I have never seen the TV series that this movie was based on, but I vaguely knew the story line...
Directed by Phil Lord and Chris Miller, this movie tells the story of two 'cops' sent undercover to infiltrate a drug ring that is supplying high-school kids with synthetic drugs. Jenko (Channing Tatum) and Schmidt (Jonah Hill) have to relive their high-school experience, but where Jenko used to be the 'popular jock' and Schmidt the 'uncomfortable nerd', the two now find their roles reversed and have to deal with the consequences, as well as completing their mission.
If i'm honest, there is not much more to the storyline... and it is fairly predictable...
Buuuut...as an fan of Jonah Hill's comedy and of Channing Tatum's... well... err... physique.... I really wasn't that disappointed that I went to see this movie.
I definitely think that this is definitely a teenage guy's comedy, but that is not to say that it's not for girls either. A teenage audience can definitely get its kicks from seeing these two actors experience what they experience(ish) almost every day... in a completely unusual and O.T.T. kind of way...
It was an OK movie, with quite a few laughs but very little depth to the story line, and in a sense I think that's all it needs to be.
It is definitely not the best movie I have seen in a while, but definitely not the worst, so go and see this if you're bored on a rainy Sunday afternoon :)
Until we blog again,
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