virag's movie reviews: hall pass (2011)

why, exactly?  as shown in hall pass, the farrelly brothers formula appears to be about nine minutes of comedy per 100 minutes of movie.  this movie was not outrageous, it was just lame.  there were a few funny bits and some excellent work from the great richard jenkins.  the farrelly brothers are not much without matt dillon, chris elliot, jonathan richman and brett faverah.  the troupe of tee vee actors in this film are pretty much weightless on screen; jason sudeikis has proven now that he's the weak link where ever he bobs up.  the problem with film was not the ugly, it was the stupid.  like bad teacher, the requisite nasty worldview required to make this concept funny was totally missing from the film.