Producers Will Ferrell and Adam McKay deliver the goods in this flat-out raunchy comedic romp skillfully driven into the ground by Jeremy Piven with a stellar supporting crew. There's nothing sketchy in the set-ups or the incessant punch lines, just classic cult laughs to waste the night away. Grade: B.  

The new remake of 'The Day the Earth Stood Still' makes the best case possible for why good actors are better served by television than movies these days. Sure, there is a cluster of genuine movie stars who are also fine actors in their prime and able to headline in big, important films with well-written, complex characters. But many serious actors are now better served in a good TV drama, especially the kind of edgy, provocative material finding its way to pay and basic cable, and even sometimes to the networks.