Hall Pass

Those zany Farrelly brothers, Bobby and Peter (There's Something About Mary), have teamed up with screenwriters Pete Jones (Outing Riley) and Kevin Barnett (The Heartbreak Kid) with a film that is so ordinary, it makes Katherine Heigl's films look tolerable.
Married guys (not to themselves) Rick (Owen Wilson - The Darjeeling Limited) and Fred (Jason Sudeikis - Going the Distance), don't have the best relationship with their respective wives Maggie (Jenna Fischer - The Office) and Grace (Christina Applegate - Going the Distance). Upon getting advice from Joy from The View, Maggie and Grace give their husbands a hall pass - a week off from marriage to do whatever they want (i.e. have sex with other women) hoping that it will make their marriages better.
But, the boys aren't too good with the ladies anymore and day after day goes past and nothing happens. They do spend time with fellow pals some dude, other dude and some other dude played by Stephen Merchant (Extras).
Owen likes Aussie barista Leigh (Nicky Whelan - Halloween II) and spends most of the week trying to chat her up. Leigh has a bad tan.
While the boys are off doing nothing, it's the girls, armed with more layers of fake tan, who strike it lucky and get caught up with a softball team. Not a whole softball team, that would be porn.
Fun ensues. No, actually, it doesn't.
Did I mention the fake tan? It's one thing to make fun of a character who is wearing way too much fake tan as a part of their character but don't layer it on your main character and expect me not to laugh. Jenna, run away, honey, run away and exfoliate quick smart.
After a year of really shit films, this is probably the shittest. The script was crap, it was like they were trying to write a gross-out comedy but keep it rated PG in parts. It was unfunny. Owen Wilson used to be soooooo good in those Wes Anderson films - why the hell is he doing shit like this?
The only thing shittier was the shit photoshop used to do photos of Wilson and Fischer. SHIT.
I have no idea what audience they had in mind when they filmed this, married men between the ages of 40 and 41 who have no sense of humour, and who like women who look like John Boehner? Small demographic.
And Marketing People - please stop airbrushing people in your posters. We know what they really look like.
Things I learnt: I have yet to learn when to walk out of a movie.
Ugh.
One out of ten - it could have had Katherine Heigl.