Dale, Kurt and Nick decide to start their own business but things don't go as planned because of a slick investor, prompting the trio to pull off a harebrained and misguided kidnapping scheme.
If anything suggests how limp it is, it’s the end credits featuring the now-traditional outtakes. Even they barely raise a smile.
What follows is a mix of scrotum-centric comedy, unreconstructed jokes about scary black men and unease about Aniston’s predatory dentist. You may laugh a few times but you will feel horrible.
Your opinion of this unasked-for but likable comedy sequel depends entirely on whether your reaction to the statement “It’s better than the first one” is 1) “Dear God, it could hardly be worse” or 2) “Awesome!”
It’s crime time again for LA ’s least capable crooks. Less wild, and a bit less winning than last time, this breezy kidnap caper still manages to take care of business.
Almost in spite of itself, the film does serve up some laugh-out-loud moments.
If this is Hollywood’s idea of a comedy then Heaven help us all.
A crazily farcical plot delivers big comedy dialogue scenes and gags. It’s silly, but irresistible.
An improvement on its predecessor, this comedy sequel has plenty of moments that will get you guffawing. It follows in a long tradition of Hollywood comedy about goofy, downtrodden everymen.
All of Jason Bateman’s movies are slowly starting to blend together.
So many characters bloats the running time but there are plenty of gags and some good twists.
As always, the end-credits outtakes attest that the cast found it all hilarious. Good for them. Bad for us.
General release. Check local listings for show times.
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