Forgive the clichÃ©, but I laughed until I cried

Rating: 9/10 (9 April 2007)

If you're looking for great film-making or thoughtful satire, definitely turn around. On the other hand, if you're looking for a funny comedy, you're in the right place. Will Ferrell plays a character that would stand perfectly well next to all of his SNL characters, which, I know, is kind of a backhanded complement. But he's funny, God bless him, and the writers (Jeff and Craig Cox, as well as several others) give us plenty to laugh at besides him. John Heder was starting to suggest that he had nothing in him besides Napoleon Dynamite, but he's pretty funny here. Amy Poehler and Will Arnet are great as the villains, and Nick Swardson, a Minneapolitan whose stand-up act I'm going to see in June, has a great role as Heder's stalker (stick around for the end credits to see a hilarious bit with him). There are so many great comedy moments, but the climactic chase sequence between Ferrell and Arnet, which starts out funny enough on ice skates but gets about ten times funnier when they reach dry land, has to be one of the funniest sequences of all time. This is the rare movie that I was sad to see end, because I just enjoyed it so much.