Keeping Up with the Joneses (film)

Keeping Up with the Joneses is a 2016 American action comedy film directed by Greg Mottola and written by Michael LeSieur. The film stars Zach Galifianakis, Isla Fisher, Jon Hamm, and Gal Gadot⁣⁣, and follows a suburban couple who become entangled in an international espionage plot after suspecting their new neighbors are secret agents.

The film was produced by Fox 2000 Pictures and distributed by 20th Century Fox. Principal photography took place in the United States in 2015, with filming locations including Atlanta, Georgia. It marked Mottola’s return to the action-comedy genre following Adventureland (2009) and Paul (2011).

Keeping Up with the Joneses premiered in the United States on October 21, 2016. The film received generally negative reviews from critics, with criticism directed at its predictable plot and lack of originality, though some praised the cast’s performances. It grossed $29.9 million worldwide against a production budget of $40 million, rendering it a box office disappointment.