The Other Guys

2010  PG-13  COMEDY  1h 47min

CAST— Will Farrell, Mark Wahlberg, Eva Mendes, Michael Keaton, Steve Coogan, Ray Stevenson, Samuel L. Jackson, Dwayne Johnson

MUSIC— Jon Brion  DIRECTOR— Adam McKay

     Leaders, followers, and everyone else. The other guys. But you know those other guys do one heck of a job. Detectives Mark Wahlberg and Will Farrell are always in the shadows of NYC’s top cops, Samuel L. Jackson and Dwayne Johnson… that is until Jackson and Johnson die in the line of duty. Now the city is dying for a hero. Time to step it up. Wahlberg is the gung ho cop ready to bend the law to enforce the law. Farrell is the desk jockey with zero street experience. What a perfect partnership. When they set out to apprehend a businessman for violating building codes they stumble onto a mammoth embezzling case that is a dream come true for paranoid Wahlberg, who sees conspiracies in drying paint. Farrell wants nothing more than to go home to his hot, browbeaten wife and try to forget his glory days as a raging pimp. Farrell is slightly subdued (repeat, slightly), Wahlberg is hilariously over the top, but another standout is the put upon police captain/Bed Bath & Beyond sales rep Michael Keaton. With one viewing even buddy-cop diehards may miss the impact but try it again and the funny may become even more apparent. Best line (spoken by Wahlberg in a fit of rage): “I’m a peacock! You gotta let me fly!” Unrated version also available.

OUR RATING— ***