sophomoric attempt at humor

Rating: 1/10 (22 August 2005)

You have to have the right mindset to get anything out of this movie. I came to laugh but after the first 20 minutes my only thoughts were of "what was I missing to sit through this"? I simply felt cheated when I left the theater.
Laughing is something you shouldn't have to work at, but here the humor was hard to uncover. Ferrell's humor reminds me of the old sports adage "You can't win by just throwing your jockstrap out on the field (or floor), you must actually play the game." Ferrell walks into a scene and looks or says something stupid and we're expected to laugh? How about this line; "I love lamp, I love carpet...".