Hall Pass

Plot synopsis:
Rick (Owen Wilson) and Fred (Jason Sudeikis) are best friends, as are their wives, Maggie (Jenna Fischer) and Grace (Christina Applegate). They are both unhappy with their married lives and missing the old days when they were single. Realizing this, their wives talk to their friend Dr. Lucy (Joy Behar) and decide to give them a "Hall Pass": a week off from marriage during which they can have sex with other women. They are skeptical at first, but ultimately accept the offers and try to pick up women with their friends Gary (Stephen Merchant), Flats (J. B. Smoove) and Hog Head (Larry Joe Campbell). Maggie and Grace spend Rick and Fred's "Hall Pass Week" at Maggie's parents' house in Cape Cod, where Grace flirts with athlete Gerry (Tyler Hoechlin). She says that if their husbands have Hall Passes, so should they.
With their wives and children away, Fred and Rick check in at a hotel and prepare for their Hall Pass Week. On day one, they decide to eat before going to a local bar and get too tired to spend the night there, preferring to stay at the hotel.
On day two, they eat hash brownies and decide to play golf, but get too high and wreak havoc on the golf course.
On day three, Rick and Fred go to a bar with their friends but fail to impress the women there. They decide to get drunk in order to become more loose, but go too far and wind up getting into a fight with other customers. They spend day four at the hotel suffering from a hangover.
On day five, Rick goes to a local coffee shop where he flirts with an attractive waitress named Leigh (Nicky Whelan), much to the annoyance of her co-worker Brent who insults Rick. When Rick answers him back, Leigh is impressed and tells Rick that they might see each other at the local gym. They later meet there, and Leigh invites Rick for a beer after they work out. Rick decides to sit in the hot tub instead, but falls asleep and stays there for several hours, ending up with his muscles too weak to use and forced to accept the help of two naked men to leave - much to his dismay. Meanwhile, Grace and Gerry get closer, while Maggie finds herself attracted to Gerry's coach.
On day six, Rick and Fred go to a bar called Enter the Dragon with their friend Coakley (Richard Jenkins), where Rick meets his children's babysitter Paige (Alexandra Daddario), who has just turned 21 and is with her aunt Meg. Paige is attracted to Rick, but he shoots her down to dance with Leigh. Brent, the party's DJ, is angry at this. After the party is over, Rick goes to party at Coakley's while Fred takes a girl to his hotel room. However, she feels sick, and after a minor incident in the bathroom, is sent back home by Fred before they can have sex. Later that evening, Paige's aunt shows up at the room and mistakes Fred for Rick, eventually seducing him. Fred begins to fake oral sex on Meg.
Meanwhile, Gerry's coach tries to seduce Maggie, but she rebuffs him. Grace, on the other hand, has sex with Gerry, but tells him it will be just that one time. On her way back home, she feels guilty about cheating on Fred and has a car accident.
At Coakley's house, Rick is approached by Brent, who is angry at Rick for going out with Leigh. Leigh calms Brent, then finds Rick alone in a bedroom and offers him a one-time fling. He initially wants to do it, but ultimately rebuffs her, unable to cheat on Maggie. After answering Fred's phone, Rick learns of Grace's accident and makes his way to the hotel to tell him. In the lobby he finds Paige, who thinks he was having sex with Meg. They enter the room and find Fred having fake sex with her. After finding out the truth, Meg kicks Fred in the face.
Upon hearing about Grace's accident, Fred tries to go to the hospital but finds Brent vandalizing what he thought was Rick's car. Upon seeing Meg, his mother, at the hotel, Brent thinks Fred has had sex with her and tries to kill him as well, but runs out of bullets and is tackled by Paige and Meg. Rick and Fred make their way to the hospital with Brent and the police chasing them. At the hospital, Brent is arrested for attacking them and Fred finds out Grace only broke her nose.
Rick goes back home to Maggie. He tells her he did not use the Hall Pass and remembers the time he lost his virginity to her. She is the only woman he has ever been with. Moved by his declaration, Maggie tells him she did not use her Hall Pass either, and they reconcile and have sex for the first time in months.
Fred and Grace also reconcile and decide to hide their cheating from one another. However, Fred ultimately confesses that he used his Hall Pass with Meg when Grace asks him to take her to see Kathy Griffin.
During the credits, Fred hosts a barbecue where he pays Kathy Griffin to be present. Noticing how happy Maggie and Grace are following the Hall Pass week, Gary's wife suggests that she give him a Hall Pass. After a fantasy where he sleeps with a married woman, resulting in the death of her, her husband, her grandmother and several innocent bystanders (and ending with him getting raped in prison), Gary agrees to "give it a whirl".

