Not a strong comedy, but it has some nice ingredients

Rating: 6/10 (3 February 2015)

Well the story sure presents something fresh at the time this movie was released. The story combines the classic element in comedy, mischief, and adding in the newer ingredient of the retarded friend in the character Alan to offset the whole situation. I must say that the comedies are really not that funny. Despite the movie being very much unpredictable, I only find some of the jokes kick in and made laughs. The ones in the police station and the ones with Mike Tyson are really the ones that made me laugh hard. But the movie is still quite a good comedy in overall. Having Bradley Cooper act in a quite crazy of a comedy here is surely a nice touch. It really adds to the acting overall, which is slightly above the standard for me. Zach Galifianakis nicely plays the retard, having most of the comedies originate from. Ed Helms balances the three main characters as the one who tries to sober the other two. Justin Bartha nicely played out his part on the opening part that it feels like his character really is an integral part of the movie, which he really isn't.