| Director | Bobby Farrelly, Peter Farrelly |
|---|---|
| Genre | romantic comedy |
| Runtime | 105 min |
| Country | United States |
| Budget | $36 million |
| Box office | $83.2 million |
Best friends Rick and Fred are in stagnant marriages with their wives, Grace and Maggie. They discuss how they miss their single days, so their wives give them a "hall pass": a week during which they can disconnect from their lives and potentially have sex with other women. Rick and Fred try to pick up women with their friends Gary, Flats, and Hog Head while Maggie and Grace decide they should get hall passes, too.
Four days into the week, Rick goes to his favorite coffee shop, where he flirts with the attractive waitress Leigh, angering her co-worker Brent, who wants her for himself. Rick and she later meet at her gym and she invites him for a beer after they work out. He falls asleep in the hot tub for several hours, leaving his muscles too weak to use; two naked men have to help him get out. Meanwhile, Grace and minor league baseball player Gerry get closer, and Maggie finds herself attracted to Gerry's coach.
On day six, Rick and Fred go to a bar with their single, womanizing friend Coakley. There Rick meets his children's babysitter Paige, who has just turned 21 and is partying with her aunt Meg. She is attracted to him, but he turns her down to dance with Leigh.
Later, Rick parties at Coakley's while Fred takes a woman to his hotel room. However, she feels sick and, after a minor incident in the bathroom, is sent home in a taxi by Fred before anything happens. Later that evening, Meg shows up at the room and mistaking Fred for Rick, seduces him.
Meanwhile, Gerry's coach tries to seduce Maggie but she rebuffs him. Grace, on the other hand, has sex with Gerry but tells him she cannot see him again; he agrees, saying she is too old for him. On her way back home, she feels guilty about cheating on Fred and has a car accident.
At Coakley's house, Leigh offers Rick casual sex. To his own surprise, he turns her down, saying he loves Maggie too much to cheat on her. After answering Fred's phone, Rick learns of Grace's accident and rushes to the hotel to tell him. In the lobby he finds Paige, who thinks he was having sex with Meg. They enter the room and find Fred with her. After finding out he is not Rick, Meg kicks Fred in the face.
Upon hearing about Grace's accident, Fred tries to go to the hospital but finds Brent vandalizing what he thinks is Rick's car because of jealousy over Leigh. On seeing Meg (his mother) at the hotel, Brent thinks Fred has had sex with her and tries to kill him, but Paige and Meg tackle him. Rick and Fred go to the hospital with Brent and the police in pursuit. At the hospital, Brent is arrested for attacking them.
Rick goes home to Maggie. He tells her he did not use the hall pass and confesses that she is the only woman he has ever been with. Moved, she tells him she did not use her hall pass, either, and they reconcile and have sex for the first time in months. Fred and Grace also reconcile and decide to stick to not divulge, as per the 'hall pass'. However, he ultimately reveals that he fingered Meg when Grace asks him to take her to see Kathy Griffin.
During the credits, Fred hosts a barbecue where he pays Kathy Griffin to be present. Gary's wife suggests that she give him a hall pass. Gary imagines sleeping with a married woman and then accidentally killing her, her entire family, and several bystanders and being raped in prison; but he then shrugs it off and agrees to "give it a whirl".