POSITIVES…
Have you ever gone on a trip, ended up having a fun good time with strangers you've just met there, and somehow became friends? This movie is for you.
Comedic plot turns of events that keep you entertained and on your toes, because outrageous things have to happen in this kind of movie.
This is the kind of film that manages to make a humorous running joke about cocaine!
Fake outs. Sometimes you just don't know if it's actually happening or not. I really liked that about this.
There were also some pretty creatively shot set pieces in this movie, and one of them involves a bird pooping.
That week of fun in Mexico montage is just another example of this movie being constantly wanting to make us laugh in an efficient way.
The fox hunt. "So What'cha Want." I love how wacky this can get.
Lil Rey Howery is excellent as Marcus, the straight man to John Cena’s crazy character Ron.
Yvonne Orji is good as Emily, the even straighter woman to Meredith Hagner’s out there of a character Kyla.
Add in Robert Wisdom as the disapproving Father Harold, and you’ve got a comedy cocktail of characters to liven things up.
Carlos Santos as Maurillo is only around during the first ten minutes, but he actually kicks off the type of humor you should be expecting from this, and the lines he had in this I thought were pretty damn funny.
You’ve seen the themes of this movie before, but they are still worthy messages.
NEGATIVES…
You’ve seen this type of comedy before, the odd couple pairing, so it’s not exactly an original fresh thing.
Ron & Kyla might be considered a little too over the top as characters for some people, and you’re going to need to like them to like this.
It's hard not to have a general idea on how the whole thing is going to end.
After 30 minutes, it might feel like you've had more than enough of this, and the rest of the movie honestly doesn’t completely live up to that energetic first act.
Plot conveniences and familiar tropes here and there.
The final act gets a little cringe worthy at times.
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