novagirl11
I enjoyed it, but I'm glad I waited until it was free ondemand instead of watching it in the theaters. I like the cast list. Basically, as funny as expected.
Michael Ledo
Jeff Gaffney (Zach Galifianakis) is an HR rep at MBI, a defense contractor. He allows employees to use his computer because it is unsecured and has Internet access. While not the greatest of HR reps he is super likable as is his wife Karen (Isla Fisher). When a perfect couple moves in across the street on Maple Circle, Karen suspects they are industrial spies. While Jeff bonds with Tim (Jon Hamm) as only Jeff can, Karen tails the exotic Natalie (Gal Gadot).This is an action comedy well written and executed. Good for a few goofy laughs as Zach goes into his friendly Naive role.Guide: Caught 1 f-bomb -Natalie in late restaurant scene. Implied sex. No nudity. Sex talk.
BadSausages
Typical suburban husband and wife, Jeff and Karen Gaffney (Zach Galifianakis and Isla Fisher) meet incredible new neighbors Tim and Natalie Jones (Jon Hamm and Gal Gadot). Of course, Tim and Natalie are not the typical suburban couple, because they appear on the movie poster holding guns over the words "License to Kill." Jeff and Karen figure this out a few minutes into the movie.Shootings, car chases, explosions. Action. But no surprises. No tension, no drama. And comedy without humor. It is a comedy, after all, so the lack of humor kind of kills the whole thing.Galifianakis is an idiot through the entire thing. I suppose some people might laugh at idiocy. Fisher goes back and forth. Most of the time, she's an idiot. But occasionally she's not.Hamm and Gadot aren't idiots, but they're neither dramatic nor comedic. They're not given great lines. But, really, they're just not good enough, they don't have enough charisma, to carry a role. To be fair, it looks like the actors have the innate talent. I'd blame the director more than anyone.There's a pointless brief but noticeable pause, when Jeff has made an important discovery that he really must tell someone, but he's not telling anyone, for no particular reason. There are numerous things that sort of happen, but you know can't really have happened, and then immediately you find out that they really didn't happen. There's a scene that has no point to be in the movie except to set up a car chase. That's basically how the whole movie goes. And then they just wrap it up and the movie is over.Three stars because, while it isn't good, it isn't offensively bad. For example, it's infinitely better than Rogue One. At least with this movie, it's supposed to be a comedy, so it's understandable that they don't care so much if things don't make sense, because all they're trying to do is be funny. And it's understandable that they don't care so much about character development, because all they're trying to do is be funny. I mean, the minimum is 1 star for the worst $#1t. This movie gets an additional 1 star for Gal Gadot in lingerie for 15 minutes for no reason except to have Gal Gadot in lingerie (Rogue One doesn't get that star). And 1 more star for being not the worst thing I've ever seen (Rogue One doesn't doesn't get that star either).
