When the top cops are busy, our only hope is ...
Not currently showing on the local cinema circuit.
Cast |
Will Ferrell, Mark Wahlberg, Eva Mendes, Michael Keaton, Dwayne Johnson, Samuel L. Jackson |
Director |
Adam McKay |
Screenplay | Adam McKay, Chris Henchy |
Music | Jon Brion |
Cinematography | Oliver Wood |
Editing | Brent White |
Sound formats | Dolby Digital, Sony Dynamic Digital Sound, DTS |
Made in | 2010 |
Produced by | Columbia Pictures, Gary Sanchez Productions, Mosaic Media Group, Wintergreen Productions |
Official Site | IMDB page | ScreenIt Report
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Genre | Action, comedy |
Language | Moderate to strong, in comic context, overall impact moderate |
Nudity | None |
Sex | Moderate sexual innuendos and sex references, mildly implied sex, infrequent |
Violence | Moderate action violence, stylized, unrealistic, no graphic bloody scenes, in context |
Prejudice | None |
Blasphemy | Mild, infrequent |
Drug abuse | Some alcohol use and abuse, brief, infrequent, mildly implied drug use, not promoted or glamorized |
Comments | None |
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Scale (Max) | 20 | |
What the Critics say | ||
Cape Argus / The Star Kgomotso Moncho | 10 | |
Die Burger Jeanne Calitz Nie vreeslik snaaks nie | 5 | |
Cape Times The action sequences play out unexpectedly | 10 | |
Box Office Amy Nicholson Funny but forgettable | 10 | |
eye Weekly Matthew Kupfer The Other Guys is at times a genuinely funny summer flick, but falls short of its ambitions. Just because our heroes aren’t top-rate cops doesn’t mean they don’t deserve top-rate villains. | 10 | |
ScreenIt T. Durgin Yes, the film runs about 10 minutes too long, and not all of the gags work no matter how many times McKay and Ferrell repeat them. But they throw a lot at the wall throughout, and a surprisingly high number of bits do stick and will have you laughing all the way home and maybe even into the next day. | 15 | |
Metacritic.com 35 critics | 13 | |
Rottentomatoes critics 170 critics | 13 | |
Rottentomatoes tomatometer Tomatometer While not the best collaboration between Will Ferrell and Adam McKay, The Other Guys delivers bursts of comedy during a summer largely devoid of laughs. | 16 | |
What the People say | ||
Internet 11028 Netizens Funniest film of the summer, possibly of 2010 as well | 14 | |
Average .. 58% | 12 |