Day 225: The Campaign

Directed By- Jay Roach

Writer(s)- Shawn Harwell, Chris Henchy 

Starring- Will Ferrell, Zach Galifianakis, Jason Sudeikis, Katherine LaNasa, Dylan McDermott, John Lithgow, Dan Aykroyd, Brian Cox

Critics Review- "There's a lot of laughs to be found in this movie, a few scenes in particular I was laughing so hard I had tears in my eyes. There are slow moments but who cares? All I'll say is get ready for the scene with Zach and his family at the dinner table."- Kristian Harloff "Schmoes Know"

Rotten Tomatoes Rating- Critics- 67% Audience- 64%

Out of a possible 5 stars- 3 1/2 stars

WARNING MILD SPOILERS AHEAD!

My Review-

This movie makes up for Will Ferrell's last film, Casa de Mi Padre which in my opinion he should have never done in the first place. In this movie he plays congressman Cam Brady, running unopposed until he does something extremely stupid. Enter Zach Galifianakis as Marty Huggins, who is the last person you would see run for congress but he is soon set to run against him by The Motch Brothers, however for their own personal gain played two very funny actors John Lithgow and Dan Aykroyd and his father Brian Cox, who is just as funny as he was in Super Troopers maybe even funnier.  To make Marty more appealing to the voters and reinvent him Lithgow and Akyroyd hire Tim Wattley played by McDermott who can do comedy really well, he was both very funny and intimidating especially when he would just pop up out of know where. I don't see why he doesn't do it more often: he was one of the actors made the movie even funnier than it already was. This movie is very funny right from the opening scene with Jason Sudeikis and Ferrell, it does slow down here and there for some sentimental moments or between certain characters, but some scenes that are shown in the trailer above are even funnier when seeing what leads up to it (the baby punching scene, and another scene where he punches something else). By far one of the funniest scenes I have seen in a long time is the dinner table scene with  Galifianakis and his family, funnier than it is shown to be in the trailer. The Debates scenes that are in the film also stand out since it goes back and forth between Brady and Huggins every other debate making the other one look stupid or having the voters switch sides. Another character that stood out was the maid that worked for Brian Cox's character for some ridiculous reason which you have to see this movie to know why, he makes her talk like black southern woman, even though that is not her ethinicity to begin with. Since this movie can be considered a political satire it does done very well by using some things that seem to always get politicians in trouble; affairs, money, and saying the wrong things, campaign ads using tactics to smear the person their running against (like the two pugs Huggins own are Chinese dogs and not American dogs), or even making them look like an idiot during debates. Ferrell and Galifianakis were able to play to their strengths along with Sudeikis and McDermott as their campaign managers. Since it is Ferrell and Galifianakis in the main roles, and they can be very funny when they want to, the comedy never really lets up with them. As the movie progresses some scenes become funnier than others, and at times almost had me in tears from laughing so hard. I thoroughly enjoyed this movie, and from all the movies that I have seen so far this year this has to be by far one of the funniest I have seen, and the funniest from either of these actors, except for Will Ferrell in Anchorman and Zach Galifanakis in The Hangover, those still be their funniest movies, but this is a one that I can add to my list from them. Out of most the political satires that have come out through the years this one is one of the funniest and more relevant for incidents that have happened in the most recent years. However there were some scenes that I thought did not really need to be in the film and really did not help it move along, one of them being a scene where Brady is having brunch with some potential people who will fund his campaign or a scene where Brady ends up seducing Huggins wife. Other than that this movie worth watching; it's very funny, the acting is and comedic timing is spot on with all the actors, and the movie is not too long. If you're looking for away to end your summer movie watching on a good note or just with a good comedy check this one out.