Walk Away

Rating: 2/10 (22 April 2017)

Take 1 part Hollywood's most over-rated writer. Take 1 part respected comedic second banana and try to make him the lead. Sprinkle generous amounts of material stolen from much, much better movies. Half-Bake for 90 minutes. Result: A movie that's neither as clever as Spinal Tap or Mighty Wind. Not as funny as Airplane or Naked Gun. And just a pale imitation of the average crappy Will Ferrell movie. Not an original line, thought or scene in this entire movie. My guess is Will Ferrell was too busy (I doubt he was too discriminating to walk away from the paycheque) so they made a Will Ferrell movie with his sidekick. In some respects I feel fortunate, however. By the time the final scene rolls around and they're splicing in retrospective clips during his farewell performance, it's clear they shot a million miles of film, and only the ''best'' stuff made it into the main narrative, while even more cringe-inducing bilge hit the cutting-room floor. This movie is so bad it lowers my respect for John C. Reilly, who I long thought was the actual genius in Will Ferrell comedies.