It's a comedy of manhood for the age of emasculation.
83
Tampa Bay TimesSteve Persall
Tampa Bay TimesSteve Persall
This summer's funniest movie.
80
The Hollywood ReporterMichael Rechtshaffen
The Hollywood ReporterMichael Rechtshaffen
Nimbly blending comedy and action -- with an affectionate slo-mo nod to John Woo -- McKay does his best work to date here.
70
Arizona Republic
Arizona Republic
A surprising, laugh-out-loud take on the old buddy-cop genre. It's sneaky and smartly funny, offering an almost perfect balance of action and comedy. That's the good news. Then there's the matter of the movie's disheartening final 25 minutes.
63
Orlando SentinelRoger Moore
Orlando SentinelRoger Moore
It's amusingly off-the-wall, but entirely too cluttered to come together.
The film, meanwhile, gives Wahlberg and Ferrell beautiful opportunities to turn their anger-mismanagement-meets-milquetoast act into an absurdist version of Abbott and Costello.
The laughs ultimately take a backseat to a convoluted white-collar crime story.
50
Village VoiceNick Pinkerton
Village VoiceNick Pinkerton
Following the clues, The Other Guys turns more hectic than antic, and somebody didn't pack enough comedy for this long trip.
50
Austin ChronicleMarjorie Baumgarten
Austin ChronicleMarjorie Baumgarten
Opens strongly and front-loads its best gags into the first third of the film. After that, the jokes begin to repeat themselves, and the plot becomes mired in unintelligible details of the white-collar crime.