Hall Pass

Movie: Hall Pass

Genre: comedy

Synopsis: Rick (Owen Wilson) and Fred (Jason Sudeikis) are married to Maggie (Jenna Fischer) and Grace (Christina Applegate), respectively.  The two men are obsessed with sex.  Specifically, they cannot stop fantasizing about having sex with everyone from the babysitter to the coffee barista to just about any female they see.  Finally the women have had enough.  They offer their husbands a one-week “hall pass”: a week when the wives take the kids out of town and the men can behave as if they are not married.  They can do whatever they want – with impunity.  The two men learn that they are not the smooth operators they seemed to think they would be.  Meantime, both of the wives end up having a bit of fun during the week.

My two cents: An interesting premise.  A lot of laughs.  Personally, I found the raunchiness of some of the situations to be a bit over the top.  That said, I really enjoyed seeing Jenna Fischer outside “The Office” – although I found it a bit of a stretch to view her as a middle-aged mother who has lost her physical appeal.  An interesting bit of casting had Richard Jenkins as a kind of sexual guru.

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