Hall Passes Are For Little Boys!

It's another night with Netflix. On the agenda: Hall Pass. This is probably the most recent film I've seen. Filmed in 2011 and directed by two brothers, Bobby and Peter Farrelly, this movie has well-known actors such as Owen Wilson, Jason Sudeikis, Christina Applegate, and Jenna Fischer. I was pretty stoked to see this because I had heard it was funny and it was getting about that time that I watch a somewhat up-to-date film from my Netflix suggestions. I had watched the trailer of the film when it was coming out and thought it was a clever and quirky idea for a movie. So, here we go, let's see how accurate you were on this one, Netflix!

UGHHhHhh, come onnnnn. Honestly? This movie annoyed the shit out of me. It's all about a couple of male chauvinistic pigs who want hot chicks but could never get one. So, they settle with their wives (who, by the way, are extremely attractive) and are so unsatisfied by married life. Their wives give them a "hall pass" to go and have sexual relations and achieve their sexual fantasies with any female they come across. Funny part about it though, they can't get any girls! Their married lives are so habitual to them that they can't fight it off.

The twist or "catch" of the movie is that while the guys have been given the "hall pass" and are out chasing their "prey," the wives of the men have gone to the Hamptons and found some men of their own. Technically, they are on a "hall pass" too.

Long story short, (spoiler alert) one of the couples cheats on each other and the other relentlessly survives and comes out on top (no pun intended). Overall though, I guess on a more negative note, the plot was O.K. but I couldn't stand the idea behind it. I feel like the director said, "Hey! Let's make a movie that portrays how most guys really are and then make a joke out of it so our female audience will enjoy the film as well!"

Lame, lame, and more lame. I don't know any female, especially one that has a perverted, cheating, or "wandering eyed" husband that would think this movie was at all comical. There were a few funny "lol" parts to it but Jeez, I just wanted to scream at everyone to GROW UP!

Let's face the facts people: If you get married, you are committing to a person for life, that you won't cheat and that you don't want to be with anyone else. If you have any doubt about ANY of those, DON'T GET MARRIED. I'm almost positive that I'm taking this movie WAAAYY to literally but if the plot was just a little more clever, witty, and better directed, hey, it might have been a decent film, besides the motives behind it.

Netflix, YOU SUCK... 1. for suggesting this lame-ass movie, and 2. for raising your monthly rate.