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The film follows two friends, Rick and Fred, who are granted a week off from marriage by their wives, so that they can sleep with any woman they want after their wives notice they are obsessed with sex.

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The film follows two friends, Rick and Fred, who are both granted by their wives a "hall pass", which is a week off from marriage by their wives, respective marriages so that they can sleep with any woman they want after guilt-free in order to rid them of their wives notice they are obsessed obsession with sex.


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** Weirdly implied with Rick's toddler-aged son, Gunnar, since Rick briefly imagines him as an adult marrying another man.
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* TheStinger: [[spoiler: Gary's wife sees how happy the other wives are and suggests she and Gary do the hall pass. He imagines sleeping with an Asian woman whose husband finds out, and then ends up killing him, the woman, her grandmother, and a few teen witnesses, ending with him getting arrested, thrown into jail and getting raped. He still decides they should try it out]].

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* TheStinger: [[spoiler: Gary's wife sees how happy the other wives are and suggests she and Gary do the hall pass. He imagines sleeping with an Asian woman whose husband finds out, and then ends up killing him, the woman, her grandmother, and a few teen witnesses, ending with him getting arrested, thrown into jail and getting raped. He still decides they should try it out]].
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* CasanovaWannabe: Rick and Fred have a really hard time picking up girls. Rick in fact only has sucess with Leigh, a woman he had met some time beforehand.
* CoolOldGuy: Coakley (Richard Jenkins), the man who mentors Rick and Fred on the art of picking-up women.
* CringeComedy: The guys' activities during the "week off" given by the hall pass. When they decide to play golf, they get too high from eating hash brownies and wreak havoc on the golf course. When they decide to get drunk in order to become more loose to pick up women, they end up getting too far and into a fight with other customers. And then there's Rick and Fred's whole ordeal when they though that they were finally gettin' some.

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* CasanovaWannabe: Rick and Fred have a really hard time picking up girls. Rick in fact only has sucess success with Leigh, a woman he had met some time beforehand.
* CoolOldGuy: Coakley (Richard Jenkins), the man who mentors Rick and Fred on the art of picking-up picking up women.
* CringeComedy: The guys' activities during the "week off" given by the hall pass. When they decide to play golf, they get too high from eating hash brownies and wreak havoc on the golf course. When they decide to get drunk in order to become act more loose to pick up women, relaxed, they end up getting going too far and getting into a fight with other bar customers. And then there's Rick and Fred's whole ordeal when they though think that they were are finally gettin' going to get some.



** Two naked men come out to pull Rick from the hot tub after he loses feeling in his muscles. We get a greeeeat close-up of a guy with exceptionally small manhood.

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** Two naked men come out arrive to pull Rick from the hot tub after he loses feeling in his muscles. We get a greeeeat close-up of a guy with an exceptionally small manhood.



** Rick imagines what would happen if he brough alcohol to/hooked up with his kids' babysitter, which is a week from turning 21. He imagines getting arrested, being fired from his job, divorced, and unwanted at his kids' weddings.

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** Rick imagines what would happen if he brough bought alcohol to/hooked for/hooked up with his kids' babysitter, which who is a week from turning 21. He imagines getting arrested, being fired from his job, divorced, and being unwanted at his kids' weddings.



* MaleGaze: Rick and Fred do this so obviously that their wives notice them even when they act like they're not.

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* MaleGaze: Rick and Fred do this so obviously that their wives notice them it even when they act like they're not.innocent.



* TheSociopath: Brent. His response to someone hooking up with the girl he was interested, even though himself never actually asked her out? Vandalize his car. His response to someone having sex with his mother (or thinking he had)? ''Shoot the guy dead''.
* TheStinger: [[spoiler: Gary's wife sees how happy they are and suggests they do the hall pass. He imagines sleeping with an Asian woman whose husband finds out, and then ends up killing him, the woman, her grandmother, and a couple of teen witnesses, ending with him getting arrested, thrown into jail and getting raped. He still decides they should try it out]].

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* TheSociopath: Brent. His response to someone hooking up with the girl he was interested, even though he himself never actually asked her out? Vandalize his car. His response to someone having sex with his mother (or thinking he had)? ''Shoot ''Try to shoot the guy dead''.
* TheStinger: [[spoiler: Gary's wife sees how happy they the other wives are and suggests they she and Gary do the hall pass. He imagines sleeping with an Asian woman whose husband finds out, and then ends up killing him, the woman, her grandmother, and a couple of few teen witnesses, ending with him getting arrested, thrown into jail and getting raped. He still decides they should try it out]].

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* RealityEnsues: [[spoiler:Grace gets into a car crash because she looks at her phone while driving.]]


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* SafeDrivingAesop: [[spoiler:Grace gets into a car crash because she looks at her phone while driving.]]
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* CoolOldGuy: Coakley (Richard Jenkins), the BadassGrandpa who mentors Rick and Fred on the art of picking-up women.

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* CoolOldGuy: Coakley (Richard Jenkins), the BadassGrandpa man who mentors Rick and Fred on the art of picking-up women.
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* RealityEnsues: [[spoiler:Grace gets into a car crash because she looks at her phone while driving.]]
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''Hall Pass'' is a 2011 comedy film from the Farrelly Brothers, starring Owen Wilson, [[Series/SaturdayNightLive Jason Sudeikis]], [[Series/TheOfficeUS Jenna Fischer]], and Creator/ChristinaApplegate.

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''Hall Pass'' is a 2011 comedy film from the Farrelly Brothers, starring Owen Wilson, [[Series/SaturdayNightLive Jason Sudeikis]], Creator/JasonSudeikis, [[Series/TheOfficeUS Jenna Fischer]], and Creator/ChristinaApplegate.

