The Other Guys 2010 (Movie Review)

Dir: Adam Mckay
Starring: Will Ferrell, Mark Wahlberg
Dur: 1 hr 50 mins
Genre: Action-Comedy
Rating: 1/5
PG: Lots of foul language, few sexual innuendoes

This is essentially a story of the underdogs, the nobodys, who long to be somebodys some day. This dynamic is pretty common in everyday life but rarely finds its way onto the big screen. One very good reason why it doesn’t is because, as I see it, nobody cares. We all know how such a story ends up. As much as we would like it to be a happy ending, we know its not that simple. The Other Guys depicts the story of two average desk-cops who long to be in the forefront of action and the cameras but find themselves to be ill-handed to get the job done. Besides the expected comedy, we are dished out a whole lot of unwanted dialogue and action which is supposed to enhance the humour but only ends up reducing it to nonsense.


The Other Guys is a parody of the police department. While the job they do is given a good showing the general mood and ambience in the police station takes a drubbing. The humour surprisingly emerges from the dialogues and is not backed by any acting. The script hasn’t much to offer. The entertainment is ephemeral, the humour forced and the actors handed below-par roles. The whole enterprise I would think is one big joke. The film is not worth the time and the big names it boasts off in the cast are nothing more than a futile attempt to market nonsense.   

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