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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That was an excellent one.
Excellent, Without a doubt!!
It really made me laugh, but for some moments I was tearing up because I could relate so much.
The acting in this movie is really good.
'Get Hard' is a straightforward comedy film - rich white guy gets sentenced to jail for fraud, asks black associate to help him prepare for prison life, hijinks ensue. Obviously, it helps when you have two great comedic leads - Ferrell as James, the meek banker, and Hart as Darnell, the car-wash operator trying to support his family. Hart's on a bit of a roll, film-wise, but this was not quite as enjoyable as 'The Wedding Ringer', but much better than 'Ride Along'.The two stars work so well together, with ultra-short Hart's hyper-energy toned down a little and ultra-tall Ferrell playing a meek, polite man-child. It's not too crass, but there is a bit of swearing as Ferrell tries to learn 'smack talk', which is hilarious. Also - too much of his butt, but that's why it's funny I guess! It's at least counter-balanced by Brie (Annie from 'Community') looking great in a corset.Plenty of laugh-out-loud moments as the 30-day countdown until his imprisonment proceeds, with some nice play on stereotypes throughout. A decent support cast - needed more Ron Funches! - not too long and just ridiculous enough to not get too stupid. Not the best comedy you'll ever see, but far from the worst.
WHY WAS I ATTRACTED TO THIS MOVIE? 1.I like comedies. 2. Will Ferrell is one of my favorite comedy stars,I even enjoyed his voice-acting in MEGAMIND(a masterpiece from the director of Madagascar.) 3.Kevin Hart is pretty funny. I LIKED IT BECAUSE 1.the chemistry between Will Ferrell, Kevin Hart is unbelievable,it is like they are room mates. 2.throughout funny movie with few hilarious moments. 3.very convincing and natural performance by all,especially Will Ferrell, Kevin Hart. YOU MAY LIKE IT IF YOU LIKEWill Ferrell, Kevin Hart and their type of comedy. YOU MAY HATE IT IF YOU HATE mindless laughs and stupid funny characters and something vulgar. MOVIES LIKE THIS any will Ferrell movie
Framed for a white collar crime, a wealthy pompous buffoon hires an African American acquaintance to train him for prison life in this Will Ferrell/Kevin Hart comedy vehicle. 'Get Hard' is not exactly a high concept movie and Ferrell's character trajectory is fairly predictable from the get-go, however, the film offers a surprisingly large amount of laughs with Hart in fine form and Edwina Findley Dickerson sassy as his wife. A memorable scene has Hart and Ferrell mistaken for a gay couple with their use of the title phrase out of context, though Hart's training sequences are what stand out most vividly afterward. In a kooky touch, Ferrell allows Hart to turn his mansion into a makeshift prison as part of the training, complete with bars, phone queue and moody inmates (played with relish by Ferrell's disgruntled servants). Hart also has an awesome scene in which he pretends to be three different courtyard criminals at once - something that confuses Ferrell so much that he begins genuinely conversing with all three personae as if they were in fact three different people. The film unfortunately runs out of steam around halfway in with only so much humour possible from Ferrell's bungled attempts to act tough. Ferrell's "unorthodox style of cussing" (as Hart describes it) also grows incredibly irksome as the film wears on. The climax on board a yacht is pretty well done though with all of Ferrell's training finally paying off. Craig T. Nelson additionally makes for a pitch perfect smarmy antagonist even if his crookedness is telegraphed from a little too early in the proceedings.
Mildly amusing comedy with Hart and Ferrell doubling up as an adequate double act. Just lacking in originality and repeating tried and tested one liners. I wish Ferrell would play some serious parts as the potential is there as opposed to Hart who seems to be a truly one trick pony who continuously serves up the same performances time after time. If nothing else to watch then it will kill two hours for you but easily forgettable and doubt it would make it onto your film of the year list. Actually prefer Steve Martins simplistic performance in Bringing Down The House which echoes themes here with the straight white guy playing an Ethnic stereotyped gangster. I'm sure there will be a sequel here, but hopefully with some depth to it.
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