Keeping Up With the Joneses

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Keeping Up With the Joneses

PG-13

2016

1h 40m

Comedy

Action

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The Gaffneys' lives are interrupted by the arrival of new neighbors, whose stunning looks are matched only by the worldly sophistication of their lives. Tim Jones is an accomplished travel writer whose hobbies include blowing glass, and his wife, Natalie, is a social media consultant, cooking blogger and heroine to Sri Lankan orphans. The Gaffneys soon find themselves in the center of a storm of international espionage that gives them a breathtaking glimpse of life outside their cul-de-sac.

Critics Consensus

Keeping Up with the Joneses squanders a decent premise -- and a talented cast full of funny people -- on a witless and largely laugh-free suburban spy adventure.

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Jude Dry

IndieWire

12/19/2016

B

Viewers who can't get enough of Galifianakis or Hamm will enjoy seeing the two spar onscreen, delivering in spades the unexpected phrasing and smoldering smirks each actor does so well.

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Richard Brody

The New Yorker

10/24/2016

The script sets up the action part of the movie with an interminably laborious and close-fitting literalness that hardly lets any of the actors breathe.

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Jonathan Romney

Observer (UK)

10/23/2016

1/5

The treatment for this action spoof could have been written on the back of a matchbox - of a single match, even.

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Jeff Beck

The Blu Spot

Jun 16

2.5/5

With its uninspired humor and rote plot, it's not hard to see why it was dismissed pretty quickly by critics & audiences when it came out a decade ago.

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Hannah Brown

Jerusalem Post

02/09/2024

Dopey but fairly entertaining.

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Matt Brunson

Film Frenzy

08/18/2021

2.5/4

A picture graced with four bright performances but hampered by a plot that felt recycled even back when Millard Fillmore was president.

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Miriam C

@ProteaPrincess Jun 14

Fantastic, light-hearted movie with a brilliant cast.

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Renaissance M

@RenaissanceMan May 17

The cast is great, and the ladies are lovely, but Zach Galifianakis turns in perhaps his least funny film to date.

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Ed R

@JustcallmeER May 8

A relentless offering of comedy throughout! Must see flick with action and adventure!

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Logan G.

@SequelsArentAlwaysBad12 Nov 3

Keeping Up With the Joneses is a pretty standard but funny action comedy with a great cast, and plenty of action and explosions.

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Vanesa C

@Vanesa538 Oct 4

I think critics blow it very often. This is a fun movie from beginning to end and I enjoyed very much everybodies’ performance.

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Alfred Junior T

@Lfr3d-junior-k4r4bo 06/22/2025

I Don't know why the movie has a low rating it is hilarious and very fun to watch

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Synopsis

The Gaffneys' lives are interrupted by the arrival of new neighbors, whose stunning looks are matched only by the worldly sophistication of their lives. Tim Jones is an accomplished travel writer whose hobbies include blowing glass, and his wife, Natalie, is a social media consultant, cooking blogger and heroine to Sri Lankan orphans. The Gaffneys soon find themselves in the center of a storm of international espionage that gives them a breathtaking glimpse of life outside their cul-de-sac.

Director: Greg Mottola
Producer: Laurie MacDonald, Walter F. Parkes
Screenwriter: Michael LeSieur
Distributor: 20th Century Fox
Production Co: 20th Century Fox
Rating: PG-13 (Brief Strong Language|Action/Violence|Sexual Content)
Genre: Comedy, Action
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Oct 21, 2016, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Jan 10, 2017
Box Office (Gross USA): $14.9M
Runtime: 1h 40m