Good, but Old School was better

Rating: 3/10 (8 July 2004)

Saw a sneak preview of this last night and there were quite a few laugh out loud moments. But even when there was a lull in the story, Will Ferrell's delivery of a line or a look on his face still brought out a laugh. I'm from Chicago, so it was great to hear Bill Kurtis, one of our 1970's Anchormen as the narrator of the film. Glad to see Adam McKay, who wrote some of Will's best SNL sketches, stretching out into feature films. I was a fan of their short film The Heat is On (about Ben Stiller's one night stand with Glenn Frey) and I was expecting much of the same bizarro humor--the film doesn't not fail to deliver on that end. The cameos are great--look especially for the scene of a street gang rumble between the various networks. Overall, Old School is the funniest of Ferrell's movies thus far, but you will have a good time.