An uptight and by-the-book cop tries to protect the outgoing widow of a drug boss as they race through Texas pursued by crooked cops and murderous gunmen.
It’s genial, with appealing stars and fair giggles.
It starts running out of gas and gags well before the end, the appealing interplay between the stars crying out for a sharper script and higher calibre action.
A lame, unfunny buddy movie which not even Reese Witherspoon's talent can rescue.
Reese Witherspoon and Sofia Vergara team up for a witness-protection comedy that can’t get its double-act balance right – and doesn’t have any good jokes.
Maybe – hopefully! – the worst a Reese Witherspoon could possibly be.
Sadly even half-smiles prove wanting in this dismal mismatched-buddy vehicle for Reese Witherspoon and Sofia Vergara.
Cooper is a rather pitiful caricature of a hapless blonde redeemed only by the actress’s innate likeability which not even the crass script can totally suppress.
Reese Witherspoon’s wide-eyed energy as a cop assigned to protect a mob wife helps to lift this flagging comedy.
General release. Check local listings for show times.