By Ryan Parsons | Image property of Universal Pictures
Sweet relief. After seeing action comedies miss the mark all throughout 2010, The Other Guys seems to have finally brought back the genre-mixer's A-game.
The Other Guys Reviewed
Two of the first reviews have arrived for The Other Guys and they agree on one simple idea -- the movie is funny, though it may lose some rhythm here and there.
THR
Arrestingly funny. Just when it seemed like the once-robust buddy-cop action-comedy was going to require a do-not-resuscitate order, along comes Will Ferrell and Adam McKay to show 'em how it's done. Having successfully collaborated with director-writer McKay several times in the past, most notably on "Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy" and "Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby," Ferrell keeps the winning streak intact while drawing out Mark Wahlberg's untapped funny side in "The Other Guys." Although their yin-yang dynamic makes for the comic dream team of the summer, they receive plenty of expert backup from Michael Keaton, Eva Mendes, Steve Coogan, Samuel L. Jackson and Dwayne Johnson.
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Variety
After a season of coed action comedies ranging from "Date Night" to "Knight and Day," it figures Adam McKay would be the one to bring back the bromance, milking the testosterone-fueled buddy-cop genre for touchy-feely fun in "The Other Guys." Starring Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg as two paper pushers who'd surely be sidelined in a traditional policer, pic sets out with more of a plot than such previous McKay comedies as "Anchorman" and "Talladega Nights." That should push B.O. further, but it also becomes the film's undoing, as the laughs ultimately take a backseat to a convoluted white-collar crime story.
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