You’ve got to love a buddy cop comedy, especially one that stars, arguably, current king of comedy Will Ferrell and, well, Mark Wahlberg (whose comedic chops could still use a little bit of work). Mix in a financial scandal that involves plenty of Wall Street jokes and Eva Mendes, and you have The Other Guys. Although every other line is obviously supposed to be a joke, I suppose your sense of humor has a lot to do with which of their jokes bomb and which ones make you LOL. It’s about 50/50 hit and miss.
Ferrell’s Allen Gamble is a straight-laced, NYPD accountant. It’s almost good that he’s not more attractive because he couldn’t have carried this role if he was. Ferrell definitely rebounds from the unfortunate incident that was Land of the Lost.
Marky Mark’s (who doesn’t still love that nickname?) antagonistic Terry Hoitz has an anger problem, and halfway through the film, it becomes a bit annoying instead of hilarious. He does the character justice; though, it mostly isn’t him, it was the way the character was written.
For you men that go see this film for Eva Mendes, be prepared to be disappointed with her 10 minutes of screen time. Yep, that’s it. Although, she is quite amusing when she’s on the screen, even though most of those moments are in the trailer.
With cameos by Samuel L. Jackson, Dwayne Johnson, Derek Jeter (seriously), Brook Shields and Rosie Perez, this movie is about as funny as possible without a better script and character development. Check out the matinée, but don’t expect your classic, perfected Will Ferrell comedy again, yet.
