The films of writer-director john Hamburg (Why Him?) are renowned for utilising unexpected friendship and love combinations to produce resonant comedy effect and hidden character growth opportunities. In his most recent film, Mark Wahlberg learns to accept responsibility for his actions while Kevin Hart develops a sense of spontaneity. Although Hamburg's screenplay doesn't compare to his earlier work, Hart and Wahlberg will make the most of the writing by timing their jokes perfectly. In Me Time, nothing very exceptional occurs, but there are plenty of easy laughs to be had on a quiet friday night.

Sonny Fisher (Hart), a devoted husband and "Super Dad" to his successful architect wife Maya (Regina Hall) and his two kids Ava (Amentii Sledge) and Dashiell (Che Tafari), needs some time to himself badly. Sonny works as a dedicated stay-at-home dad, the PTA president, and the director of his children's school talent show. Sonny is left alone and without anything to do when maya offers to take the kids away for some quality mother-child time during their spring vacation. Sonny reconnects with his former best friend Huck Dembo after being left without obligations or fatherly responsibilities to keep him busy (Wahlberg). What starts out as a reasonably low-key celebration of Huck's 44th birthday slowly turns into a weekend that puts Sonny's reputation as a family guy in jeopardy.

Through his character Huck, Hamburg tries to examine adult indecision and the process of considering employment possibilities in Me Time. But rather than delving deeply into these accessible ideas, he utilises Huck, played by Wahlberg, as the catalyst for Sonny's impending problems. The plot would have benefited from leaning more heavily on these concepts, particularly to convey the contrasted lifestyles of the two leads. Huck struggles to let go of his reputation as a party animal and eternal bachelor, which eventually gets him in problems. Sonny is dull but has his life together. Me Time provides dependable laughs and heartfelt moments when it is needed, but the execution isn't always there when it comes to depicting the dynamics between Huck and Sonny.

Although Netflix's most recent comedy doesn't add anything novel or intriguing to the comedy genre, viewers can still expect a passable viewing experience that should keep them entertained on a dull friday night. Hamburg's lessons about self-care and exploration are loud and clear through the characters of Sonny and Huck, even though it just touches the surdata-face of vital subjects like stay-at-home parenthood or indolence well into adulthood. Me Time isn't a particularly ground-breaking addition to Netflix's library, but it does provide dependable laughs for anyone seeking to escape their own frantic life.