Yeah, I know the trailer was underwhelming, but luckily this was one of those instances where they kept the best gags for the actual movie. The ads also paint Tracy Morgan as annoyingly over the top and goofy, but for the most part he's relatively toned down.
I laughed out loud many times, actually. Critics threw around terms like "potty humor" and "lame," but I didn't see that. A few lines might have fallen flat but they were so brief and so quickly overshadowed by jokes that did work I didn't notice. I'd cite a few examples of how this movie was funny, but thinking back quite a few would actually be spoilers. But here's one good example.
Tracy Morgan's Paul loves homaging movies, and at one point while "interrogating" a suspect he quotes the "Yippy Kay-Yay" line from Die Hard. Bruce Willis has been watching and naming all the movies Morgan references, but with this one he simply says: "I've never seen that movie."
That's great writing.
The movie has a number of great camp moments, and we also get an effective cameo from Jason Lee. No Ben Affleck or Matt Damon, but Seann William Scott gives a nice little performance.
It's not the greatest buddy cop comedy we've ever seen, but you could do a lot worse.
7/10
I laughed out loud many times, actually. Critics threw around terms like "potty humor" and "lame," but I didn't see that. A few lines might have fallen flat but they were so brief and so quickly overshadowed by jokes that did work I didn't notice. I'd cite a few examples of how this movie was funny, but thinking back quite a few would actually be spoilers. But here's one good example.
Tracy Morgan's Paul loves homaging movies, and at one point while "interrogating" a suspect he quotes the "Yippy Kay-Yay" line from Die Hard. Bruce Willis has been watching and naming all the movies Morgan references, but with this one he simply says: "I've never seen that movie."
That's great writing.
The movie has a number of great camp moments, and we also get an effective cameo from Jason Lee. No Ben Affleck or Matt Damon, but Seann William Scott gives a nice little performance.
It's not the greatest buddy cop comedy we've ever seen, but you could do a lot worse.
7/10