GET HARD (Mini-Review)
R
100 Minutes
Director: Etan Cohen
Writers: Ian Roberts, Jay Martel, Adam McKay
CAST
Will Ferrell...James King
Kevin Hart...Darnell
Tip 'T.I.' Harris...Russell
Alison Brie...Alissa
Craig T. Nelson...Martin
You Had Me At Craig T. Nelson
At first blush, get hard looks crass, sophomoric, and shamelessly offensive. And from the previews, and many reviews that's what I was expecting; something about as funny as BIG MOMMA'S HOUSE … PART THREE. Instead I found myself laughing at this multiple times. Kind of a similar phenomenon too that's my boy. Except the humor here is intelligent, and insightful. People don't understand the nuanced humor, and the social satire. This movie pokes fun and criticizes the American justice system. And it's done in a way that isn't too preachy.
Yes, there were bad innuendos, rape jokes, racial jokes, and walking jokes, such as Craig T Nelson . But even with all these handicaps, get hard gave me a raging…side ache, from all the laughing I was doing. I've never enjoyed a movie more that got an unjust (ironically) 29% on Rotten Tomatoes.
Final Verdict: 84 out of 100
Sidenote: No, the director's name is not a typo. The spelling of Etan Cohen's name is suspiciously close to another famous director. Essentially, I was fooled into seeing this movie. It all worked out though.