Reviews

Unimpeded by logic, continuity or taste, Will Ferrell movies run by a unique set of rules. Therefore, the fairest way to judge them is as their own genre. By that standard, "The Other Guys" falls somewhere in the middle: not as smart as "Old School" or as silly as "Anchorman," but funnier than, say, "Semi-Pro."

By Elizabeth Weitzman

The Other Guys made me laugh so much I could barely breathe while watching one of the early scenes. Not since Waiting for Guffman have I laughed this hard at a film comedy, which was entirely unexpected, for I never imagined Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg as a funny couple. Yes, Ferrell can be hilarious simply on his own, and Wahlberg is getting better and better in every outing. But pairing up these two didn't seem like a good idea to me. Boy was I wrong!

By Betty Jo Tucker

But as much as I have praised "The Other Guys," make no mistake, it does have a glaring weak spot: the conventional script from McKay and Chris Henchy (last year's "Land of the Lost"). The story more or less just reinvents the wheel, and except for a certain rooftop scene early on in the film, everything unfolds in a relatively predictable way.

And although "The Other Guys" is loaded with hysterically sharp one-liners that you'll be reciting for months and months on end, not all of the humor works, specifically Allen's backstory that reveals his dark, younger days as a pimp who went by the name of Gator.

By Adam Tobias