Get Hard (2015)
When obscenely rich hedge-fund manager James is convicted of fraud and sentenced to a stretch in San Quentin, the judge gives him one month to get his affairs in order. Knowing that he won't survive more than a few minutes in prison on his own, James desperately turns to Darnell-- a black businessman who's never even had a parking ticket -- for help. As Darnell puts James through the wringer, both learn that they were wrong about many things, including each other.
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Gripping story with well-crafted characters
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what a terribly boring film. I'm sorry but this is absolutely not deserving of best picture and will be forgotten quickly. Entertaining and engaging cinema? No. Nothing performances with flat faces and mistaking silence for subtlety.
Great story, amazing characters, superb action, enthralling cinematography. Yes, this is something I am glad I spent money on.
Seriously, this is one of the stupidest movies ever made. In the making of this film, who could have possible thought, "Yeah, to make this is worth spending actual money."? Don't judge the stars based on this movie but definitely do avoid this crap.
When millionaire James King is jailed for fraud and bound for San Quentin, he turns to Darnell Lewis to prep him to go behind bars. Get Hard is another yet dumb comedy starring Will Ferrell an actor that i can't simply stand sure he has some good movies but only a few also starring Kevin Hart who basically plays Kevin Hart once more although he is an alright actor this film has this dumb humor and one liners that every comedy has this days although it does have some nice moments 1 or 2 at least but still it's not an excuse for a poor film starring 2 comedians that aren't always as funny as some people or critics think and that's why i'll give it a 5/10.
This was a typical Will Ferrell and Kevin Hart since both they characters are what you usually would expect from both of them. I found that sometimes there was unnecessary use of racist jokes but sometimes the whole idea of the movie was based on those prejudices and stereotypical jokes. The movie had a good plot and story line. The only thing that I found a bit off putting was how easy they recognised that Martin was the bad guy and how easy they won the confrontation with him. However, since the whole idea was the relationship between Darnell and James, I think its a good idea that they did not focus on the fight with the villain and as much as they did in preparing James for prison. So well done on that front. Real-life lessons: Not much reflection about real-life can be done after this movie but this is quite understandable since the movie never aimed that in the fist place. Maybe the only thing is to realise how sometimes people are so narrow minded and actually do create beliefs about a person based on stereotypes. This movie is a good reminder why we should not do that. Character analysis: James and Darnell are both well developed characters and very well brought to life by Kevin Hart and Will Ferrell.
"Get Hard" is a very simple title for this 100-minute movie from last year and it is also a very simple film I dare say. Don't be fooled by the director's name, he has nothing to do with the Coen Bros. And what I find the most shocking here is the number of writers who worked on this project. How can so many people not realize that the script is pretty bad and try to improve it. Oh well.. I guess they did and just couldn't do anything about it as they don't have the talent. You cannot really blame lead actors Will Ferrell and Kevin Hart as it is basically impossible to turn this screenplay into a quality movie, no matter how good their performance would be, not that they were particularly good though. I believe this film is just another on in the endless line of films that exist that were really only made to get some cash and not with any creative ambition at all. I am almost a bit embarrassed to say that I somewhat liked the idea of a rich white man who has to go to jail and a black man trying to get him ready for it, even if it is all very absurd of course. There was some comedic potential in here and I believe a skilled writer could have turned this into a decent watch. But he would need to be way better than the people who worked on this one here. I just hope they won't make a sequel anytime soon, no idea if this was successful enough commercially, but if so they will for sure. That's how it works sadly. I don't care about it though. "Get Hard" was a really weak film. Stay away.