MOVIE REVIEW - The Other Guys

It's summer time and that must mean time for another Will Farrel comedy, this one is called The Other Guys.

The Other Guys is a police satire comedy about a rag tag group of New York City detectives. TOG also stars Mark Wahlberg, Micheal Keaton, and Eva Mendes. Plus small cameos from The Rock, and Samuel L. Jackson and others. This is an action comedy that has all the potential to be another raunchy Will Farrel movie, but hold on. There is a strange and welcome twist here.

I am no Farrel fan at all. I seldom don't pass up a chance to pile on the already huge heap of critics that are trashing the latest Farrel attempt. But in this flick, he is somewhat reinvented. And it's about time. You will be very relieved to know that we don't have to watch him parade around in his underwear or do a bunch of sophomoric things with no clothes on this time around. Finally, someone has convinced him that hasn't been funny in years.

Farrel and Wahlberg play two detectives who are trying to carve out their name in the bureau. But there are problems. Both are nerds and are not taken seriously by their boss or their peers. Will they finally cut through and finally make it? That's why they are called The Other Guys.

There are some laughs here and there are some real misses here. Farrel is new in the fact that he is finally doing some acting here and not running around being a moron. Overall, this is somewhat imaginative, and fun at times. There are a few scenes where he becomes Will Ferrel and they don't really work. but for the most part this is OK. There's plenty of action and some funny plot developments, and over all this is not a bad afternoon at the movies. Let;s not get carried away. I think what I am actually saying is, I was expecting horrible and didn't get it.

The Other Guys. Not hilarious, but not bad. Thank goodness someone has finally talked some sense into Will Farrel. The worst may be over.