Fast Film Reviews

Buddy cop parody about a forensic accountant and a disgraced detective with anger issues, who join forces to apprehend a corrupt investor. Don’t bother making sense of the elaborate plot. The needlessly convoluted story is irrelevant. Absurdist comedy simply exists to have Allen Gamble (Will Ferrell) act like an imbecile while Terry Hoitz (Mark Wahlberg) grows more exasperated at everything he does. For the most part it works. A running gag on Gamble’s success with attractive women is hilariously hard to explain and his obsession with the Little River Band song “Reminiscing” is delightfully annoying. On top of that, film has a high ratio of clever dialogue destined to become quotable classics. Director Adam McKay has worked with Ferrell in 3 movies prior: Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy, Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby, and Step Brothers. Those films are a good standard by which to judge whether you’ll enjoy this film. It’s not essential viewing, but it is a worthwhile way to spend 107 minutes in search of a few laughs.

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