Funny
There are plenty of gages to keep the chuckle fest rolling
Standout!
Ice Cube. You know what your getting but what can I say, the guy knows comedy...also the fight!
Thematic
Believe it or not the movie as a theme represented with solid character development
First let me apologies for that title, just because I can rhyme doesn't mean I should. That being addressed Fist Fight is fairy decent comedy, depicting the events that befall between Charlie Day as a squarely English teacher and Ice Cube as Ice Cube (as a teacher). When Andy (Day) rats on fellow history teacher Strickland (Ice Cube) on the last day of a classes, he is challenged to an after school brawl as a result. Soon the whole school catches wind of the fight pressuring Andy to fight, but in true Charlie Day fashion he takes every measure possible to make sure the fight doesn't happen. As the day inches closer to three o'clock, Andy realizes that his fight with Strickland may be inevitable and must grow the backbone to face his advisory before its too late.
The set up here fairly clever, and the movie makes the most of it's runtime to focus on it's main character Andy (Day) and the growth of his eventual back bone. There is actually a surprising amount of depth behind both Andy and Strickland's character, especially for a typical comedy. Both start out at as the typical stereotypes you would expect to them to be playing, but as the film goes both undergo reasonable development as a result of the impending fight. Charlie Day in particular goes from unbearable to despicable to all around likable within the span of the 90minute run time.
Sadly this plus works both ways. For the first half of the film your enjoyment will largely depend on your tolerance for Charlie Day. While he isn't as annoying in this film more than any other film, the script is saturated by his actions as he is strung along as the main protagonist. Charlie Day just isn't likable, or even funny for most of the films run time. And thats another negative, Fist Fight is funny but its never split your gut funny or even laugh out loud funny. This isn't so much a negative but it defiantly doesn't add any points in its favor.
Overall Fist Fight is a decent comedy with a solid message and some chuckles here and there. Charlie Day was a little to much for me in the first half of the film but Ice Cube does a good job in picking up the slack when he can. As far as comedies go, you can do far worst then Fist Fight.
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