Surprisingly funny

Rating: 7/10 (24 March 2012)

Funny movie overall. Realism is thrown out the door early on, and honestly it's a comedy, so who expects much realism. There are some awesome in-jokes for fans of the show, but mostly this is for a different audience (though a lot of jokes are surprisingly connected to the original show, regardless of how different the tones are between the two). My favorite part of this movie is the meta, self-referential jokes throughout, such as not saying the title of the movie at the most cliché moment to do so, and references to unoriginality in ideas, and non-exploding/exploding items, etc. Channing Tatum is also surprisingly good in this movie, plays his character well and humorously alongside Jonah Hill (who I love, though I understand why many may dislike him). Ice Cube and Rob Riggle are also hilarious and the remainder of the cast winds up being very likable throughout.
Very funny and very much worth watching.