Keeping up with the Joneses

Keeping up with the Joneses

Rating 3 out of 10

I went into this movie with the bar set pretty low and somehow it came in far below.  The best I can say about it is the movie is harmless.  The worst I can say is the attempt of a plot is so predictable and slow it almost hurts your head to sit through it. Never been a Zach Galifianakis fan and this movie keeps that streak alive.

Living in a sleepy Atlanta neighborhood Jeff and Karen Gaffney (Zach and the always cute Isla Fisher) live the usual boring suburban life.  Their neighbors across the street sell their house to the new hot and sexy couple Tim and Natalie Jones (Jon Hamm and Gal Gadot) that are too good to be true.

There is a silly story of Jeff working for a Nuclear Science company where he constantly lets other workers use his computer because theirs has no outside internet access.  What could go wrong?  You can't tell if the Joneses are good or bad.  Pretty quick you just don't care.

As I said the movie is mostly harmless.  The Hottie and I were mostly bored.  Fisher and Gadot are entertaining as much as they could be with what they have to work with.  I'd say wait and rent this on if you must.