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Summary: Owen Wilson stars as a married man whose spouse (Jenna Fischer) grants him the right -- for just one week -- to pursue as many extramarital affairs as he can. His best buddy (Jason Sudeikis) receives an identical "hall pass" from his wife, and off the guys go. The hubbies soon discover, however, that picking up girls isn't as easy as they recall, while their better halves embark on their own erotic adventures.
On the overall, I must say this film has some decent moments. On the other hand, I've seen this concept before, even the jokes were reruns of jokes we see just everywhere. I like Owen Wilson, but he should do some decent films.
This seems an essentially confused film, lacking confidence, and in the end retreating to the safest affirmations to try to garner approval from an audience it seems unsure about. Not without amusing moments, but is mainly of interest if seen less as a diagnosis of the sexual contradictions of the present age than as itself symptomatic of those contradictions.
This was painful to watch, and not in a funny way. The worst aspect of the film by far is the stark contrast between the bulk of the film, which feels as neutered as a prime time sitcom, and the over the top misfires at "gross out" comedy. The movie is a string of boring PG quips and boring scenarios punctuated by random acts of explosive diarrhea, to give an example. It worked in Bridesmaids because they took it to the point of absurdity, this one just hands it to you and calls it a day.
Stereo typical story all the way, some jokes were hilarious, but others (think two dicks) were completely unacceptable -unless there's female nudity to match.
It's also funny that in movies the "old woman" is basically the same age as the "young hot girl" just badly aged (the coffee girl is only five years younger than the "old woman" that one of their friends married).
It's the strongest Farrelly Brothers comedy in a while, but it's still a little hollow. The comedy is risque, but it stays too lighthearted and the resolution is a little too neat for the film to still make sense. Jason Sudeikis & Owen Wilson are both good, it's particularly nice to see Wilson get back to a darker comedy place as opposed to the safe, sappy films he's been doing lately.
A lot of the funniest jokes are in the trailer. The ending is predictable and the script is straight forward. The cast is good and they have fun but overall this movie disappoints.
Not quite a recommendation. The jokes don't work nearly as often as they should, it's cliche, blah blah blah, and it's only mildly entertaining, but it's not even mildly entertaining all the time. There are tits and attractive women, though.
My faith in the Farrely Brothers remains unshaken. They retain the ability to take terrible people attempting despicable things and make it gut busting and heartwarming at the same time. So yeah, no one here is swinging for the fences, but do they really need to? The Farelly's have already refined their style of tragic comedy to the point at which even lesser efforts (Heartbreak Kid comes to mind) are worthwhile.
One of the biggest shocks for me at the end of 'Hall Pass' was that the Farrelly Brothers directed it and I still liked it. I was impressed that an effort was made to tell the story from both sides of the situation. The women get a true point-of-view, which is rare in raunchy male-driven comedies. It might be due to low expectations that I enjoyed 'Hall Pass' as much as I did, but I found myself laughing often. I'll likely never watch it again, but I enjoyed it this time, which is rare enough.
Oh no I have that Born in the USA t-shirt :(
The after the credits scene is amazing and makes you wish the movie focused more with the group as a whole. The first half of the movie when they're all together is pretty good then the rest of the week ignores them completely :(
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