Solemplex To me, this movie is perfection.

BoardChiri Bad Acting and worse Bad Screenplay

ShangLuda Admirable film.

Cristal The movie really just wants to entertain people.

Charles Ec This film, i mean this thing, is a total wreck. It has something to disappoint everyone. Picturing two marriages that are so lame they will make you hate marriage, two love story that are so childish you will hate love stories, humour so stupid they must have hired a retarded teenager to write the lines, and sexual situations so unsexy you might take a dislike in sex. As with many Hollywood product, the more it talks about sex, the less it actually is about it. All the sex consist in jokes about bushes and a pair of double F, with a bit of masturbation noise (thanksfully not in a pie this time) for good measure. The take home morale is off course that there is absolutely nothing beyond a good family home-life, if possible buried in nappies, and that desiring a healthy sexual relationship with your other half means you are a weirdo. It seems you can only wish to be on the coach grooming the Labrador, or masturbating in your car. In true Hollywood puritan tradition, after having been given this Hall pass, they make nothing of it, make asses of themselves, weep like kids, and go home with their tail between their legs, as two good doggies. Not even a single real kiss in the movie. The idea could have led somewhere. They could have lived that opportunity, really experience things, really understand what they have in their lives, and really build something from it. Instead they live nothing, go nowhere, they might just has well have stayed in the basement, meet no one, and everything ends in a big I-miss- you-so-much situation. Everyone ends up in their own coach, and thankfully, oh thankfully, not at any point in a stranger bed. Morale is saved. Vows are preserved. Panties are all accounted for, and no condom get misplaced... Imagine. Something might have happened!

sixstringshowcase I dunno why people are bashing this flick. It's full of Farrelly Brother humor that is on-par with their best films. The premise allows all the characters to run the table. It's full of real-life comparisons that are hilarious as well as some exaggerations that hit the bulls- eye. It's not "On The Waterfront", but it wasn't intended to be. I guess I am biased because I've never watched a "bad" Farrelly Brothers movie. Sudekis and Wilson are awesome!

Tss5078 Thanks to this film, the term, "Hall Pass", became part of the modern urban vernacular, and while the term was a big success, the movie was not. For some reason, Hollywood film makers continue to think that Owen Wilson is funny, and maybe he is, but personally, I don't see it. I usually just wind up feeling sorry for whatever loser character he's portraying. In this film, Wilson and Jason Sudeikis play two guys who have been married awhile, and are starting to get bored. After seeing mutual friends of theirs divorce, the couples worry that they're headed down the same path. Thanks to some friendly advice from Joy Behar, the wives decide that the men should get a week off from marriage to do what they want, and the rest of the film, follows their antics in trying to pick up women after being out of the game for such a long time. The premise of the film isn't terrible and usually, Jason Sudeikis is pretty funny, but Hall Pass falls flat on it's face. This is supposed to be a comedy, so why does it take nearly an hour for the story to get to the point? By the time the guys are shopping for dates, I was bored and pretty much done with this film. In the second hour, the film does get a little better, but not nearly enough. Owen Wilson and Jason Sudeikis are just two very different types of comedic actors and their styles didn't mesh well at all. If anything their antics together were more stupid than funny, and if there's one thing I can't stand when it comes to comedy, it's stupidity that leads nowhere. It was a good idea, but the writing wasn't very good, the actors didn't mesh, and the situations just weren't that extreme or funny. Hall Pass is just another forgettable film that fails to live up to expectations.

Python Hyena Hall Pass (2011): Dir: Bobby Farrelly, Peter Farrelly / Cast: Owen Wilson, Jason Sudeikis, Jenna Fischer, Christina Applegate, Richard Jenkins: On the surface it regards revisiting singlehood but what it really appeals is our need of forgiveness. It stars Owen Wilson and Jason Sudeikis who are both married but extremely lustful when it comes to other women. After an embarrassing house party, their wives give them both a hall pass, which allows them to do as they wish outside the boundaries of marriage. This leads to many hilarious moments as both males repeatedly strike out with various women. We all know where this is headed as well as the reality that even the wives are straying. This is not among the Farrelly brothers best films, which includes Kingpin and There's Something About Mary but it does address a serious issue when it comes to marriage. Wilson and Sudeikis are hilarious in their pursuits that often land them in trouble. Wilson strikes up a connection with a beauty at the local coffee shop, and Sudeikis winds up in a hotel room with a woman who ends up throwing up from the wrong end. Jenna Fischer plays Wilson's wife who is being charmed by an older male from a local baseball team. Christina Applegate plays Sudeikis's wife who becomes the desire from a younger male. Richard Jenkins steals scenes as a lewd friend of the lead characters and was involved in the wedding of the Wilson and Fischer characters. He is also an expert of picking a woman's flaws. It asks all the right questions regarding marriage and infidelity while also factoring in age and maturity. Viewers should allow this film a hall pass into their viewing list. Score: 8 / 10