Eccentric in every sense but wonderful

Rating: 8/10 (4 July 2020)

This is very funny and fondly pokes fun at eurovision, europe and Iceland. Its not mean and especially Iceland, which is a wonderful unique place, and deserves the spotlight here even more than Eurovision.
Rachel McAdams is outstanding and Will Ferrell allows her to shine. Its full of insider jokes and observations with many guest appearances from real eurovision. It does pack a lot in although why they chose Edinburgh as host City whilst joking correctly the Brits never win! The amazing theatre used is from Israel so why not base it there?
I didn't get the anti american thing either. Presumably it was anti-trump as he mentions a wall but it didn't make any sense. They never explained why he felt this way and grouped all americans together even when they helped him. I do not hate americans and regardless this bit passed me by.
But overall, i thought this would be marginal and over the top. But its far better than that although maybe knowing Iceland and Eurovision helps. Has the feel of Blades of Glory and so high praise indeed.