Movie review by Russell Pinkston

CIA agents and best friends FDR (Chris Pine) and Tuck (Tom Hardy) find out they are both dating the same woman, Lauren Scott (Reese Witherspoon).  At first they decide they will let the other have the girl but then both compete for her affections.  They employ all the tools of the CIA to track and monitor the other’s progress and to twart each other.

Chris Pine (Star Trek, Unstoppable) and Tom Hardy (Warrior, The Dark Knight Rises) are both suave and funny as competing CIA agents.   Reese Witherspoon (Just Like Heaven, Walk the Line) plays the love interest of both men.  She has done this type of character before and proves she is pretty good at carrying a romantic comedy.    Chelsea Handler (E’s Chelsea Lately) stars as Lauren’s best friend and steals every scene she is in.   She is hilarious.  It’s directed by Joseph McGinty Nichol, better known as McG (Charlie’s Angels, We Are Marshall, Terminator: Salvation and tv’s Chuck pilot).

If you have seen the trailer, you won’t really be surprised by the movie.   I think the trailer shows way too much of the story but even despite that fact I really enjoyed this movie (especially because of Chelsea Handler).   It has action, comedy and romance (what every growing boy needs).   And it’s not your typical Valentine’s Day movie.  It’s actually a valentine movie that most guys probably wouldn’t mind being dragged to, unlike The Vow where guys by the end of the movie are gonna be wishing they were dead.  I say See This Movie!  It’s a fun and funny good time for both sexes.