By Nicholas James Miller

If there’s one thing I’m certain I always will be, it is an extreme cheapskate. Now, I almost never am willing to pay the ten dollars required to see a new movie on opening night, but there are instances where I am so incredibly excited to see a new film that I will go against everything I stand for because I am looking forward to a movie too much. This instance, I saw the trailer for Will Ferrell and Kevin Hart’s latest project, and I knew I absolutely had to see it. If there’s anything I can say about this movie, it’s that I was anything but disappointed. 

The premise of the film is that Will Ferrell, playing a white-collar high roller working for a large Los Angeles firm, is framed for tax fraud, which causes him to face a ten year sentence in a maximum security prison. With only 30 days to prepare and get his affairs in order, he goes under the wing of Kevin Hart’s character, who pretends to be a past convicted felon in exchange for the $30,000 he needs to put a down payment on a new house in a nicer neighborhood. Over the course of the film, Kevin Hart teaches Will Ferrell how to “Get Hard” and survive on the inside, although the sinister person who framed Will Ferrell is someone whom he would never expect.

The cinematography is very well done. As a film student myself, I started noticing new tricks and techniques that I’ve even started experimenting with myself. It’s interesting how different movies look when you become used to creating them yourself. This film was the directional debut of the director, Ethan Cohen. As someone just getting his foot in the industry’s door, I was nothing less than very impressed. The premise is funny, the jokes are gold, the whole film had me on the edge of my seat, the theater echoed with roof-shaking laughter. For anyone who is looking for a good bit of hilarity in their week, I will say this is by far the funniest movie I’ve seen in years. Definitely check it out.