MOVIE REVIEW: HALL PASS (15)

"FUNNY"

Hall Pass is a Comedy film Directed by The Farrelly Bothers. (They brought us Dumber and Dumber & Me, Myself & Irene) This film is about two best friends who each get granted a ‘Hall Pass’ from their wives. This means a week off marriage to do whatever they want, all seems well until their wives start to do what they want aswell. It’s starring Owen Wilson, Jason Sudeikis, Stephen Merchant, Jenna Fischer & Christina Applegate.

THE REVIEW:

They say having too much of something is bad for a person right? Well forget that because for the next 7 days 2 men are going into overdrive as they indulge in their desires. This film shows what happens when you give two bored/horny middle aged men a week off their marriage and let them loose on to the world. It’s a test from their wives to get them out there doing things they can’t whilst married in a bid to get it out their system. Sex, Binge Drinking & Behaving Badly is definitely on the cards.

It’s becoming repetitive when I have a moan about movies always having Cliché’s, I think I’m just going to have to accept the fact that 60% of films that come out nowadays will be predictable. Hall Pass was another victim of this, but I won’t dwell on that too much because of how funny & daring it is a whole. Enjoyable.

 I watched this film and was still laughing at the credits (WATCH GARY’S SCENES AT THE CREDITS). It reminded me of an older and cruder version of Superbad. Nobody is winning any Oscars or Bafta’s for this film on any scale but what I did get was a barrel of laughs (it’s what we all expect from a comedy right?). The Directors made the story as interesting as they could (twists). They have taken real life situations & tweaked to their own liking. This is a guy’s film but one prop used had the women part of the audience in mind (that’s all I’m prepared to say on the matter). I was not prepared for the OMG moments and neither will you be but don’t worry it all adds to the entertainment value. I liked the camera work, the way the funny scenes are shot gave it the atmosphere it needed. #ThumbsUp

Rick (Wilson) Fred (Sudeikis) were two brilliantly thought-out characters. The two actors were very good together on screen, their friendship was believable and their vibes feed off each other professionally. They both had the ‘Like’ factor about their characters. The two wives Maggie (Fischer) & Grace (Applegate) also did their jobs very well. The star of the show for me would have to be Stephen Merchant he plays a friend called Gary. It’s all in what he does at the end of the movie when he daydreams about what he would do with a ‘Hall Pass’. It’s just pricelessly funny.  I found myself gawping helplessly at Nicky Whelan’s character Leigh. 

(Guys when you see her you’ll understand)

#Overall: Strong Laughs

MY STAR RATINGS OUT OF 5:  3.5

ONE FAVOURITE MOMENT IN THE FILM:

The scene where the policemen are laughing at what Fred (Sudeikis) is doing in his car.

(If you loved another moment in the film, please feel free to tell us in the comments)

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