Missess The Mark

Rating: 4/10 (21 November 2007)

I rented this movie because my twin brother had dental surgery done. I drove him home and stayed the night at his place in case he needed something. Besides, we hadn't done anything together, just the two of us, in a long time. We have similar tastes in movies and music, so I thought by renting this movie, it would help him feel better.
Watching this movie, we felt that something was missing. We both managed a few laughs, particularly the fight scene between Farrell and Applegate. But what I thought would be a great parody of 1970s television news just wasn't so. It didn't quite go for parody. It didn't quite go fully over the top. I don't think the creators of the movie knew which type of comedy they wanted to do. So they tried to have it both ways and it fell short on all accounts. I have mixed feelings about Ferrell as an actor and so does my twinbro. I thoroughly liked him in STRANGER THAN FICTION and I kinda liked him in this. Applegate was wonderful in this and yet she seemed restrained too.
In fairness, there were some other great scenes. I loved the rumble between the different news teams. The bridge scene between Ferrell and Black was good too, until the part where Black punts the dog off the bridge. The flute scene was deliciously over the top too!