Fresh
The Other Guys is the sort of movie that generates some of its best jokes quietly in the background or as quick-hit throwaway lines, while other terrific gags are defiantly over the top.
Connie Ogle, Miami Herald
Overview
Unlike their heroic counterparts on the force, desk-bound NYPD detectives Gamble and Hoitz garner no headlines as they work day to day. When a seemingly minor case turns out to be a big deal, the two cops get the opportunity to finally prove to their comrades that they have the right stuff.
Director and cast
- Adam McKay Director
- Will Ferrell as Detective Allen Gamble
- Mark Wahlberg as Detective Terry Hoitz
- Eva Mendes as Sheila Gamble
- Samuel L. Jackson as P.K. Highsmith
- Dwayne Johnson as Christopher Danson
- Michael Keaton as Character
- Brett Gelman as Hal
- Ray Stevenson as Roger Wesley
- Roy T. Anderson as Rasta
- Larnell Stovall as Rasta
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
78%
Tomatometer
Fresh
This is the fourth feature that Will Ferrell and writer-director Adam McKay have collaborated on, and once again they deliver laugh-out-loud if ultimately disposable comedy with mixed messages about arrested male development.
Joshua Katzman, Chicago Reader
Fresh
There's a wealth of joyously berserk idiot humour, fusing slapstick and satire, surrealism and stream-of-consciousness improv into what could well prove the funniest movie of the year.
Tom Huddleston, Time Out
Fresh
The Other Guys is most authentically itself when it indulges in a free-form but nonetheless highly disciplined silliness that has the effect of dissolving, rather than piquing, whatever worldly anger or frustration you may be harboring.
A.O. Scott, New York Times
Fresh
Through it all, Ferrell is as Ferrell does. He's a non sequitur with frizz.
Amy Biancolli, Houston Chronicle
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