...and to think the writers weren't on strike when this crap was "written"

Rating: Null/10 (2 March 2008)

Pointless to get into the story details here. Yet another totally awful Ferrell comedy. If you can last past 10 minutes, then you're either a masochist or absolutely devoid of taste or you've fallen asleep. Comedies driven by unbridled ego are always lame, but this thoughtless, stupid, unfunny waste of time is particularly bad. Big clue for the world: Ferrell is NOT funny. Unless you are under the age of 12. (Okay, maybe 14.) What's amazing is how he himself doesn't tire of dragging out his shtick time and again. It's gotta be soul-sucking to do that, but making the money and "being somebody" must suffice. Then there's the low-talent supporting cast membersKoechner, Richter (I mean, really, they are mediocrity defined, latching on to Ferrell's descending star). What's really weird is that actual talent like Kristen Wiig and Jason Sudeikis are relegated to bits, but maybe they haven't yet worked their way up high enough in the ex-SNL pecking order, which probably says a ton about the good-ol'-boy mindset that put this drivel into motion. Do not spend a penny of your money on this waste of a movie. If you need to check it out, do so for free at quicksilverscreen.com. Do not work hard at your job and take your money and give it to the schlockers that made this film. You've been warned.