{"id":14024,"date":"2017-01-19T06:50:01","date_gmt":"2017-01-19T14:50:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/?p=14024"},"modified":"2017-01-19T06:51:02","modified_gmt":"2017-01-19T14:51:02","slug":"review-keepingupwiththejoneses-bd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/2017\/01\/review-keepingupwiththejoneses-bd\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: Keeping Up with the Joneses BD + Screen Caps"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/a>I can\u2019t say I was entirely disappointed in Keeping Up with the Joneses<\/em><\/strong> but for the talent they had, Galifianakis, Hamm and Fisher in particular, the script does them no justice with humor that doesn\u2019t quite land and a thin plot that can\u2019t compensate for the lack of laugh-out-loud jokes.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

Keeping Up with the Joneses<\/span>
\n(2016)<\/span>
\n<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Genre(s): <\/strong>Action, Comedy, Crime, Romance
\nFox | PG13 \u2013 105 min. \u2013 $39.99 | January 17, 2017<\/p>\n

Date Published:<\/strong> 01\/19\/2017 | Author:<\/strong> The Movieman<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
\"\"
\n<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/a><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/a><\/td>\n<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
MOVIE INFO:
\n<\/u>Directed by: <\/strong>Greg Mottola
\nWriter(s): <\/strong>Michael LeSieur (written by)
\nCast: <\/strong>Zach Galifianakis, Jon Hamm, Isla Fisher, Gal Gadot, Patton Oswalt, Kevin Dunn<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
DISC INFO:
\n<\/u>Features: <\/strong>Featurettes, Deleted Scenes, Gallery
\nDigital Copy: <\/strong>Yes
\nFormats Included: <\/strong>Blu-ray, DVD
\nNumber of Discs: <\/strong>2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Audio: <\/strong>English (DTS-HD MA 7.1), French (Dolby Digital 5.1), Spanish (Dolby Digital 5.1)
\nVideo: <\/strong>1080p\/Widescreen 2.40
\nSubtitles: <\/strong>English SDH, French, Spanish
\nDisc Size: <\/strong>NA
\nCodec: <\/strong>MPEG-4 AVC
\nRegion(s): <\/strong>A<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"\"
\n<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
\n

THE MOVIE \u2014 2.75\/5<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n
\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\n

Keeping Up with the Joneses<\/em><\/strong> is an action-comedy-romance where the action is generic, the comedy haphazard and romance thin. This is a movie I had a moderate amount of interest in mainly for the core cast it\u2019s just unfortunate the screenplay didn\u2019t take advantage of the idea and talent.<\/p>\n

The story is set in an idyllic suburb where we meet Jeff and Karen Gaffney (ZACH GALIFIANAKIS, ISLA FISHER) whose kids are off to camp for the summer. Across the street moves in Tim and Natalie Jones (JON HAMM, GAL GADOT) who are absolutely too perfect, specimen of the human race, quite frankly. Karen is immediately suspicious while Jeff is accepting and wants nothing more than form a friendship with Tim.<\/p>\n

<\/a><\/p>\n

As you might already know, the Joneses are not all they seem and in fact are spies working for an undisclosed U.S. agency. They have moved into the neighborhood specifically for Jeff who works human resources for MBI, a research facility. See, someone at the company has been using his computer, as upper levels are locked down, to contact an International arms dealer nicknamed \u201cThe Scorpion\u201d. But of course the Gaffney\u2019s have stepped right in the middle of the operation. In between we get some explosions, excuses getting Gal Gadot and Isla Fisher in PG-13 rated lingerie and a very generic chase\/shootout sequence. Oh, and Kevin Dunn makes a brief appearance as MBI\u2019s head of security.<\/p>\n

And, that\u2019s the exceptionally thin plot.<\/p>\n

This isn\u2019t a bad movie but something I\u2019ve come across more and more over the years: throwaway entertainment. You\u2019re not going to get something that will resonate longer than a few minutes before moving on to the next form of entertainment but at the same time, is good enough to waste 100-minutes. The cast at least were at times fun to watch and you can\u2019t go wrong with the likes of Jon Hamm who is charming as ever and even Zach Galifianakis doesn\u2019t go bonkers while Isla Fisher perhaps is the highlight; and Gal Gadot fits well for her role, one that lacks much character and is there to look hot firing a gun and turning heads.<\/p>\n

<\/a><\/p>\n

Keeping Up with the Joneses<\/em><\/strong> was directed by Greg Mottola (Superbad<\/em>, Paul<\/em>) from a script by Michael LeSieur (You, Me and Dupree<\/em>) and while it\u2019s hardly bad with a basic premise, the laughs are few and far between. If not for the cast, this probably wouldn\u2019t have worked at all and in the end, it\u2019s merely okay, disposable, entertainment.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
\n

SPECIAL FEATURES \u2013 2.0\/5<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n
\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\n

This release comes with a semi-glossy slip cover<\/strong>. Inside is a DVD Copy<\/u><\/strong> and a Digital HD Copy<\/u><\/strong> redemption code.<\/p>\n

Spy Game (11:44; HD)<\/u><\/strong> is your typical making-of featurette with behind-the-scenes footage and cast\/crew interviews. Nothing really special but at least you get to see the cast having fun.<\/p>\n

Deleted Scenes (18:17; HD)<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n