The Other Guys

When the top cops are busy, our only hope is ...

We're all familiar with the two action hero cops, typically mismatched, who solve their cases regardless of the cost to other people. Someone has to do their paperwork... The Other Guys. This is their story, in a parody of the genre. Two deskbound clerks get bumped into the field when the city's two supercops are out of action, and get to track down (wait for it) a ponzi scammer. Expect plenty of genre-type hijinks and explosions... with a comic twist.

105 minutes.
Mature Accompaniment under 13 (Language, Violence).
Action, Comedy, Crime.

Not currently showing on the local cinema circuit.

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Credits

Cast	Will Ferrell, Mark Wahlberg, Eva Mendes, Michael Keaton, Dwayne Johnson, Samuel L. Jackson
Director	Adam McKay
Screenplay	Adam McKay, Chris Henchy
Music	Jon Brion
Cinematography	Oliver Wood
Editing	Brent White
Sound formats	Dolby Digital, Sony Dynamic Digital Sound, DTS
Made in	2010
Produced by	Columbia Pictures, Gary Sanchez Productions, Mosaic Media Group, Wintergreen Productions

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Film and Publications Board (FPB) Report (SA)

Genre	Action, comedy
Language	Moderate to strong, in comic context, overall impact moderate
Nudity	None
Sex	Moderate sexual innuendos and sex references, mildly implied sex, infrequent
Violence	Moderate action violence, stylized, unrealistic, no graphic bloody scenes, in context
Prejudice	None
Blasphemy	Mild, infrequent
Drug abuse	Some alcohol use and abuse, brief, infrequent, mildly implied drug use, not promoted or glamorized
Comments	None
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ScreenIt Report (USA)

Sex / Nudity	Violence	Blood / Gore / Gross
Guns / Weapons	Profanity	Alcohol / Drugs
Smoking	Disrespectful / Bad Attitude	Imitative Behaviour
Frightening / Tense Scenes	Jump Scenes	Tense Family Scenes
Music (Scary/Tense)	Music (Inappropriate)	Topics to talk about

Ratings

Scale (Max)	20
What the Critics say
Cape Argus / The Star Kgomotso Moncho	10
Die Burger Jeanne Calitz Nie vreeslik snaaks nie	5
Cape Times The action sequences play out unexpectedly	10
Box Office Amy Nicholson Funny but forgettable	10
eye Weekly Matthew Kupfer The Other Guys is at times a genuinely funny summer flick, but falls short of its ambitions. Just because our heroes aren’t top-rate cops doesn’t mean they don’t deserve top-rate villains.	10
ScreenIt T. Durgin Yes, the film runs about 10 minutes too long, and not all of the gags work no matter how many times McKay and Ferrell repeat them. But they throw a lot at the wall throughout, and a surprisingly high number of bits do stick and will have you laughing all the way home and maybe even into the next day.	15
Metacritic.com 35 critics	13
Rottentomatoes critics 170 critics	13
Rottentomatoes tomatometer Tomatometer While not the best collaboration between Will Ferrell and Adam McKay, The Other Guys delivers bursts of comedy during a summer largely devoid of laughs.	16
What the People say
Internet 11028 Netizens Funniest film of the summer, possibly of 2010 as well	14
Average .. 58%	12