If the mismatched-buddy cop movie seems egregiously overdone, the idea of a parody of that genre would seem especially needless, which is what makes "The Other Guys" such a wonderful surprise.
On paper, this could have been painfully lame. Will Ferrell is doing a variation on his tried-and-true film persona: the overly earnest guy who is totally confident and oblivious to his buffoonery. Mark Wahlberg, meanwhile, is playing with his screen image as a tough guy and a hothead, doing a version of his Oscar-nominated role in "The Departed." And the joke you see in the TV commercials, Ferrell blasting Little River Band's mellow '70s hit …
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