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One of my all time favorites.

If the ambition is to provide two hours of instantly forgettable, popcorn-munching escapism, it succeeds.

This is a small, humorous movie in some ways, but it has a huge heart. What a nice experience.

Although I seem to have had higher expectations than I thought, the movie is super entertaining.

Fast paced timely action with great comedic moments littered all throughout this gem of a movie.I can't believe some of the low ratings...must be people with absolutely no sense of humor whatsoever....people you'd never invite to a party or any social event.

Am I the only one who has those moments during movies or shows that characters just anger you so much because of their stupidity even when you know and understand that the whole idea of that character is too be stupid and clueless? This is basically the epitome of that sort of story. It's just 2 hours of Fisher and Galafinakis doing exactly what they shouldn't do at all time. Hamm says don't turn around and Zach turns around. Hamm says "duck!" and Zach says "where?" even though there are people chasing them and trying to murder them. I know, this is stupid to get mad at. But It's honestly just infuriating to watch.

This is film is a great example of how a movie with a well-respected director and a well-respected cast can turn out awful due to an incompetent writer. Director Greg Mottola ("Superbad") and actors Zach Galifianakis ("The Hangover"), Isla Fisher ("Wedding Crashers"), Jon Hamm ("Bridesmaids") and Gal Gadot ("Wonder Woman") are all dragged down by writer Michael LeSieur, who had previously dragged down the Russo Brothers, Owen Wilson, Kate Hudson, Matt Dillon, and Michael Douglas in "You, Me, and Dupree."From the very beginning, the film is set to either annoy or put viewers to sleep. The acting is for the most part atrocious. Isla Fisher seems to be the only one who's even trying. When she finds out that her neighbors are spies, her subsequent freak-outs are very convincing, while Galifianakis' subsequent freak-outs are very forced. This unfortunately means two things. 1) Fisher and Galifianakis do NOT have good on screen chemistry, and 2) The fact that Fisher's the only one legitimately freaking out indicates that LeSieur intended for her character to be a female Nicolas Cage. That's pretty insulting to my intelligence, considering that Isla Fisher can actually act and Nicolas Cage can't (at least not anymore). As for Jon Hamm and Gal Gadot, they are beyond wooden. End of story.And the plot? How did this screenplay even get green-lighted? Having the kids on screen but not giving them any dialogue or character development? Making all of the male characters except Jon Hamm low-IQ beta males? Confusing a corset with lingerie and as a result making Isla Fisher's seduction scene much less sexier than it could've been? Having the boss of a major arms company assassinated and then acting like nothing happened? Having another neighbor be a bad guy for no reason? Having Pat Oswalt degrade his resume by playing an arms dealer who's a bad guy because of a parking spot dispute and is not at all funny, when the film is supposed to be a comedy? Throwing in slow- motion romantic moments at the weirdest times possible? This film is a MESS. The only reason I consider it worth seeing and give it two stars instead of one is because Isla Fisher, my favorite actress, is in it, and she's actually trying. If you're not an Isla Fisher fan, SKIP this movie.

Typical suburban husband and wife, Jeff and Karen Gaffney (Zach Galifianakis and Isla Fisher) meet incredible new neighbors Tim and Natalie Jones (Jon Hamm and Gal Gadot). Of course, Tim and Natalie are not the typical suburban couple, because they appear on the movie poster holding guns over the words "License to Kill." Jeff and Karen figure this out a few minutes into the movie.Shootings, car chases, explosions. Action. But no surprises. No tension, no drama. And comedy without humor. It is a comedy, after all, so the lack of humor kind of kills the whole thing.Galifianakis is an idiot through the entire thing. I suppose some people might laugh at idiocy. Fisher goes back and forth. Most of the time, she's an idiot. But occasionally she's not.Hamm and Gadot aren't idiots, but they're neither dramatic nor comedic. They're not given great lines. But, really, they're just not good enough, they don't have enough charisma, to carry a role. To be fair, it looks like the actors have the innate talent. I'd blame the director more than anyone.There's a pointless brief but noticeable pause, when Jeff has made an important discovery that he really must tell someone, but he's not telling anyone, for no particular reason. There are numerous things that sort of happen, but you know can't really have happened, and then immediately you find out that they really didn't happen. There's a scene that has no point to be in the movie except to set up a car chase. That's basically how the whole movie goes. And then they just wrap it up and the movie is over.Three stars because, while it isn't good, it isn't offensively bad. For example, it's infinitely better than Rogue One. At least with this movie, it's supposed to be a comedy, so it's understandable that they don't care so much if things don't make sense, because all they're trying to do is be funny. And it's understandable that they don't care so much about character development, because all they're trying to do is be funny. I mean, the minimum is 1 star for the worst $#1t. This movie gets an additional 1 star for Gal Gadot in lingerie for 15 minutes for no reason except to have Gal Gadot in lingerie (Rogue One doesn't get that star). And 1 more star for being not the worst thing I've ever seen (Rogue One doesn't doesn't get that star either).