Very interesting film. Was caught on the premise when seeing the trailer but unsure as to what the outcome would be for the showing. As it turns out, it was a very good film.

Clever and entertaining enough to recommend even to members of the 1%

It's the kind of movie you'll want to see a second time with someone who hasn't seen it yet, to remember what it was like to watch it for the first time.

This is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a very long time. You have to go and see this on the big screen.

I don't know if any of the main actors have helped with the dialogs or the characters, but they fit very well into their parts and the dialogs and everything.Well if you take a real life story (maybe) and turn it into a comedy with Will Ferrell and Zach Galifianakis everything can go wrong (in a good way), it does not in this case, but the do make a lot of fun on the expense of politicians and politics. This is funny for most parts, it is raunchy, a bit foolish and sometimes over the top, but most political campaigns are, it seems like this is a comedy that are making fun of something that in the first place is funny and maybe a bit stupid.They make it work, capture the moments and the points and is entertaining most of the way.

"Summary" sez all, but I guess IMDb requires me to flesh it in, so here goes.It's kinda sad, and I guess a sort of lesson in the evils of marketing: Why call yourself "Funny or Die" unless you're trying to hide something?The film has flashes of absolute brilliance; the kind of stuff that's a decent conceptual foundation for an amazing tour-de-force of comedy and even social relevance.Then, it starts creeping in. First, there are scenes that sort of develop the thesis, tho they seem a bit weak. But, since the thesis is solid, you're willing to bend a bit, accept those weak scenes as "boffo", or "pushing the envelope". But then... the bomb drops. The writers/editors create/permit something that stinks up the place. And the magic spell evaporates. And this happens, again and again.The acting/directing/editing/production values in general are excellent. The work by the venerable faces is, of course, impeccable; and the new faces aren't too chabby, either.It's just a shame that all that talent gets ritualistically flushed down the tubes by shoddy values in scenario work.Try something like this again, and this time, hold that line: If a quip or scenario _feels_ ill-considered, don't give it another thought. Keep the tone sharp, on-the-edge, challenging, smart, and... FUNNY.Or die.

The Campaign is an uneven slapstick comedy about two polar-opposite candidates in a North Carolina district. Zach Galifianakis and Will Ferrell star as Cam Brady and Marty Huggins, respectively, one vying for an uncontested fifth term and the other a tourism director. Jay Roach, who directed the Austin Powers movies, is at the helm here.Cam Brady is a slick ladies' man, but when he accidentally leaves a (shall we say) ribald message on the answering machine of a devout family, his backers the Motch brothers think it's time some new blood was sent to Washington (on their behalf). Enter Marty Huggins, who displays none of the alpha-male characteristics one might expect from a politico, as his dad Raymond (Brian Cox) is an old hand at politics and a friend of the Motch brothers. Marty enters the race mainly to impress his jaded dad, who's always favored his other son Clay over Marty.Marty's quickly in over his head, but help arrives in the name of Tim Wattley (Dylan McDermott), who's sent by the Motches to be Marty's campaign manager. Wattley soon has rearranged Marty's life (new dogs, new furniture, new wall hangings, new haircut for his wife) and has instilled confidence and even some ferocity into Marty's normally placid personality. This helps Marty in the first candidates' debate.The Motch boys (Dan Aykroyd and John Lithgow) are patterned directly after the Koch brothers, real-life political cronies, with the same business-first mentality. The brothers' aim is to place someone in Congress who they can get favors from, such as tax breaks and other incentives for their various factories.This is not a shrinking-violet movie. Whole lot of profanity, a lot of it funny and some of it even in good taste. The story may seem a little mean spirited to some - the trailer famously showed Ferrell's character punching a baby, sort of a no-no in politics - and truthfully there are times when the nastiness is a little over the top. Galifianakis and Ferrell are good enough to pull it off, but they can't work miracles. That said, there are some really funny scenes, including the debates, the fake commercials (which escalate in hostility), and really any interaction between the stars.But the movie is also often too maudlin and melodramatic; too much that could have been funny or at least sweetly sincere is instead blown up, stretching our credulity even further. One thing about this movie certainly does ring true, and that is that Big Money can win a campaign.

Because The Campaign is designed to be consumed and the wrapper (your ticket) tossed on the floor, there's very little I can say about it (a source of joy to my critics).I saw The Campaign in the summer of 2012. The benefit of writing a review almost two years later is that one can look back at what--if anything--was important in the film.Almost nothing.I laughed at Will Ferrell's buffoonery and Zach Galifanakis' fly-over-country innocence, but that was all. As with so many comedies that don't have the depth or breadth to sustain them after being seen, the funniest parts of the movie were hyped in the advertisements. Yet, seeing a matinée with my wife--and leaving the kid and critters at home for a few hours--was very pleasant.If you rent The Campaign, just be forewarned that you will be expected to pick up your wrapper instead of leaving it on the couch.