A Drag of a Race

Rating: 1/10 (7 April 2007)

Will Ferrell is a funny guy. He was hilarious on SNL. This movie was not funny. It was aimed at a low-brow audience; the kind that might have trouble tying their shoes. What was wrong with it? For one thing, his two young sons were portrayed as hateful brats, which is not too funny. The way they and the rest cruelly laid into the 85 year old grandpa was pathos; not comedy. The prolonged "grace" scene before the meal where everyone gets a chance to poke fun at Jesus was irreverent and made me cringe. "Uncomfortable" does not equal "funny". When will Will Ferrell finally shelve his signature "running around naked while flailing your arms " routine? The boob jokes about his so-called "smokin' hot wife" were tiresome to all but the toothless truck stop crowd. Sasha Baron Cohen was funny as usual, but was wasted in this overly long stinker.