Get Hard

Warner Bros. | Release Date: March 27, 2015

4.3	USER SCORE Mixed or average reviews based on 232 Ratings

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ThegodfathersonMar 27, 2015

Get Hard tries to be a over the top, racist, profane and vulgar comedy. But the laughs are overused, and add no spice to the aging theme. The story plays out with James King (Will Ferrell) who gets convicted of a felony he never committed,Get Hard tries to be a over the top, racist, profane and vulgar comedy. But the laughs are overused, and add no spice to the aging theme. The story plays out with James King (Will Ferrell) who gets convicted of a felony he never committed, and he gets sentenced to 5 years in a maximum security prison in San Quentin. James uses the help of his car washer, Darnell Lewis (Kevin Hart) to teach him the basics of prison, and how he can survive in the godforsaken place. But, Darnell never went to prison! Get Hard uses James to use his racist stereotypes against Lewis to make it funny. Sure, Kevin Hart does his best, and gives us some belly laughs, but Will Ferrell's racist, rich and totally bonkers, James King is one of the worst things about Get Hard. The pair do well together, even against the badly written script, the mediocre direction and the bland story, to create a funny movie. I appreciate the ways Get Hard takes you under the "hood" of prisons, and tells you about rape, and assaults in prison from a funny perspective. And, T.I gives a good performance as a Crenshaw Kings boss. All this, could have summed up to a really funny movie, but Get Hard doesn't try enough to get that medal. It's badly written, racist, offensive and gives us the worst Will Ferrell performance in years. But, if you don't get offended easily, Get Hard may be fun for you.… Expand

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skanteaMay 8, 2015

Feels like they just made it up as they went along. Sometimes that works...well, not really, and it doesn't work here either. More proof that Kevin Hart USED to be funny.

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csw12May 3, 2015

An abysmal failure of a film on nearly every level. Scattered minor funny jokes are what saves it from me a zero. The movie left me with a headache and a sickness of what comedies have become today. Absolutely horrible.

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MattBrady99Apr 1, 2015

Just like in my Unfinished Business review as I explained why I watched it and all that stuff...well for this one I checked it out myself just because I had a little interest for this movie and wow talking about a miss fire this movie was.Just like in my Unfinished Business review as I explained why I watched it and all that stuff...well for this one I checked it out myself just because I had a little interest for this movie and wow talking about a miss fire this movie was. This is going to be a short review for this garage movie, why well I haven't got anything else to say about it because why should I go into such much detail for this movie that I will not remember it in a few days time.

The story is about a millionaire faces a prison sentence following a fraud conviction and in order to survive life behind bars, turns to Darnell Lewis to toughen up.

Listen March has been a slow month for me because there are some of the new releases that I haven't checked out yet and yes I pretty much review movies everyday and I do have my breaks time again, but screw it life is short so start reviewing. The title "Get Hard" sounds like a porn video you will come across on PornHub.com, why can't they just called the movie Get tough or something like that, because people are going to take the title not very well and it would be really awkward to shout it out it in public. Anywhere with the other disappointments so far in March that I had interest that turned out to be a big massive f**k you to the auditions and me, and Get Hard can join those titles because this movie sucks.

The jokes in the movie came off sexist and kind of racist and you should know by now that I can't stand those jokes because I can picture in my head that all these people out there are getting hurt by this and stupid humor is unacceptable.

Kevin Hart and Will Ferrell are fine in the movie but I rather like to see them in better movies than this. But overall as I said early on this movie isn't going to be talked about probably never again by some people, but for me your going to this again...in my worst of the year list right next to Unfinished Business.… Expand

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hotfromcauldronMar 30, 2015

I get it. Kevin Hart is laughing all the way to the bank. But I wanna laugh, too. When I shell out 14 bucks.
Get Hard is hard to swallow. (pre-teen titter) No, Get Hard limps across the screen.. (pre-teen titter) Somebody had to find thisI get it. Kevin Hart is laughing all the way to the bank. But I wanna laugh, too. When I shell out 14 bucks.
Get Hard is hard to swallow. (pre-teen titter) No, Get Hard limps across the screen.. (pre-teen titter) Somebody had to find this sketch in the garbage pail of the writer’s room at SNL. But the hits keep coming. Let’s pair Hart with a lame white dude. Josh Gad. Will Ferrell. Who’s next? Justin Bieber. No, wait no he did that this week on Comedy Central. And that was funny!… Expand

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BrianMcCriticJun 30, 2015

Another disappointing comedy. Kevin Hart and Will Ferrell have potential to make a classic instead they made a film obsessed with racial stereo types and prison rape. D

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dyshpoApr 12, 2015

Right at the start it is offensive and not really funny just shocking. Did they make this movie so we would become disgusted with anything Gay or hate anything to do with white men.

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IntroduceApr 7, 2016

This film is set up against a despicable backdrop of
Sexiest
Racist Misogynistic Implications, that make it impossible for a considered human being who may not enjoy holding black people up as strippers, thugs and slaves and whiteThis film is set up against a despicable backdrop of
Sexiest
Racist
Misogynistic
Implications, that make it impossible for a considered human being
who may not enjoy holding black people up as strippers, thugs and slaves
and white people up as rich self interested ignorant ass bankers.
I keep forgetting its 1950....why watch carp people. This movie is
pure Mc Donald's.… Expand

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WJSDec 25, 2015

I wonder if Kevin Hart and Will Ferrell wake up in the morning and say "I'm sure glad I made that puerile piece of **** "Get Hard" and managed to offend everyone who watched it".

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DiogoBrancoJun 29, 2015

Get Hard is supposed to be a comedy, but during the entire movie I laughed about three times. The movie ain´t interesting, and while it brings a creative story it fails on reproducing it. The acting by the main characters, Will Ferrell andGet Hard is supposed to be a comedy, but during the entire movie I laughed about three times. The movie ain´t interesting, and while it brings a creative story it fails on reproducing it. The acting by the main characters, Will Ferrell and Kevin Hart, isn´t bad at all and they do try to makes us laugh but they fail completely.
The storyline is completely predictable, you can see the end from miles away.
Overall it´s not worth it, don´t see this movie unless you see it for free and have nothing better to do, it´s a complete fail.… Expand

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EpicLadySpongeFeb 4, 2016

Why would I want to 'Get Hard' when this movie should 'Get Hard' to try any new ideas for at least once? Come up with at least new ideas when making this movie.

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robertoiglesiasJul 10, 2020

It's just racial and offensive jokes, nothing more than that. It's just a waste of time.

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