Virag's Movie Reviews: The Campaign (2012)

The Campaign is another one of those purported comedy films that is burdened by so many problems that it is sort of miraculous that they were able to actually complete the fucking thing.  The first, and probably biggest, issue is the lead cast.  Will Ferrell is terrible in everything that lasts more than 90 seconds and the other guy is very nearly as annoying.  It is a shame, too, because the secondary work is pretty decent, especially an oddly crazed Dylan McDermott and shamelessly scenery-chewing Brian Cox.  The script and direction are shit as well.  The script can't decide whether it wants to be crude comedy or incisive satire and fails at both.  The director, Jay Roach, was either stoned or absent most of the time, or maybe he is just a total fucking dipshit.  If you like sucky movies, maybe you found some joy in Ferrell's idiot-cousin-of-John-Edwards turn, or perhaps you get all wet and sticky over aimless and incompetent film directing, but if not, The Campaign was a pain.