The Farrelly Brothers have made some funny, entertaining comedies that include Dumb and Dumber, There's Something About Mary, and Fever Pitch. You can now add Hall Pass to that list.
Hall Pass stars Owen Wilson and Jason Sudeikis as Rich and Fred, married guys who cannot help but notice many attractive women who come within ten feet of them. Maggie and Grace, the wives played by Jenna Fischer and Christina Applegate, know how they are in the situations they put themselves through.
In the story, their intentions take a turn for the worse as they make fun of the hosts of a party, as well as the private areas of other guests. They are caught on security camera with everyone else watching them make fools out of themselves. They leave the party with their frustrated wives who think that their husbands only think of sex.
Maggie and Grace are given advice to give the men "Hall Passes", one week off from marriage for them to do whatever they want to. In other words, they can hook up with other girls, no harm, no foul. Maggie starts with Rich immediately and takes their kids away for that week. For Grace, it takes Fred jacking off in his car and being caught by the cops him to get his Hall Pass.
As the story continues, Rich and Fred are off their game. At the same time, Maggie and Grace use the hall pass to their advantage to meet other guys. Maggie meets a local baseball coach, and Grace hooks up with a young baseball player.
The guys don't get their game on until they meet and old friend named Coakley (played excellently by Richard Jenkins). Rich gets together with a girl named Leigh who works at a local coffee shop. Fred hooks up with the aunt of Rich's babysitter.
Now where the story takes a dark turn relates to a guy named Brent who works at the same coffee shop. He thinks that Rich and Fred are both old perverts and that Rich is trying to steal Leigh any chances of Brent being with her. The twists involving him are there, and they are funny, but they are just explained and left alone.
The acting of Wilson and Sudeikis is really funny as they are both believable as these married guys who check out other girls. Fischer and Applegate are both wonderful as their pretty wives who roll their eyes at what their husbands do. Jenkins is a laugh riot as the old friend of Wilson and Sudeikis as he knows every trick that the girls in the bar pull off.
The Farrelly Brothers do a good job of making a fun story out of a situation that can really happen in today's world. They do great at making the movie continue to stay funny, despite that dark, but temporary turns it takes.
Hall Pass stars Owen Wilson and Jason Sudeikis as Rich and Fred, married guys who cannot help but notice many attractive women who come within ten feet of them. Maggie and Grace, the wives played by Jenna Fischer and Christina Applegate, know how they are in the situations they put themselves through.
In the story, their intentions take a turn for the worse as they make fun of the hosts of a party, as well as the private areas of other guests. They are caught on security camera with everyone else watching them make fools out of themselves. They leave the party with their frustrated wives who think that their husbands only think of sex.
Maggie and Grace are given advice to give the men "Hall Passes", one week off from marriage for them to do whatever they want to. In other words, they can hook up with other girls, no harm, no foul. Maggie starts with Rich immediately and takes their kids away for that week. For Grace, it takes Fred jacking off in his car and being caught by the cops him to get his Hall Pass.
As the story continues, Rich and Fred are off their game. At the same time, Maggie and Grace use the hall pass to their advantage to meet other guys. Maggie meets a local baseball coach, and Grace hooks up with a young baseball player.
The guys don't get their game on until they meet and old friend named Coakley (played excellently by Richard Jenkins). Rich gets together with a girl named Leigh who works at a local coffee shop. Fred hooks up with the aunt of Rich's babysitter.
Now where the story takes a dark turn relates to a guy named Brent who works at the same coffee shop. He thinks that Rich and Fred are both old perverts and that Rich is trying to steal Leigh any chances of Brent being with her. The twists involving him are there, and they are funny, but they are just explained and left alone.
The acting of Wilson and Sudeikis is really funny as they are both believable as these married guys who check out other girls. Fischer and Applegate are both wonderful as their pretty wives who roll their eyes at what their husbands do. Jenkins is a laugh riot as the old friend of Wilson and Sudeikis as he knows every trick that the girls in the bar pull off.
The Farrelly Brothers do a good job of making a fun story out of a situation that can really happen in today's world. They do great at making the movie continue to stay funny, despite that dark, but temporary turns it takes.