Hot Pursuit (2015)
Rated PG-13
Starring Reese Witherspoon, Sophia Vergara
Directed by Anne Fletcher
The Story:
Officer Cooper (Witherspoon) is a by-the-book cop trying to live up the legend of her father. However she's a little too by-the-book sometimes, and it often comes back to bite her on the backside. When she is selected to escort a couple into witness protection, everything falls apart when the house is attacked by masked assailants who kill just about everyone except Cooper and Daniella (Vergara). Now the two must attempt to make it to safety, but that's going to be difficult when the bad guys and crooked cops are closing in fast. They've got nobody to trust, not even each other.
It's hard to say that this is a comeback vehicle for Witherspoon, because she's never really left the movies.
It is the first time she's done a comedy in a long time though, and it's good to see her back.
However, something just never quite clicks in this movie, whether it's her character or the lack of chemistry between the leads, or the fact that Vergara is simply a really bad actress.
I'm sure her fans of Modern Family will take umbrage with that statement, but since I don't watch that show, this is the first time I've seen her in anything that I can recall, and I am unimpressed.
Oh wait, I've actually seen a few other things that she's been in, where she was a background actress and not carrying half the movie.
Yes. That would explain why she's not that memorable to me, because she is better as a supporting character than a star.
Or maybe if they both would have been given stronger material, my opinion on this movie would be different.
A few laughs, but nothing spectacular to add to the buddy comedy genre.
Final Grade: C
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