The Other Guys PG 13
The Other Guys is very similar to
the lackluster 'Cop Out' from several months ago, although this outing is more
amusing and at times very funny. Using mainly the manic chemistry of Whalberg
and Farrell to generate a sort of 'anti chemistry', the two New York detectives
are accidentally privy to a jewel heist and banking scheme with a billionaire,
some mobster types and a lot of car chases. It could have been a spectacular
wreck, but Farrell is at his best (since Anchorman) actually and Keaton,
Johnson and others help to add some ad lib goodies. It helps that Whalberg
plays up the spastic angle a little more, spouting lines like he is on ten
times more caffeine than his costars. The way by which both crack the case
while muttering one liners neither get is somehow charming. It is what Cop Out
was trying for, a direct spoof of buddy cop movies where it's so over the top
you can't take it seriously. Some genuine laughs are wrought from telling bad
jokes neither Farrell or his costars understand, and their reactions sell it.
Keaton even gets into the act 'accidentally' doing lines from TLC. The joke is
on the audience. The oddly placed end credits sequence plays like a lecture on
the banking fiasco from 2008, but stay for the end when they tell the 'moose
joke'. Review by Adam Browne
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