I should admit something immediately: I'm not a big Will Ferrell fan.Sure, he was really funny on SNL and for some reason I loved TalladegaNights, but Anchorman and Step Brothers were both very mediocre in myeyes. As such, fans can simply ignore everything I say from here on in,because while they will certainly enjoy it, The Other Guys was a hugedisappointment in my eyes.

The film would have worked great if it had ended twenty minutes in, forthe first act was indeed hilarious. Featuring Samuel L Jackson andDwayne Johnson (who really needs to do a real action movie soon) ashotshot cops with Mark Wahlberg and Will Ferrell stuck at their desks,laughs come quite fast at the start. Conversations about land tuna dowell to contrast the ludicrous action sequences.

However, once Wahlberg and Ferrell hit the streets, the movie loses allmomentum. Various one-note jokes are stretched far too thin, such asFerrell being irresistible to women or Wahlberg being blamed forshooting Derek Jeter, and most of the other laughs are in the trailer.A revelation about Ferrell's past is random enough to get some laughs,but is quickly overused.

The actors do little to lift the material. Jackson and Johnson aregreat, but limited in screen time. Rob Riggle and Damon Wayans Jr alsomanage to get the lions share of the second half's laughs despite theirsmall roles. Ferrell's role is too inconsistent, playing up theFerrell-esquire idiot role to be believable as the functioning memberof society the rest of the film expects him to be. Wahlberg starts outas a great straight man, but as he joins the lunacy any barometer ofsanity is lost. Michael Keaton never sinks low, but the TLC-orientedjokes around his character grow weak.

I really can't say much more than that I didn't find The Other Guysthat funny. It was a mostly laughless experience with a good opening,loose plot and ludicrous ending, but fans of Ferrell-McKay movies willlikely enjoy it. I just can't claim to be part of that group.

I gave this movie a 2 because I actually watched the whole thing,although I'm not sure why. First of all let me say that I love campycomedies, but I did not laugh at this movie once. I did smile duringthe scene where the helicopter lands on the driving range and everyonehits it with golf balls, because that is exactly what would happen on adriving range, but that was it: I smiled at the one scene that had anyrelevance to life, what-so-ever.

The rest of this movie was a miserable, soulless, vapid attempt atcomedy. Oh it was shiny, and there were cameos and TONS of "talentedactors", but it really was just a polished turd. It reminded me ofthose "third in a series" movies...like "Austin Powers III" or "Oceans13", where they fill the movie to the rim with people to helpcamouflage the fact that the script and the subject are just worn out.I think someone needs to educate the creators of this movie that theaudience needs only the slightest bit of real character development toappreciate a film. When you create a movie filled entirely with thesame, one-dimensional characters, it's like watching a 2 hourcommercial...except that even commercials have better characterdevelopment than this movie.

Thank god for Eva Mendez - she was the only one that added a littlegrounding to this farce. Everything else will insult your intelligencewith the notion that all Hollywood needs to do is get a bunch of knownactors together to simultaneously phone-in a glib movie, and you'vebeen given your money's worth. (according to IMDb, this movie cost $100million to make? MY GOD what a waste)

Want a funny, awesome cop-buddy movie? Rent "Hot Fuzz". It cost 8million pounds to make and was Shakespearean by comparison. Want atiring tour of Hollywood self-infatuation and "cutesiness"? Watch "TheOther Guys".

I am completely at a loss to understand the high marks reviewers herehave given this film. I can't recall the last time I've watched a"comedy" without laughing ... not even once.

The plot was weak, the dialog was horrible, the comedy was missing. Iwas embarrassed for the cast. Will Ferrell was Will Ferrell ... heplays pretty much every character the same way. I'm not a huge fan, buthe certainly can be funny. He had nothing to work with here. Whatpossessed Wahlberg to take this part is beyond me, though. He's acapable actor and this was just ... sad.

For the most part, this one's on the writers and whoever OK'd thescript.

Don't waste your time on this one.