this was so very very bad, avoid.
A lot can change throughout the years.
I mean, 8 years ago this was once labelled as a comedy, but now it's a documentary.
I enjoyed this movie. Very Funny imo.
Starts out really slow, but every moment with Will Ferrell is hilarious. If someone could just cut out all the scenes that don't have Will Ferrell, this would be a 10/10. Also, some great Green Day at the end.
"God has removed the venom from my blood, and the blasphemy from my heart."
Another comedy from the 2010's that just doesn't quite hit the mark, but there is a snake scene in a church that had me in tears. Once in a while Will Ferrell can still make me laugh that hard.
It's a very funny movie, Will Ferrell and Zach Galifianakis (who also starred in the trilogy The Hangover) played very well, some characters with some really funny ideas.
The story is very funny.
But maybe if it had been a little longer, maybe it would have been given a grade of 10, the problem with this movie is that it is short, it only lasts an hour and 21 minutes, and if it had at least 21 minutes it would have been better.
Worth seeing anyway.
Another tick in the long line of silly, themed Will Ferrell vehicles, this doesn't quite reach the heights of Anchorman, Talladega Nights or Old School, but fits comfortably on the second tier alongside Step Brothers and Blades of Glory.
It's a steady rotation of softballs for Ferrell and co-star Zach Galifianakis, who tackle a political atmosphere ripe for satire with all the nuance of a six-foot dildo draped in the American flag. For what it's worth, most of the gags seem more heavily scripted than I'd expect from these two, so the few scenes that do allow some room for improvisation are, as expected, the best in the film.
The comedians' giant personalities mesh nicely as the picture rolls on, but their relationship doesn't revolve around the kind of relentless give-and-take typified by the similar dual leads in Step Brothers. Ferrell's all-in as the scumbag lifetime politician, sleazy in ways that haven't even been defined in the English language, but Galifianakis is actually worth rooting for as his soft-spoken upstart challenger. Of course, it wouldn't have legs if he didn't get his hands dirty at some point, and his gentle nature makes it all the more rewarding when he finally gives in to his baser instincts and fires back in kind. Funny and thin, but you probably already knew that.
The Green Day* song at the end really sums up the juvenile attempt at political satire that you just finished watching. So if you like the kind of tired juvenile satire you'd expect from a Jay Leno monologue and/or you like bad Will Ferrell comedies this is probably right up your alley; if you go in expecting it to rise above that you'll be disappointed. It's your standard Ferrell comedy sprinkled with bad satire, it even has a lazy Trading Places-esque spin on the Koch brothers. But I'm sure that was lost on the target audience of this film. 100% not surprised one of the writers was also responsible for Land of the Lost.
Good for a laugh, but completely forgettable.
The movie isnt that bad... I enjoyed it :-)
Shout by aflyVIP OG 6BlockedParent2012-10-22T10:49:31Z
Had a good few belly laughs myself but I'm a fan of those involved.
Not to be taken seriously!