Overview
- Peter Farrelly’s buddy comedy began streaming Wednesday on Amazon Prime Video after skipping theaters and advance press screenings.
- The plot follows two marketing executives whose World Cup condom pitch in Brazil sparks a scandal that sends them scrambling to get home.
- Early reaction skews negative, with Rotten Tomatoes showing one positive out of five reviews as critics note thin plotting and gross-out set pieces.
- Reviewers flag cultural stereotyping and sidelined female characters, and several point to a jungle gag involving a vampire fish as emblematic of the film’s tone.
- The film teams Farrelly with Deadpool writers Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick and stars Mark Wahlberg and Paul Walter Hauser, with Sacha Baron Cohen and Benjamin Bratt in support.