I wanted to but couldn't!

A Masterpiece!

Very interesting film. Was caught on the premise when seeing the trailer but unsure as to what the outcome would be for the showing. As it turns out, it was a very good film.

The film's masterful storytelling did its job. The message was clear. No need to overdo.

The Other GuysSome verbal sparring between Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg are hilarious but some of these comic sequences seem to be forcibly created only to lighten up the mood which results into an overlong runtime. The Other Guys is fortunately not your typical buddy cop movie but doesn't stand alone too although it sure is worth a watch to see it through Adam's vision. The writer-director Adam Mackay keeps it smart and practical through its amusing perspective but fails into delivering entertainment throughout the feature. Mark Wahlberg and Will Ferrell are flat out funny especially in their arguments over petty things and the post credit scene. The Other Guys has eerie characters, unpredictable track and great one-liners but what it lacks is a gripping screenplay to hold the audience for around 2 hours.

I would agree with many other reviewers that the best part of this film is early on. I was not quite sure when it started to lose it and was not fully conscious of it at the time. Sort of like how a frog will jump out of a hot pot immediately but if you boil it slowly it will stay there until it dies. With this film by the time I realized that it was gone it was too late. It was a slow gradual decline, but with moments here and there that would give you hope for it pulling it back together.Overall the film was a reasonably entertaining spoof on The NeverEnding stream of police/crime action films. It plays on many of the tropes of that genre and it's ridiculousness is a reflection of those tropes and the genre itself. I was surprised though that the plot was relatively coherent and maintained its own internal consistency. I'm used to most films like this not even trying to avoid plot holes, but rather lazily Revel in them. In this film almost everything ties back into the plot in some way. So while it often had a very juvenile humor, it also had a rather clever plot line that could be appreciated by someone more intellectual. This might make the film a good choice for a father and son to watch together.I would have rated closer to 7 for the first part and more like three for the final segments. I'll put it at 5 overall. I should note that it is still funnier and in better taste than anything Adam Sandler did ever.

For the first thirty minutes The Other Guys promises to be one of the best comedies of the year and a rating of a nine or ten. With witty dialogue, extremely funny jokes and great acting from Will Farrell, Mark Wahlberg, Samuel L Jackson and Dwayne Johnson, (the Rock). Farrell is at his funniest at first as a mild-mannered "forensic accountant" with no ambition to get out from behind his desk. He got into policing because he liked all the paperwork. Wahlberg is just as amusing as his reluctant partner, a frustrated man of action with anger management issues, especially when it comes to his partner. Trigger management is another problem. He's been confined to desk duties ever since he accidentally shot a famous baseball-player for trespassing in his own stadium.Several funny sequences early on are funny with the dialogue witty. One in particular is a classical exchange of conversation between Farrell and Wahlberg about which would win in a fight between lions and a tuna. There's a clever moment when they experience just how loud one of those explosions is when you're close to it – not at all like it is in the movies. Also Johnson and Jackson appearing twice in a small cameo get some great jokes, with how they are allowed to get away with millions of dollars in collateral damage in order to make a minor drugs bust. Also the part when they jump off a twenty storey building to go after some criminals who raided a jewelry store, where they say they will land in the "bush," but splatter themselves to death on the pavement is a classic. I also enjoyed the absurdity of the fight between cops at a funeral, with all of them whispering insults as they roll around on the floor, so as not to be disrespectful of the dead. The first half hour is directed with skill by Adam McKay as the laughs keep constantly coming keeping me highly entertained. So why do I give this only a five star out of a ten? That's because after thirty minutes have past. The film becomes desperately dull as Jackson and Johnson disappear with a lot of the fun. A plot of white coaler crime involving a dodgy financier Steve Coogan is boring and uninvolving with Coogan being deeply unfunny. The jokes with respect to the script become repetitive like when Walhberg kept saying how hot Farrel's wife is played by Eva Mendes at least five times, dreary catchphrases and some disgusting jokes about homeless people having orgies in a car and jokes about urination and penises put me right off. It's as though the scriptwriters have been replaced by someone who hasn't got a clue how to write one. The second half hour isn't too bad as I did chuckle a few times but the last forty five minutes is at it's worst with me only laughing twice as the comedy all but disappeared. Another problem for me after thirty minutes was that Farrell and Walhberg started to get on my nerves, particularly Walhberg who kept shouting all the time. It was hard to award this in the end as it started off as a nine or a ten and then dwindled down to a one, so I compromised with a five star. I'm glad I saw the first half hour, but in the end I was extremely disappointed as in terms of wasted comic potential it's the most disappointing picture of the year.

I don't normally write reviews but after reading some of the awful reviews some people wrote about this film I had to come to its defence.This film had me laughing from start to finish. If you like the silliness of Will Ferrell films or the humour in Ted then you will love this film. The comedy can be played very deadpan despite the surrealness (is that a word) of the situation. The comic timing is great and the chemistry between all the main characters is excellent. When I saw this film only had a 6.7 IMDb rating I was a little reluctant to watch it but I saw the trailer and that drew me in. I didn't regret it.If you want some great laughs, watch this film.