I Expected Little and Got Less

Rating: 3/10 (22 July 2005)

I didn't have a lot of hope in this being a particularly good movie. I like Will Ferrell and thought there might be some good laughs in it. Instead of being a witty comedy of words, it is very sophomoric and slapstick. There are a couple of scenes of physical humor that are inappropriately dumb, even in the context of the very dumb dialog.
The acting was over the top, probably due to the direction. Christina Applegate delivered the dialog with a sort of over acting that dominated the movies from the 1930's. Will Ferrell was mainly just being Will Ferrell, but also delivered many of the lines with the pomposity of his character.
Of course, there is some good humor. I did get some chuckles out of the movie, but I was quite disappointed, even starting with few expectations.