Nothing Special, Nothing Awful

Rating: 4/10 (12 July 2004)

Another Ferrel-Vaughn-Stiller-etc film that is not nearly as funny as "Old School". This movie was just like one of the commercials for it, just dragged out over a longer amount of time. Will Ferrel was not exceptionally funny in this movie, he was just "ok". Steve Carrell is absolutely the best part of this movie. His semi-retarded character is hilarious and he should have been included more than he was. The other two members of the "Action news team" are painfully unfunny. Applegate didn't have any funny lines in the movie, she just played it straight the whole time so she didn't get the opportunity to be funny. The cameos from bigger name actors aren't entirely funny but their collective scene is. Mediocre movie, could have been funnier if it weren't dumbed down to PG-13. 6/10