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Sure, it’s dumb. The plot’s stale and besides the point. What you want to know about “The Other Guys” is whether or not it’s funny. It is. Considerably, consistently, throughout.

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‘The Other Guys’
Will Ferrell comedies work when you like the character, and this one’s a keeper
***1/2 (out of five)

Detective Hoitz (Mark Wahlberg) wants to be tough and take on real cases. He can’t do that with a square partner like Gamble (Will Ferrell), who prefers to do paperwork around the office and tell everyone to have a great day. When their hero colleagues die and a money trail smells fishy, the two buffoons finally get to do some sniffing.
 
The buzz: “Guys,” which follows this year’s action comedies “Cop Out” and “Date Night,” could be another disastrous collaboration between Ferrell and co-writer Chris Henchy (“Land of the Lost”). Or maybe it’s a winner like some of Ferrell’s other work with director/co-writer Adam McKay (“Anchorman,” “Step Brothers”). Regardless, populating the movie with people like Michael Keaton, Steve Coogan and Eva Mendes is a plus.
 
The verdict: You’re not sick of Ferrell, you’re sick of a particular, different version of Ferrell. With a little moderation in his behavior, he can be brilliant–no one vomits like him–and in “Guys” he makes a likable team with Wahlberg, a savvy comedian who hides absurdity within seriousness instead of the other way around. Movies like “Semi-Pro” are acts of desperation; “The Other Guys” wears its good-natured silliness like a merit badge and delivers a buddy cop movie that’s funnier way more often than it isn’t. The blah plotline and cracks about “Punk’d” and “Grand Theft Auto,” you’ve heard those. The notion of crying pimps and dance moves learned out of sarcasm are fresh bursts of hilarious, endearing stupidity.
 
Did you know? For some reason the end credits deliver quick-moving information about bailouts and Ponzi schemes using graphs that look designed by Morgan Spurlock. Good news for the one guy who sees Will Ferrell movies to learn something.