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Get Hard is a 2015 American buddy comedy film directed and written by Etan Cohen. The movie stars Will Ferrell, Kevin Hart, Craig T. Nelson, and Alison Brie. Christophe Beck composed the score, while Tim Suhrstedt served as director of photography. Will Ferrell also produced the film through Gary Sanchez Productions, with RatPac Entertainment also credited as a production company.
The film was filmed in New Orleans and has a runtime of 100 minutes. It was released in 2015, with specific dates listed as March 26, March 27, and May 7. Distribution was handled by Warner Bros. Entertainment and Netflix, including video on demand. The production budget was $40,000,000, and the revenue reached $111,800,000. The film is rated R.
Critical reception included a Rotten Tomatoes score of 28%, a Metacritic score of 34/100, and an IMDb rating of 6.0. The film received two nominations total. Keywords associated with the plot include prison, FBI, training, ignorance, securities, and stocks and bonds. The tagline describes the film as "An education in incarceration."
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6.0When millionaire hedge fund manager James is convicted of fraud and sentenced to a stretch in San Quentin, the judge gives him one month to get his affairs in order. Knowing that he won't survive more than a few minutes in prison on his own, James desperately turns to Darnell-- a black businessman who's never even had a parking ticket -- for help. As Darnell puts James through the wringer, both learn that they were wrong about many things, including each other.
Cast
- Will Ferrell as James King
- Kevin Hart as Darnell Lewis
- Alison Brie as Alissa
- Craig T. Nelson as Martin
- T.I. as Russell
- Greg Germann as Peter Penny
Themes
- prison
- fbi
- training
- ignorance
- securities, stocks and bonds
- house arrest
- betrayal
- cultural difference
- gang
- los angeles, california
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Ratings
IMDb
6/10
153,868 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
28%
Metacritic
34/100
- Year
- 2015
- Runtime
- 100 min
- Genres
- Comedy, Crime, Drama
- Rated
- R
- Awards
- 2 nominations total
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- buddy film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Director
- Etan Cohen
- Screenwriter
- Etan Cohen
- Cast member
- Jay Pharoah
- Composer
- Christophe Beck
- Producer
- Will Ferrell
- Production company
- Gary Sanchez Productions
- Cinematographer
- Tim Suhrstedt
- Filming location
- New Orleans
- Duration
- 100
- FilmAffinity ID
- 169447
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Official website
- gethardmovie.com
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- publication date
- 2015-05-07
- title
- Get Hard
- distributed by
- Warner Bros. Entertainment
- social media followers
- 7149
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- review score
- 34/100
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