Whatever you came up with, it'll be funnier than most of what you'll see on the screen.
I appear to have been watching an entirely different movie than the rest of the world, because the one I watched mostly sucked. From the abundance of tired, recycled jokes (think the makers maybe saw Naked Gun at some point?), to the annoyingly written and woodenly acted love interest, to the embarassingly on-the-nose music used in every damn scene, to the wholesale adoption of the frenetic "no shot shall last longer than 5 seconds" philosophy of modern film's worst offenders, it commits a litany of sins that I can't forgive.
There are some good points. When the timing of his jokes aren't off due to the aforementioned editing, Steve Carrell offers a solid performance. Alan Arkin steals every scene he's in. The Rock is just as ridiculously likeable as ever. There are some genuinely clever scenes at the beginning of the film. The way they worked in the history of the show was smart and, surprisingly, doesn't go overboard (though the less said about their repeated efforts to work in Max's signature catchphrase, the better).
It slowly sheds those good qualities, becoming more and more generic, until, by the end, I wondered if an entirely different team of writers had taken up the pen.I was forced to recall my "how do I get through this Time of Great Annoyance without falling asleep or walking out?" skills that I learned those many years ago in the lengthy worship services of my youth.
It's not particularly offensive, really - just another meh summer movie, focus-tested to appeal to people who either haven't seen or don't remember the infinitely funnier comedies of summers past.
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