Central Intelligence
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Calvin Joyner, a mild-mannered accountant whose high school glory days are long behind him, reconnects with an awkward pal from high school through Facebook. After meeting up, Calvin’s mundane life takes an unexpectedly thrilling turn when he's thrust into the world of international espionage.
What critics thought
Hart and Johnson's genuine comic chemistry is the main reason to watch, but critics were divided over whether that chemistry is enough to carry a plot most found lazy and underwritten. Audiences embraced it far more warmly than professional critics did, suggesting it plays better as disposable summer entertainment than as a film anyone would defend seriously.
“If you're expecting the story threads to cohere, you're in the wrong multiplex. Central Intelligence always takes the lazy way out. You go along for the ride because Hart and Johnson promise something they can't deliver: a movie as funny as they are.”
Peter Travers·Rolling Stone
“In spots as indifferent and self-indulgent as any latter-day Adam Sandler production ... , [Intelligence] switches back and forth from snail-paced to incoherently over-stuffed on a moment's notice, with no in-between mode.”
Ignatiy Vishnevetsky·The A.V. Club
“It all adds up to the sort of breezy, undemanding comedy that fits nicely into the summer months, and plays beautifully in endless cable repeats.”
Uproxx
Genres
Action, Comedy
Cast & Crew
Rawson Marshall ThurberDirector
Dwayne JohnsonBob Stone
Kevin HartCalvin Joyner
Amy RyanPamela Harris
Danielle NicoletMaggie
Jason BatemanTrevor
Aaron PaulPhil
Ryan HansenSteve
Tim GriffinAgent Stan Mitchell
Timothy John SmithAgent Nick Cooper
Dylan BoyackTrevor - 17 Years Old
Thomas KretschmannThe Buyer
Ludwig GöranssonComposer
Theodore ShapiroComposer
David StassenWriter
Ike BarinholtzWriter
Barry PetersonCinematographyFrom the studio
Central Intelligence
Calvin Joyner, a mild-mannered accountant whose high school glory days are long behind him, reconnects with an awkward pal from high school through Facebook. After meeting up, Calvin’s mundane life takes an unexpectedly thrilling turn when he's thrust into the world of international espionage.
What critics thought
Hart and Johnson's genuine comic chemistry is the main reason to watch, but critics were divided over whether that chemistry is enough to carry a plot most found lazy and underwritten. Audiences embraced it far more warmly than professional critics did, suggesting it plays better as disposable summer entertainment than as a film anyone would defend seriously.
“If you're expecting the story threads to cohere, you're in the wrong multiplex. Central Intelligence always takes the lazy way out. You go along for the ride because Hart and Johnson promise something they can't deliver: a movie as funny as they are.”
Peter Travers·Rolling Stone
“In spots as indifferent and self-indulgent as any latter-day Adam Sandler production ... , [Intelligence] switches back and forth from snail-paced to incoherently over-stuffed on a moment's notice, with no in-between mode.”
Ignatiy Vishnevetsky·The A.V. Club
“It all adds up to the sort of breezy, undemanding comedy that fits nicely into the summer months, and plays beautifully in endless cable repeats.”
Uproxx
Genres
Action, Comedy
Cast & Crew
Rawson Marshall ThurberDirectorDwayne JohnsonBob StoneKevin HartCalvin JoynerAmy RyanPamela HarrisDanielle NicoletMaggieJason BatemanTrevorAaron PaulPhilRyan HansenSteveTim GriffinAgent Stan MitchellTimothy John SmithAgent Nick CooperDylan BoyackTrevor - 17 Years OldThomas KretschmannThe BuyerLudwig GöranssonComposerTheodore ShapiroComposerDavid StassenWriterIke BarinholtzWriterBarry PetersonCinematographyFrom the studio
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