The Other Guys (2010)
Starring Will Ferrell, Mark Wahlberg, Eva Mendes, Michael Keaton, Steve Coogan, Dwayne Johnson, and Samuel L. Jackson
Directed by Adam McKay
It's true that comedies are perhaps best viewed with a crowd of others. As the crowd laughs, you can either laugh with them or laugh at them for finding something humorous. I watched The Other Guys all by my lonesome and while I chuckled once or twice, that's not nearly enough. In this bumbling odd couple buddy picture, Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg never seem to mesh with one another in the slightest. In their quest to uncover the mystery behind some Wall Street stock fraud (did that ever sound funny in the writer's room?), their two cop characters grow to realize they're not as different as they thought they once were.
Ferrell is fine here, but he does nothing special and can't garner laughs. Wahlberg is just horrendous. His attempts at humor involved yelling everything and opening his eyes really wide to convey frustration and anger -- it just may be one of the worst performances I've seen this year. The rest of the supporting cast from Eva Mendes to Michael Keaton to Dwayne Johnson and Samuel L. Jackson as a pair of celebrity-level NYC officers are simply serviceable, but don't add anything to the mix.
All in all, this film wasn't the least bit funny and I contemplated stopping it several times before it was through...I kinda wish I had because I at least would've had an hour to watch something worthwhile.
The RyMickey Rating: D-
I too found Wahlberg nauseating and this movie was one big mess however this is brilliant: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s4wykeJBHdE
ReplyDeleteI do agree that I enjoyed that scene...but that may have been the only one.
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