Jealous colleagues conspire to get a top London cop transferred to a small town and paired with a witless new partner.

Rating: 8/10 (29 April 2007)

Doesn't sound like a very good movie does it? I promise you that if you see this movie you will laugh.
What might seem like a clichéd, stupid-joke-filled movie really isn't. Why? Because the movie's objective isn't a laugh a minute throwing up because you can't take it any more and this allows the director, writer and actors set up a solid background that actually make you like/hate the characters so when something happens to them further in the movie you actually care.
Don't get me wrong. This movie is very, very funny. And I firmly believe that the majority of this humor comes for the superb acting of nearly everyone involved especially the leads, Simon Pegg and Edgar Wright. Without this timing the often silly and out there behavior and context of the movie would not have worked. But luckily it did and my $5 was worth it.
With great acting and great satire this movie only has one flaw at the end they drag it out too long and they didn't seize the opportunity to characterize the sometimes underused Edgar Wright. But in all reality that is inconsequential to enjoyment of this film.
For more thoughts on this go to http://movies78.blogspot.com/2007/04/hot-fuzz-anti-stupid-comedy.html