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Get Hard

Get Hard

Comedy

When millionaire James King is nailed for fraud and bound for San Quentin, he turns to Darnell Lewis to prep him to go behind bars.


The critical consensus

Belying its title, this is a pretty flaccid offering which fails to gel the comedy stylings of Hart and Ferrell.

**(*)(*)(*)Dan Jolin, Empire Online, 23/03/2015

There are both laughs and groans here, but you won’t leave feeling stupid.

***(*)(*)Karen Krizanovich, The List, 25/03/2015

A movie you're waiting to finish rather than anticipating the finale.

**(*)(*)(*)David Jenkins, Little White Lies, 26/03/2015

The title’s tumescent gag is the starting point as Will Ferrell learns jail-survival lessons from Kevin Hart in this efficiently delivered comedy.

***(*)(*)Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian, 26/03/2015

The director Etan Cohen neither gets the best out of his two leads nor manages to give his story much of a satirical or political kick.

**(*)(*)(*)Geoffrey MacNab, The Independent, 27/03/2015

Laughs are few and far between in a comedy that proves the combo of talented performers and an intriguing concept are no guarantee of success. Dispiriting stuff.

**(*)(*)(*)Matt Maytum, Total Film, 27/03/2015

Casual racism, casual misogyny and blatant homophobia combine in this horribly conceived buddy movie.

*(*)(*)(*)(*)Alistair Harkness, The Scotsman, 28/03/2015

Hart is more effective as the respectable family man who poses tough but the jokes are weak and repetitive, mostly revolving around King’s terror of sodomy. Trading Places it ain’t.

**(*)(*)(*)Henry Fitzherbert, Sunday Express, 29/03/2015

Ferrell and co-star Kevin Hart deliver one laugh apiece in this dire homophobic caper about a businessman learning to cope with jail time.

*(*)(*)(*)(*)Mark Kermode, The Observer, 29/03/2015


Features about Get Hard

Will Ferrell defends racism in Get Hard: I wanted to portray an a**hole who is ignorant about how the world works

Tom Teodorczuk, The Independent, 20/03/2015

Ferrell and Hart laugh off racism

Regan Morris, BBC, 25/03/2015

Where and when?

General release. Check local listings for show times.

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