Review of Keeping Up with the Joneses (2016) by Movie M — 16 Jul 2017

The plot and overall idea for "Keeping Up With The Joneses" sounded like it could produce a solid, well-rounded action/comedy, however it was clear that this was an extremely lazy attempt at that, and this was the result.

There were a few scenes that made me laugh a little, but the majority of this movie doesn't really have that great comedy, and the action scenes are okay at best, and even then there were only a few.

This movie missed out a lot on having a little bit more edge to it, everything it did was predictable, and some of the jokes were executed well, however that made the plot extremely choppy in order to accommodate for the jokes, which wasn't a great decision for this movie.

I enjoyed the acting quite a bit in this movie, Zach Galifianakis (Jeff Gaffney) and Isla Fisher (Karen Gaffney) had some edge to them that made some of the scenes more watchable, and I also liked what Jon Hamm (Tim Jones) and Gal Gadot (Nataline Jones) brought to the table, so acting would not have been something I would've changed about this movie; in fact, it was probably one of the main things it had going for it.

In the end, "Keeping Up With The Joneses" is a lazy attempt at a cash-grab comedy that only attempted to get a quick laugh out of audiences, and while the acting is done well, the plot is way too choppy, making this movie definitely not worth watching.