jackfulton12 This movie is predictable as hell, but I didn't exactly watch Keeping up the Joneses to be surprised by brilliant twists and turns. One method of comedy is to blatantly set up things in order to pay them off in a silly way, and this did plenty of that. The performances in it by all four leads - Zach Galifanakas, Isla Fischer, Jon Hamm, and Gal Gadot - were fantastic. They were fully committed to the absurdity.

robin-benson A very bland, lightweight spy caper comedy. Like so many movies, of whatever genre, it's not particular good or bad, just bland and I think all the creative folk involved would probably agree though not until its had run of movie house, DVD and TV sales around the world and they've all moved on from this 2016 production.It's a comedy, so maybe a chance for some good one-liners and Galifianakis and Hamm get a few but only a few. I don't think writer Mike LeSieur spent too much time with the script, just enough to deliver a stock, bland story, likewise with the spy caper clichés such as the car chase with baddies on motorbikes with machine guns who, of course, are incapable of killing off the good guys in their car racing around a deserted factory.There's not much else I can say, the photography, sets, sound are all as one would expect from Hollywood professionals and I bet, right now there are two or three similar bland movies being shot for release in 2018 or 2019. Without this sort of mild, inoffensive, easy on the eye product where would the city of the stars be.

cnycitylady 'Keeping up with the Joneses' isn't that hard to keep up with, but it is fun. Not the funniest film ever written, nor is it the most original, but then, it's not trying to be. This movie knows what it is and knows what it's not and plays its hand beautifully. Isla Fisher's character is easily the most interesting while Gal Gadot's is the funniest. The males are dry and uninspired, one too suave and Bond- like while secretly hating his job, the other a bumbling idiot that tries too hard to get laughs from the audience. The screenwriters didn't delve into their vaults for anything of value when penning this script and could have worked a little harder to have the film keep up with you. Nothing here will stay with you forever but there are worse ways to spend an afternoon. 6/10

dissident320 Netflix might be causing me to watch some questionable movies. Seeing the cast of this I figured it would be reasonably funny. I was mostly correct. It has a few quite funny scenes and doesn't become an utter farce.The 4 leads Zach Galifianakis, Isla Fisher, Jon Hamm and Gal Gadot are well-cast and have pretty good chemistry together. I think I most surprised on how restrained Zach's performance is. It was almost as if the director reigned him but despite that he still has a few funny moments.There's much worse comedies out there which is about how high my praise is going to get for this movie. If you're wondering if it's awful, it's not. If you're wondering if it's great, it's not. A fairly dumb plot with good acting and thin character motivations. I don't regret watching it but I won't be revisiting.