The Other Guys (2010)

If you are fan of Will Ferrel, you will most likely enjoy this one. If you are fan of Mark Wahlberg, you may not enjoy his attempt at comedy. It fell flat for me. If you like Samuel L. Jackson or Dwayne Johnson, you will enjoy the first parts of the story. If you are Yankee fan, you may not. If you are a fan of Michael Keaton, you may not like his choice of character here. If you are fan of Eva Mendes you might like this.

While there are a few good laughs this story plays like an over-long SNL sketch. But that is the case with most Ferrel movies in my opinion. They take a good thing to far and dwell on what was funny the first time or two, too long.

The PG-13 rating is a bit weak if you ask me. There are enough sexual references to make parents wish they had not watched this with their teens.

Watch this with a guy between the ages of 18 and 28.

Get Smart

Is anyone NOT in this movie? What a cast. And what an intentionally goofy movie.

As a kid I was a huge fan of the TV series. I was Maxwell Smart for Halloween a couple years there in the 60's. So, I had very high expectations for this movie. I was not disappointed. It had everything from the TV series plus 100 other things TV never attempted. Like Agent 23 and Agent 86 kissing. Welcome to the 21st century.

Smart's catch phrase "Missed it by thaaaat much" cannot be be applied to this movie. They got it - just right.

This is a very fun, very dumb, very inappropriate movie. If you like the TV series there will be plenty for you to recognize. If you never saw the series, it's a shame. But if you like movies like the Pink Panther series, the Police Academy series, the Naked Gun series, and so on, you will like this movie too.

Watch it with your secret friend.