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.
Belying its title, this is a pretty flaccid offering which fails to gel the comedy stylings of Hart and Ferrell.
There are both laughs and groans here, but you won’t leave feeling stupid.
A movie you're waiting to finish rather than anticipating the finale.
The title’s tumescent gag is the starting point as Will Ferrell learns jail-survival lessons from Kevin Hart in this efficiently delivered comedy.
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.
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.
Casual racism, casual misogyny and blatant homophobia combine in this horribly conceived buddy movie.
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.
Ferrell and co-star Kevin Hart deliver one laugh apiece in this dire homophobic caper about a businessman learning to cope with jail time.
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