Good with one minor issue

Rating: 7/10 (29 June 2020)

This movie will probably surprise you. Yes, it's a typical Will Ferrell movie with lots of silly jokes, but it also (surprisingly) has genuine heart, and a plot that actually drew me in.
Also, as it is billed as a "slap stick comedy" by Netflix, I was a little surprised by how much of a musical it actually is, and the music is pretty darn good!
As actors, Will Ferrell does his usual serviceable work in comedies playing the quasi-jerk, and I've always been a fan of Rachel McAdams as an actress, but her performance was my only "issue" with this film.
It always bothers me when a musical gives a major, perhaps lead, role, to someone who can't actually sing, so they get dubbed by someone who can. I honestly don't know why they didn't just cast the actual singer in the role (I'm guessing it's because Molly Sanden, the actual singer, is even younger than Rachel is).
I also thought the pairing of Will Ferrell and Rachel McAdams as a romantic couple was very hard to believe, for reasons that should be apparent to anyone with eyes.
Disregarding potential chemistry issues, though, this was a fun movie, and far better than most anything Netflix puts out.