Instead of bouncy banter we get interminable repetitions of the same line back and forth, with different inflections, as though we’re watching some ungodly riff on the Abbott & Costello “Who’s on First?” sketch, minus the actual wordplay.

This is fairly entertaining -- Apple TV+ is the exact right place for it.

Clooney and Pitt are such deft, charismatic actors that, even in a lazy, low-key picture like this one, you get a lot of pleasure from their barbed asides and mocking silences. It’s clear why they’ve been stars for three decades.

You won’t be howling over Wolfs, a subpar megawattage buddy action-comedy with grumpy glamourpuss Hollywood hunks and a rudimentary sense of after-hours mischief.