Three friends get more than they bargained for when they hire a low-rent celebrity impersonator to pose as the imaginary buddy who has served as their scapegoat since childhood.
returns to the kind of unapologetically silly comedy he and his brother Bobby parlayed into box office gold in the ‘90s. At least in theory. Efron gets stuck with another slipshod script in, a sad demonstration that what was once considered outrageous, transgressive and anarchic now just seems crass, tired and witless.
It took a team of six writers to come up with the dumb script, and yet only the flimsiest explanation is provided for the fact that no one — not school authorities, cops, parents or current partners — appears to have seriously questioned the existence of this phantom friend or wondered why they’ve never met him.
While the guys have a whole bible of elaborate Stanicky factoids and an Instagram feed to chart the fictitious friend’s movements, they run out of excuses when it comes time for the newborn boychild’s bris, which feels like the ne plus ultra of Farrelly gag set-ups. Seriously, this film has so many penis jokes you feel like you’re being clobbered with them.
In what would probably have been the Jim Carrey role back in the day, the always likeable Cena appears to be having a blast as a big, dopey screw-up who gets an unlikely shot at redemption via his new identity. But even Farrelly’s usual sweet-natured generosity toward his characters can’t sell the contorted way the ruse is inevitably exposed and instantly forgiven. That applies to Dean’s savvy local TV producer partner Erin , as well as to Ted and his prospective merger associates.
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