When long-term congressman Cam Brady (Will Ferrell)
commits a major public gaffe before an upcoming election, a pair of
ultra-wealthy CEOs plot to put up a rival candidate and gain influence over
their North Carolina district. Their man: naive Marty Huggins (Zach
Galifianakis), director of the local Tourism Center. At first, Marty appears to
be the unlikeliest possible choice but, with the help of his new benefactors'
support, a cutthroat campaign manager and his family's political connections, he
soon becomes a contender who gives the charismatic Cam plenty to worry about. As
Election Day closes in, the two are locked in a dead heat, with insults quickly
escalating to injury until all they care about is burying each other.
This movie definitely had moments of hilarity from both Ferrell
and Galifinakas. But the laughs were spaced out too far and there was too much
down time for an already extremely short movie. Ferrell was back in an
Anchorman type role where he was so self-obsessed and oblivious. Galifinakas's
quirkiness was awesome at first but kind of grew old. The funniest part of the
movie was actually his two kids. The few lines that they let them have had me
dying.
I would somewhat recommend people checking out this one. The
laughs that were there were huge, but I just wish that there would have been
much more of them.