Tags: comedy, entertaining

Review:
I wish I had not watched the movie because I will never get the time I spent watching this garbage back and should sue the idiot directors This is a non stop penis joke and awkwardly explicit male nudity type of movie that fails to deliver anything original tries to force its jokes to happen.This movie is pretty much for females and bi/gay males as with many comedy that have been coming out in the last decade and a half.
The wives take note of this behavior and after a lengthy dialogue with a minor character literally detailing the title of the film, they pave the way for a wild week of orgies and freedom by issuing their husbands a "hall pass" a.k.a. a week free from marriage in which they can sow their wild oats.
This is about two guys who tend to not try and hide the fact that they notice a lot of women and their wives grow tired of it, so they take the advice of an older friend and give their husbands a 'hall pass' from marriage.
I have to say that the absurd version of the perfect suburban family led by the characters Ed and Britney made me to have some laughs, something which is also a merit of the competent performances from Rob Moran and Lauren Bowles; and I also liked the character of the classic old-young man, which is well interpreted by Richard Jenkins.I think it would have been more interesting to see an interpretation of the story told by Hall Pass made with the style of films like Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice or An Unmarried Woman, but well, I guess that the political correction has became more important for the Farrelly bros.
At least, Owen Wilson and Jason Sudeikis managed to take the maximum advantage out of the mediocre screenplay by bringing good performances, something which also applies to Jenna Fischer and Christina Applegate as their characters' wives.
There are better R-rated comedies out there, but this still is a respectable one with lots of funny and dramatic moments.This film is about two friends who are given hall passes from their wives.
I think Jason Sudekis will be a big comedy star because he had some really funny moments.Overall, Hall Pass is another good entry in the R-rated comedy category of which 2011 was famous for.
It's been four years since The Farrelly Brothers' forgettable remake of The Heartbreak Kid had it's brief run in the theaters, now we have a much funnier film called Hall Pass about Rick (Wilson) and Fred (Sudeikis) who are given a week off from marriage from their wives Maggie (Fischer) and Grace (Applegate).
Too bad he didn't replace Sudeikis in the film so I could laugh more and give this film a higher rating, but oh well.The big problem with this film is not that not all the jokes are funny, that the drama element at the ends sort of ruins the outrageous comedy film the movie had going, but the fact that it's February and a movie like this is coming out.
You can't always get what you want, but in Hall Pass it delivers most of what you would want in an outrageous comedy.Starring: Owen Wilson, Jason Sudeikis, Jenna Fischer, Christina Applegate, and LArry Joe Campbell.
Hall Pass is a silly movie for all those guys who wished they could still fool around when married, all the while thinking it's their wife's fault.It's funny, it has ridiculous ideas that it pulls off by sheer force, and it will go at some length of ridicule to extract a laugh from its audience.
Just don't tell the Farrelly Brothers that, because such things are their bread and butter and they've slathered it up again for "Hall Pass."Two best buds, Rick (Owen Wilson) and Fred (SNL's Jason Sudeikis), have lust and female anatomy on the brain, like all men stuck in good but stale marriages, and their wives (Jenna Fischer and Christina Applegate) have gotten tired of it.
Those moments feel disjointed and these pivotal jokes don't pack the punch they used to back in the days of "There's Something About Mary." Comedy evolves faster than cell phones these days and the Farrellys have only proved they can't exactly keep up.Among the few things they understand perfectly is middle aged men trying to act cool; kudos to Owen Wilson for breaking his "free-spirited sexual hippie and/or moron" type casting and pulling off the awkward family man with zero sense of style or any semblance of "game." He and Sudeikis in their tucked-in Hawaiian shirts among other things successfully prove the Farrellys' hypothesis that 40-year-old married men suffer nothing short of de- masculinization after 15-20 years of marriage.
Instead, their thought process says "ok, we just have to go bigger and dirtier next time." I'd like to give them credit for sticking to their guns and doing what they know, but it taints "Hall Pass," which might have otherwise been a fairly (Farrelly?) decent movie.Honestly, the Farrellys, being about that age themselves, have an intuitive understanding of middle-aged guys and this makes the pathetic escapades of Rick and Fred appear to have some actual intention.
Their "failures" coupled with the Farrelly's "Law and Order" inspired title cards for each day of the hall pass make for the funniest parts of the movie and give it a vague sense of depth, but they can hardly outshine a slow beginning, forced antics and tired shock humor.~Steven CVisit my site http://moviemusereviews.com.
Lots of gross out raunchy humour thanks to the Farrelly brothers.The plot is nothing remarkable, predictable even but honestly that's not what I'm watching a movie like this for; following two best buds (Owen Wilson & Jason Sudeikis) who are granted permission to take a week off of marriage, only to realize that the reality of single life is not as appealing as they remember after bumbling in their efforts to "charm" women.A couple of scenes that I really laughed at were the girl "sneezing" into the bathtub and the gym-hot-tub-penis scene.
