2010 · comedy · action
The Other Guys
Directed by Adam McKay1h 47m2010
Unlike their heroic counterparts on the force, desk-bound NYPD detectives Gamble and Hoitz garner no headlines as they work day to day. When a seemingly minor case turns out to be a big deal, the two cops get the opportunity to finally prove to their comrades that they have the right stuff.
Our read: The Other Guys (2010) reads as a warm, breathless, grounded comedy · action entry — measured in intensity, epic-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Warm, breathless, measured comedy / action, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, epic, measured.
- warm
- kinetic
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