My review for Hall Pass was almost the shortest review in the history of movie reviews. My first reaction was to simply write a three letter review, “O.M.G.”! However, I felt it was my responsibility to explain a bit more about why this is such an “O.M.G.” movie!
First, it’s not a good “O.M.G.” as in “wow, look at that beautiful cinematography” or “gosh, that is such a poignant scene”. It was more like, “O.M.G., what in the world am I watching?”
The movie trailer tells the entire story. A couple of guys, Owen Wilson and , grow bored with married life and both receive “Hall Passes”, a week off from marriage, from their wives. Both wives think the men will act like freed house cats and immediately return to the safety of their homes. Oh, but instead the men spread their wings and try to hook up with all of the hot young honeys that they’ve been denied.
Instead of comedy, vulgarity follows the men for the rest of the movie. I guess I shouldn’t be surprised by the exploits of the Farrelly Brothers; who brought us the raunchy comedies Something about Mary and Dumb and Dumber. In Hall Pass the brothers try and top themselves with the “shock and awe effect”. They succeed with flying colors. Be prepared for plenty of bathroom humor, male full frontal nudity, drug use, female frontal nudity and bodily function gags.
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