What Is Love? (Reviewer Bobs Head Ceaselessly)

Rating: 4/10 (9 July 2005)

Will Ferrell and Chris Kattan take their SNL Butabi brothers act to the big screen. It's amazing to me that I haven't seen anyone mention that they are merely an updated version of Steve Martin and Dan Aykroyd's "two wild and crazy guys" from the 70's. The Butabi brothers are just as clueless, crass, and narcissistic as Martin and Aykroyd were. Here the Butabi's main goal in life is to score with the hotties at the trendiest night club while living with their parents in rooms that look like they were decorated by kids. They're able to accomplish getting into a club by having an accident with Richard Grieco of all people. The brothers' ultimate goal is to own their own club, so they'll both have top dibs on all the hotties. Yesh! Would any girl really want to go out with the Butabi brothers? Would any guy want to really go out with any girl that went out with one of the Butabi brothers? I doubt it. However, there are a lot of Hollywood in-jokes in here to offset some lack of plot or lack of integrity in the characters. There are several funny gags and lines in the movie, but it all doesn't add up to much. What the movie is really successful at is demonstrating just how redundant, retarded, and superficial the dance club scene really is. Molly Shannon is the poor innocent girl pining away for one of the Butabi brothers. Dan Hedaya is good as their father. Dwayne Hickman even shows up in a small role too. The funniest thing in this movie is the head-bobbing of the Butabi brothers. A guilty pleasure to be sure for some folks. *1/2 of 4 stars.