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Get Hard

An education in incarceration.

2015 · 1h 40m · R Comedy
Directed by Etan Cohen

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When obscenely rich hedge-fund manager James is convicted of fraud and sentenced to a stretch in San Quentin, the judge gives him one month to get his affairs in order. Knowing that he won't survive more than a few minutes in prison on his own, James desperately turns to Darnell-- a black businessman who's never even had a parking ticket -- for help. As Darnell puts James through the wringer, both learn that they were wrong about many things, including each other.

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29%
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A confused and contradictory mess.

Andrew O'Hehir, Salon.com
Rotten

Ferrell has stuck to the formulaic farce that made him a star, even as his roles have been shifting from antic instigator to bewildered straight man.

Christopher Orr, The Atlantic
Rotten

Dumb, juvenile comedy has its place when it's funny. Unfortunately, too often in Get Hard, it's not.

James Berardinelli, ReelViews
Rotten

From its juvenile double entendre title to its fascination with prison rape and homophobic humor, "Get Hard" practically announces itself as an offensive, tired and unimaginative comedy in nearly every scene.

Richard Roeper, Chicago Sun-Times
Rotten

It trucks in stereotypes (black, white, Latino, female -- the list is long) and plays clumsily with sexuality. Still, the movie's greatest and altogether familiar sin is that it's stupid.

Lisa Kennedy, Denver Post

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