Owen Wilson was at his best just making the film funny as hell the cloths definitely didn't match him but it just made you think that he's definitely been out of the game the movie was great The movie was way better than expected i definitely wanted to punch Owen Wilson for doing what he does but i would love to be in his position when he did something really stupid .
But for best friends Rick (Owen Wilson) and Fred (Jason Sudeikis), having a six day pass in their hands as given by their wives Maggie (Jenna Fischer) and Grace (Christina Applegate) respectively means a window of so many opportunities being opened, one doesn't know where to start, as the days zip by one by one in episodic fashion that counts down the type of shenanigans the guys get themselves into.
being toothless, domesticated predators thrown into the wild to seek out easy prey ripe for the picking.As an adult oriented comedy, expect the usual bag of jokes that stem from rude lines of dialogue (insulting an uppity mutual friend and his family got brownie points), plenty of bodily fluids released on screen (you will never forget that scene with the girl at the edge of the bathtub), enough body parts on display including male genitalia, and sometimes plain slapstick action, but don't judge me when I say I enjoyed almost every single joke that made it through, right up until the end of the credits - so don't leave your seat just yet when the credits start to roll.But those looking for a raunchy good time as the Farrelly's are known for, may find this film a wee bit disappointing, as much as how one character lamented that in a group gathering that they aren't seeing enough woman action since they're but a bunch of dudes getting together talking about geeky stuff.
You may think that a Hall Pass means a guy given the permission to do as he pleases, but the truth is that it works both ways as well, with the wives also enjoying some time off with some jocks, and this forms the other half of the equation in the film, which actually has a lot more provocative issues thrown into the works that make the men's shenanigans look like child's play.It's a very different Owen Wilson role here, as his usual characters usually have him in a cavalier sort of demeanour and being the chief jokester.
The trailers may be misleading and it may not live up to their best films but it's a decent comedy flick with enough good laughs to please most Farrelly fans.The film stars Owen Wilson (who's past his prime as well) and Jason Sudeikis (of 'SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE' fame) as two married men who are given a week pass to pretend like their not married and sleep with as many girls as they want.
It's not quite as hilarious as the films from the Farrelly Brother's glory days but it's still a pretty funny and effective comedy.Watch our review show 'MOVIE TALK' at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j95Zjdlcbe0.
The movie starts great, it's extremely sweet in it's first 30 minutes, then it goes from nice to average when all we see is these guys suffering misery while their wives are enjoying the good life, suddenly, the movie just chicken's out in the end and gives a glorious HORRIBLE ENDING.The movie fails MISERABLY in the end, because, the whole premise of the movie is to take the sex lightly, sex has nothing to do with true love and should't matter, but then, the Farrelly's throw away the whole concept for a typical romantic comedy with the gold old values of "marriage is everything".Please, GIVE ME A BREAK, If I go see a movie about a hall pass, I expect at least these guys to get some fun, not that they suffer through the whole movie to then mysteriously find that they love their wives and they had been wrong from the start.Sex drive is in each one of us, it doesn't go away because of love, nor does the desire to be with other girls/guys, no matter how in love we are and is not BAD because it's part of human nature, again, the movie "A good old fashioned orgy" get it right in all it's points while this miserable movie get it all wrong.I do love my wife and I do not think that having desire for other women destroys my marriage and I do think the Farrelly's only seem to be open minded when in the end, they are just seriously stuck on in the last century.The last 10 minutes are not loving, they are horrible and painful.So, if we man desire other women is because we didn't found out that our wives are the best, utterly awesome beings of light that never fails at anything and we should have eyes for her and only for her for the rest of our lives?
I do love my wife but i'm human, realistic love is much more fun and light hearted than this piece of garbage is trying to sell us, but, as always, Hollywood has a tendency to give sermons about morality and concepts like we don't have neurons in our brains.I totally hate movies that pretend to give us fun and in the end, they try to indoctrinate us to the "real moral values" that a good society should had.Shame on you Farrelly's brothers!4 out of 10..
Two wives, Maggie(Jenna Fischer) and Grace(Christina Applegate) are annoyed when there husbands Rick(Owen Wilson) and Fred(Jason Sudeikies) constantly look at other women, and feel they miss the single life, and sleeping with other women.
But the slow pace and forced tender moments had us both wondering aloud if this movie wasn't secretly produced or directed by Nora Ephron.A half-baked plot, an unconvincing performance by Owen Wilson and shock humor that felt way too forced all made us kind of regret wasting time on the couch..
Wow after i watched The Hangover i thought wow this is a good comedy after watching Hot Tube Time Machine i thought wow nothings going to beat this and now HALL PASS has done it it's hilarious funny from start to finish even the credits is funny as hell and Owen Wilson has not lost his funny bone if anything his funniest has improved great movie great cast and Excellent movie but it is a good movie and everyone should watch it very funny.
