely to piss off people who want good shows

It is an exhilarating, distressing, funny and profound film, with one of the more memorable film scores in years,

I am a fan of both Mark Wahlberg and Michael Keaton. I honestly could do without Will Ferrell. Will is funny in a sense, his SNL days were hilarious but his acting is atrocious. Having an opening where we see the top cops Samuel L. Jackson and The Rock is a fun beginning, however they both exit early which is unfair. Utilizing a good ensemble of a cast with Eva Mendes, Ray Stevenson, Rob Riggle and Damon Wayans Jr. was unique in it's own way. Some of the fight scenes with Wahlberg were cool but overall the film was pretty inept at keeping a good flow. I enjoyed some of the humor but to me the movie fell flat. 5 out of 10

Yep, I shut this movie down only halfway, 'cause oh boy is the cringe real. I've never cringed so much during a movie, the "vulgar" jokes can sometimes work but the way they are used in this movie just puts me to puke. I don't get it. The budget wasted on this movie, including the stars which the main actors are, you might at least hire a guy that knows what he's doing, but the Director (Adam McKay) decided to do it almost on his own, co-operating with Chris Henchy. Eventually it turned out to be the worst script you could ever get, even worse than many B-level movies. Script : Absolutely an F, out of god-knows how many lines there are in this movie, maybe a thousand ? only 3 or 4 lines are funny, the rest is pure $hît. Acting : It looked like the actors knew something was up with the script and was doing it only for money, I won't say they were bad, but this surely is due to the script. Editing : What' wrong with the Audio, and the trim-editing ? It even had me yawning more. The first chapter of this movie (15min or so) were okay, but after that, it was a huge mess, a disgrace to comedy.Save your time and money, this is not the kind of movie you'd go if you are looking for the good-laugh-comedy.

Two mismatched New York City detectives seize an opportunity to step up like the city's top cops, whom they idolize, only things don't quite go as planned. Killing Samuel L. Jackson and The Rock was a stupid idea in the first place, most of the jokes don't even land at all and the one's that do are good for a chuckle plus great actors like Michael Keaton for instance are wasted and the whole joke with Eva Mendes being the wife of Will Ferrell got old pretty early on in the film. Overall overrated film that a few good moments only in it's pocket. (4/10)

The Columbia folks must have thought the pairing of Will Farrell and Mark Wahlberg would be a good match for a comedy. But it certainly doesn't work in this film. The comedy in "The Other Guys" is thin at best. That weakness probably has to be chalked up mostly to the writers, for the script seems strained at times. The actors are hesitant in their dialog in places. It all smacks of a combination of a poor script, weak directing, and a plot that just doesn't register. The early scenes with Dwayne Johnson and Samuel Jackson as Danson and Highsmith are even less funny. It's obviously supposed to be a spoof of fast action cop movies. While that's quite clear, it's also clearly a weak and seemingly cheap effort to launch this movie. The only character of some interest is Captain Gene Mauch, played very well by Michael Keaton. Ferrell is just fair but Wahlberg and the rest strike me as the type that filled the B movies of the past. This film shows what Hollywood seems to have evolved into in much of its output so far in the 21st century. It seems obsessed with sex, and this film itself seems a fetish. Especially the scenes in which Ferrell's Allen Gamble and Eva Mendes as Dr. Sheila Gamble, pass descriptive sexual encounter desires to one another through her mother. That seemed to me to be just plain stupid. This is a film any thinking person will want to skip. Those who enjoy good comedies would soon be bored and then rightly miffed at spending any money for this flat piece.