Rating:

The trailer for The Other Guys looked great. But trailers often grab the best jobs, stunts, or whatever and from that get you to assume the rest of the movie is just as good. And that’s what happened here.

That sounds a bit harsh as this is actually a pretty funny movie. It’s just not side-splitting funny, nor is it funny throughout. I’m not quite sure who they were targeting with this movie, maybe everyone, maybe that’s why it’s inconsistent.

OK, so what’s good about The Other Guys?

• Samuel L. Jackson and Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson as the super-cops early in the movie. Completely over-the-top caricatures of cop-movie detectives. Jackson was best, but Johnson actually did OK.
• Eva Mendes as Ferrell’s hot, kinky wife. They hit just the right balance with her character and scripting. The scene where he Mom is relaying messages to Ferrell who’s hiding outside is truly sick and had the theatre rolling.
• Michael Keaton as the

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