Now, and I say this again, you may find some repulsive moments, but if you take this film at face value, it's all about having a few laughs, which you will find as you go along.As with most comedies these days, wait for about 30 seconds once the end credits roll up for one last but ultra hilarious scene, thanks to Stephen Merchant; the only British character in the movie.
I watched this movie with some beforehand impressions because I had read some lukewarm reviews, so the movie wasn't looking too good from the very beginning.The story in "Hall Pass" is very nice, in my opinion, because it deals with friendships, middle age and the trouble that comes with it, and men's stupidity in general.
(Mind you, I am a man myself!) However, the concept of getting time off from your marriage to do whatever you like, seemed a bit too far out there in my opinion!Being a comedy, I found myself laughing only two or three times throughout the movie, so to me it wasn't particularly funny.
Hall Pass (2011) ** 1/2 (out of 4) A couple married men (Owen Wilson, Jason Sudeikis) annoy their wives (Jenna Fisher, Christina Applegate) due to their obsession with sex so the wives agree to let the husbands have a hall pass, which means they can break their marriage for a week and do whatever they want with any woman.
The guys go to the gym, clubbing and for a 'massage' and are embarrassed and publicly humiliated at every turn.Hall Pass is one of those films where there are 5 or 6 primary characters, and for the week in question it seems that every time Rick or Fred do something silly or potentially embarrassing – which being in a Farrelly film means every seven minutes or so – those same characters are there just in time to witness it and be suitably appalled.Meanwhile the wives have departed for the week to give the guys their space, but they aren't spending the week doing crosswords and drinking tea I laughed out loud twice during Hall Pass, once at the delivery of the word "Clones" (you'll have to watch the film for the context) and once when a peripheral character played by Stephen Merchant gets his own fantasy sequence during the credits.That's not to say they didn't try to wring every single chuckle from the premise, it's just most of them were contrived or didn't work so well.
owen Wilson isn't a comedian, he gives the same stupid look every time he "tries" to be funny...Jason Sudeikis can play the role well, however with this screen play this movie is more like a pathetic love story not a comedy.
"Hall Pass" is not thoughtful, but they did take that premise and turn it into something that is funny, heartfelt and almost meaningful.The movie mostly succeeded because the men, Owen Wilson and Jason Sudeikis, were not just sex-obsessed, but also considerate and loving fathers and husbands, or at least Owen Wilson was.
This film is about two sexually frustrated married men getting a week ff their marriage to do whatever they want to do.It's a Farrelly brothers movie, so I expected "Hall Pass" to have loads of crude sexual humour that is outrageously funny.
However, in hindsight it could be argued that the American duo, now both in their late-fifties, have only ever made three great movies: Dumb & Dumber, Kingpin, and There's Something About Mary, and that everything that followed has been a shameful exercise in film-making, and a sad display of two men feebly trying to recapture some magic by repeating their tired and worn tricks.Hall Pass is the latest in a decade's worth of misguided blunders, and essentially encapsulates everything that is wrong with a Farrelly Brothers film, and a comedic style that became outdated in 2000 alongside the release of Me, Myself and Irene.Owen Wilson plays Rick, a frustratingly bland business drone who is granted a week to essentially seduce someone who isn't his wife Maggie (Jenna Fischer).
Wilson and Sudeikis play two married men with dreams of sexuality and profanity, and their wives decide to give them a hall pass, letting them do whatever they feel like doing for the whole week, which involves hooking up with other women.
Rick and Fred, two husbands who are having difficulty in their marriages, are given a Hall Pass by their wives: for one week, they can do whatever they want.I admit, I had some sort of "expectation" from this film.
I'm a pretty big fan of the Farrelly Brothers and I loved their other movies (Dumb and Dumber & There's Something About Mary) but I really think Hall Pass beats them both.
"Are you sure Applebee's is the best place to meet hot women?" After Rick's (Wilson) and Fred's (Sudeikis) wives decide the best way to fix their marriages is to give them a "Hall Pass" (a one week break from being married).
The premise of the film isn't terrible and usually, Jason Sudeikis is pretty funny, but Hall Pass falls flat on it's face.
"Hall Pass", the latest movie from the Farrelly brothers starring Owen Wilson (Rick) and Jason Sudeikis (Fred), is a raunchy comedy that serves up "distasteful" humor.
If you thought "Dumb And Dumber" was just plain stupid, then you will probably not enjoy "Hall Pass".The Premise: Two married, middle-aged men, Rick (Wilson) and Fred (Sudeikis) are in loving but sexually-unexciting marriages.
Two middle-aged husbands (Owen Wilson and Jason Sudeikis) are granted "hall passes" from their wives (Jenna Fischer and Christina Applegate) which mean they are permitted one week freedom from parenthood.
Funny movie and very realistic about a couple of men who are married, and their wives invent a hall pass so their men can do whatever they want for a week.