Highly entertaining, great for ESC fans

Rating: 7/10 (5 July 2020)

This would have been so much better if:
a) Will Ferrell had stayed out, and they had cast a reasonably aged/sized actor
b) 30 min. had been trimmed out
Still, the entertainment value is great and if you have any familiarity with Eurovision acts from the past, you'll find the context very familiar. Several past ESC winners show up in cameos, Graham Norton (as usual) is brilliant, but really the best performance of all goes to Dan Stevens (of Matthew Crawley fame). He plays the ego-driven superstar who is alternately lovable and also despicable; really enjoyed watching him in this. If you can stomach > 2 hrs of Ferrell's absurdities and over-the-top exaggerations, and if you have any appreciation for the madness that is the ESC, you'll certainly enjoy this movie. And perhaps it will introduce a few Americans to the ESC, which is not a bad thing.