Central Intelligence
Bullied as a teen for being overweight, Bob Stone (Dwayne Johnson) shows up to his high school reunion looking fit and muscular. Claiming to be on a top-secret case, he enlists the help of the former “big man on campus” Calvin Joyner (Kevin Hart), now an accountant who misses his glory days.
9 February 1975, San Francisco, California, USA
30 September 1992, Beverly, Massachusetts, USA
24 March 1992, Hartford, Connecticut, USA
16 June 1988, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
26 August 1970, Plainfield, Illinois, USA
27 September 1965, New York City, New York, USA
6 July 1979, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
27 August 1979, Emmett, Idaho, USA
January 02, 2017
The leads have chemistry, but there's only so far they can elevate such obvious material.
June 24, 2016
Doesn't have much going for it beyond its leading men, the leading men just might be worth the price of admission.
June 17, 2016
Central Intelligence won't blow you out of the theater, but you might be surprised at how well it works - how genuinely funny it is - given the familiarity of this concept.
December 31, 2016
If you are suffering from The Brexit Blues, then watching a tiny comic repeatedly clocking a hulking muscle man around the chops could be just what the doctor ordered.
April 12, 2017
Overall, Central Intelligence isn't 48 Hours... However, if you enjoy Hart's stand-up comedy, and his other numerous flicks, then you'll probably enjoy this one as well.
June 27, 2016
The window-smashing and car-crashing offer some giddy surprises, but the ridiculous yet bland gunplay is as generic as the setup.
June 23, 2016
No one can steal the show from Johnson and Hart. Their dual rhythms, alternately laid back and hyperactive, end up in a glorious and ridiculous kind of syncopation, unicornlike in its rarity and oddness.
January 08, 2017
The line between endearing and over-extended is razor thin.
December 04, 2016
A delight for the solitary reason that Hart and Johnson make it so.
June 17, 2016
The film has a firm grasp of Johnson's appeal as a leading man: He is Hollywood's most imposing ray of sunshine.
December 26, 2016
The enormous Dwayne Johnson teams up with the diminutive Kevin Hart for a very funny mismatched-buddy comedy that blends comic action with a strong anti-bullying message.
June 22, 2016
With its canned, predictable action sequences and mirthless attempts at humor, it displays an ineptitude that is frankly shocking considering the talent involved.
