John Brooks Let me say this first as it should be the first thing critiqued for a comedy: the humor here is good. This isn't all typical American family mainstream movie humor, there are some really good moments mostly in situational comedy. Just Oedekeker putting himself in the film alone is a hilarious thought but the useless character and attributed scene are just hilariously pointless, and therefor very meaningful to such a comedy. But that's a detail. It's actually got suspense, is strong structurally, and as most Oedekerk motion pictures (ahem...that don't have THUMB in the title...) this has meaning and is very humane. Globally, it's a great coming together of two radically antagonistic leads and, naturally, the characters they play, while the two villain characters that follow their symmetry is a funny concept - it's well written, funny, with a point and whether as a comedy or as a film with its own tension and developments, it's just a good, strong movie.

gwnightscream Martin Lawrence, Tim Robbins, John C. McGinley, Giancarlo Esposito, Kelly Preston and Michael McKean star in this 1997 comedy. Robbins (The Shawshank Redemption) plays mild-mannered executive, Nick who assumes his wife, Ann (Preston) is having an affair. Lawrence (Bad Boys) plays Terrance, a would-be thief who is looking for work. He and Nick cross paths when Terrance tries stealing Nick's car, but Nick decides to kidnap him. Soon, they get into mischief when they decide to steal together. Nick and Terrance become friends in the process and when Nick learns his wife is not cheating on him, he tries to make things right as well as Terrance. McGinley (Wall Street) plays criminal, Davis, Esposito (The Usual Suspects) plays his partner, Charlie and McKean (Coneheads) plays Nick's boss, Phil. This is a good comedy, Lawrence & Robbins are great in this and together. I recommend this.

SnoopyStyle Successful ad exec Nick Beam (Tim Robbins) finds what appears to be his wife Ann (Kelly Preston) having sex with his boss Philip Barlow (Michael McKean). He's in shock and then T-Paul (Martin Lawrence) tries to carjack him. Instead, he kidnaps T-Paul drives him out into the Arizona desert. They decide to join up to rob Nick's boss in revenge for the affair.This boils down to simply whether one finds Martin Lawrence funny or not. He's funny with somebody like Will Smith but I don't find his other stuff that funny. I don't find his antics that funny. I need his partner to be loud enough and big enough to throw it all back at him. His partner should be quick and sharp. Only Will Smith has done it for me.

useless_items I've had this movie in my collection since it was a new release. Any time I watch it, it never fails to make me laugh at least once. Just a little advice though, to get the full potential of the show you have to really pay attention and listen to what they are saying as there is plenty of sarcastic humor in it... Simple little things like the secretary walking into Tims office saying: "D.B wants to see you A.S.A.P", and Tim responding: "I have to go there is an on-slot of initials coming at me" (D B 2 C U A S A P), or when they stop the car to go pee the background music stops, really add to the picture. The funniest part no matter how many times you see it is the dancing, spider, fire scene... (you'll understand when you see it)really is the highlight of the whole show. From the first minute of the show, to the last it is jam packed with laughs. A definite A+ movie