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''Hall Pass'' is a 2011 comedy film from the Farrelly Brothers, starring Owen Wilson, [[Series/SaturdayNightLive Jason Sudeikis]], [[Series/TheOfficeUS Jenna Fischer]], and [[Series/MarriedWithChildren Christina Applegate]].

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''Hall Pass'' is a 2011 comedy film from the Farrelly Brothers, starring Owen Wilson, [[Series/SaturdayNightLive Jason Sudeikis]], [[Series/TheOfficeUS Jenna Fischer]], and [[Series/MarriedWithChildren Christina Applegate]].
Creator/ChristinaApplegate.



* AllMenArePerverts
* AmbiguouslyGay: Gary (StephenMerchant).
* CasanovaWannabe
* CoolOldGuy[=/=]OldMaster: Coakley (Richard Jenkins), the BadassGrandpa who mentors Rick and Fred on the art of picking-up women.
* CringeComedy

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* AllMenArePerverts
AllMenArePerverts: The premise of the movie; two guys are obsessed with sex, and realizing this, their wives decide to give them the titular "Hall Pass": A week off from marriage during which they can have sex with other women.
* AmbiguouslyGay: Gary (StephenMerchant).
Gary. While he's married, this comes especially in the ending, when his wife [[spoiler:suggests they do the hall pass, and he has an ImagineSpot in which doing so causes a chain of events that ends with him getting thrown into jail and getting anally raped. He still decides they should try it out]].
* CasanovaWannabe
CasanovaWannabe: Rick and Fred have a really hard time picking up girls. Rick in fact only has sucess with Leigh, a woman he had met some time beforehand.
* CoolOldGuy[=/=]OldMaster: CoolOldGuy: Coakley (Richard Jenkins), the BadassGrandpa who mentors Rick and Fred on the art of picking-up women.
* CringeComedyCringeComedy: The guys' activities during the "week off" given by the hall pass. When they decide to play golf, they get too high from eating hash brownies and wreak havoc on the golf course. When they decide to get drunk in order to become more loose to pick up women, they end up getting too far and into a fight with other customers. And then there's Rick and Fred's whole ordeal when they though that they were finally gettin' some.



* FanDisservice: Two naked men come out to pull Rick from the hot tub after he loses feeling in his muscles. We get a greeeeat close-up of a guy with exceptionally small manhood. There's also the girl whom Fred picks up; she sneezes out [[NobodyPoops something extra...]]
* ImagineSpot: Rick imagines what would happen if he hooked up with his kids' babysitter. He imagines being fired from his job, divorced, and unwanted at his kids' weddings.

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* FanDisservice: FanDisservice:
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Two naked men come out to pull Rick from the hot tub after he loses feeling in his muscles. We get a greeeeat close-up of a guy with exceptionally small manhood. manhood.
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There's also the girl whom Fred picks up; she sneezes out [[NobodyPoops something extra...]]
* ImagineSpot: ImagineSpot:
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Rick imagines what would happen if he hooked brough alcohol to/hooked up with his kids' babysitter. babysitter, which is a week from turning 21. He imagines getting arrested, being fired from his job, divorced, and unwanted at his kids' weddings.



* MsFanservice: Leigh and maybe Paige as well.

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* MsFanservice: Leigh Leigh, and maybe Paige as well.well (Paige is played by Creator/AlexandraDaddario, after all).



* TheSociopath: Brent

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* TheSociopath: BrentBrent. His response to someone hooking up with the girl he was interested, even though himself never actually asked her out? Vandalize his car. His response to someone having sex with his mother (or thinking he had)? ''Shoot the guy dead''.
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''Hall Pass'' is a 2011 comedy film from the Farrelly Brothers, starring Owen Wilson, [[Series/SaturdayNightLive Jason Sudeikis]], [[Series/TheOfficeUS Jenna Fischer]], and [[Series/MarriedWithChildren Christina Applegate]].

The film follows two friends, Rick and Fred, who are granted a week off from marriage by their wives, so that they can sleep with any woman they want after their wives notice they are obsessed with sex.
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* AbhorrentAdmirer: Brent to Leigh.
* AllMenArePerverts
* AmbiguouslyGay: Gary (StephenMerchant).
* CasanovaWannabe
* CoolOldGuy[=/=]OldMaster: Coakley (Richard Jenkins), the BadassGrandpa who mentors Rick and Fred on the art of picking-up women.
* CringeComedy
* DivorceIsTemporary: The film's main premise, albeit deliberately invoked.
* FanDisservice: Two naked men come out to pull Rick from the hot tub after he loses feeling in his muscles. We get a greeeeat close-up of a guy with exceptionally small manhood. There's also the girl whom Fred picks up; she sneezes out [[NobodyPoops something extra...]]
* ImagineSpot: Rick imagines what would happen if he hooked up with his kids' babysitter. He imagines being fired from his job, divorced, and unwanted at his kids' weddings.
** Gary imagines how life for him would be if he got a hall pass. It doesn't end well [[spoiler:...or does it]].
* MaleGaze: Rick and Fred do this so obviously that their wives notice them even when they act like they're not.
* MsFanservice: Leigh and maybe Paige as well.
* RefugeInAudacity: This is a Farrelly Brothers film, so obviously...
* TheSociopath: Brent
* TheStinger: [[spoiler: Gary's wife sees how happy they are and suggests they do the hall pass. He imagines sleeping with an Asian woman whose husband finds out, and then ends up killing him, the woman, her grandmother, and a couple of teen witnesses, ending with him getting arrested, thrown into jail and getting raped. He still decides they should try it out]].
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