I thought it would be interesting to watch The Campaign after election season. I was hoping for some satirical commentary on the political game. I guess there may be a little insight, but it is so dumbed down that it merely states the obvious: a lot of politicians are sleazy and a product of money, while some actually care. So, essentially this film is just a comedy based around a campaign. I should have expected as much.
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| The Campaign Starring: Will Ferrell, Zach Galifianakis, Jason Sudeikis |
The movie starts relatively strong. It introduces Cam Brady (Will Ferrell) as a philandering politician who is pretty much retarded and running for reelection as a congressman. He obviously has no political goals or even views, he's just a playboy in it for the ride and desperately holding on. His opponent's name is Marty Huggins (Zach Galifianakis) and he's running in order to preserve his little North Carolina town called Hammond. He owns two pugs and has a happy fat family. One day his father tells him to run for congress. Really, he's essentially selling his son to some fat cats who are planning on turning Hammond into a Chinese sweatshop for to save money on shipping.
I predicted the ending about five minutes into the film as I'm sure you will too. But of course, the plot is rarely the most vital aspect in a comedy: that would be the funny factor. The beginning of the film presents punchy cracks, but the jokes are soon to burn out. The main characters are also strong and very fun at first, but seem to falter under the weight of the poorly written script.
The end of this movie just falls apart into a puddle of occasional single chuckles. It's like a slinky that gets stuck on the fifth step. Alas, why did I expect more?
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