Hall Pass gets a failing grade

Firstly, I have to admit, I did want to see this movie. I saw the previews and thought, hey it could be a winning combination. I did think the Farrelly Brothers have made some hilarious films (Dumb and Dumber a particular favourite) Owen Wilson can be funny in the right films (who could forget Hansel) and to me Christina Applegate should have been given the opportunity to be a go to leading lady in comedies (the girl is funny, don't believe me Don't Tell Mum the Babysitters Dead is a classic) So why did this movie fail on so many levels? All I can say is, it is just plain bad. I don't mean wait for DVD bad. I mean if your flicking through late at night and find this on, then yeah maybe watch it, but seriously it is just awful. But let me back up my claim by a bit of a review before I let the bashing begin.

Rick (Owen Wilson) is married to Maggie (Jenna Fisher). They have the house, the three kids and the jobs. They are your normal everyday neighbours living right next to you. When Rick's wife overhears her husband discussing with his mates about how much you would pay to have the opportunity to cheat on your wife she is worried that her marriage is in trouble. Taking the advise of her friend (Joy Behar from the View) Maggie gives her husband a chance to experience life for a week without being married and to be free to do whatever he likes, in a word, HALLPASS. When Maggie's best friend Grace (Christina Applegate) decides to also get in on this theory and give her husband Fred (Jason Sudeikis) one also, the two boys team up for what is going to become a bit of a crazy journey. But is not only the boys who are going to be tempted by this opportunity, the girls may also find that women like men, when given the chance might enjoy having some fun without the restraints of married life. Throw into the mix your geeky weird male friends, a hot toy boy and young Aussie stunner, bodily fluid jokes, men's genitalia, over the hill cougars, and pretty much that sums it up.

Where do I begin. About half an hour into this film I wanted to find the emergency exit and pull my rip cord. All the characters are boring and all I could think about is how sloppy this movie was. Did it want to go for the gross out comedy effect? Did it want to have heart to the story? Did it want to be a romantic comedy? Or did it just want to jump on "The Hangovers" tail and try to be the next best thing? Lets try option four. It was just a bad rip off and really I just wanted it over with. Thank gosh I got free tickets to this, because I would have wanted a refund. All the actors are wasted and look kinda bored. To me it looked like a paycheck movie when you know they only need it to fund their expensive lifestyle. The jokes we have seen about 10 years ago, and really this kinda humour is getting outdated. The Farrelly Brothers may have hit their peak too early in their career with Dumb and Dumber and Something About Mary, but it is now 2011, and that humour really doesn't mesh anymore with audiences (as indicated by the sad box office opening in America. Seriously it was beaten by an animated Gnome movie in it's third week in release) I am even bored writing this review. I'm sorry the only good thing to have happened while watching this movie, is that I got a free pen for the trouble it caused me. This movie is a big ugly mess and really I am over writing this review because the less I think about my time wasted watching this crap the happier I will be. 1/10 (and that's cause I am being nice)