Marriage on a leave

Hall Pass (2011)

It's clear that the Farrelly brothers have shaped the modern comedy, wether it's a good thing or not, I'll leave that up to you to decide. But their warm hearted comedies with gross out content surely left their mark. Their last movies however have been quite bad, showing signs that old dogs can't learn new tricks. This one started off very well. The story in itself, with two married men being granted a week off from marriage to explore their desires, wasn't that special, but the comedy at the start was surprisingly good. It didn't involve any bodily excrements, drugs or handicapped people, which I found to be a pleasant surprise. Though of course towards the end it covers all of those and some others as well but the start was actually truly funny. And even though it falls to the old tricks towards the end, I must admit that one particular exploding shit joke actually cracked me up pretty good. So it surely was better than their last two efforts as this one actually made me laugh at parts, but still it wasn't exactly a good movie either. The good mood and even smart comedy at the start goes way too much over board towards the end and the old jokes didn't make me laugh anymore. The cast is fairly ok, though only Richard Jenkins really stood out from them as the rest were kind of playing it safe. Guess the movie did what it was supposed as it kept me somewhat entertained and made me laugh at parts, but still it didn't leave any kind of good impression either.
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