The Campaign

Plot synopsis:
North Carolina's 14th district is about to select it's new Congressman - but they're unfortunately stuck with Camden Brady (Will Ferrell), who's about to win his fourth term simply by running unopposed. All he has to do to win the election is simply appear in front of a judge and sign a few papers. But a recent whistle stop visit to his hometown of Hammond proves to be one disaster after another as he's caught having an affair with a local model named Shana, and then while trying to contact her, accidentally leaves an obscene message on an uber-religious family's answering machine, Cam shoots himself in the foot repeatedly trying to justify his actions. That causes his poll numbers to drop drastically.The men backing Cam Brady - billionaire industrialist brothers Glenn (John Lithgow) and Wade (Dan Aykroyd) Motch - decide that Cam's done and he no longer has the spark he used to have among the voters. They then decide that they need to get somebody new to run against him. That somebody happens to be Marty Huggins (Zach Galifianakis), the son of former North Carolina senator Raymond Huggins (Brian Cox), who is a recognized name among conservative voters. Marty runs the Hammond Chamber Of Commerce and the Tourism Bureau, which, not surprisingly enough, Hammond gets no tourists except for maybe a few minor random celebrities that happen to get lost off the interstate. Just as Marty is getting ready to wrap up yet another empty tour bus - which only has a single, obsessed passenger, he gets a phone call from his dad who tells him that the Motch Brothers have tapped him to run against Cam.Just as Cam is about to sign the papers and make it official that he's NC-14's newest Congressman, Marty shows up at the hearing to make it official that he's going to run against Cam. Cam is shocked because now that means that he has to start a campaign with very little time before the upcoming election.Elsewhere in China, the Motch Brothers are touring a Chinese factory where they're telling the owners that they can triple the profits that they already make if they eliminate shipping costs. They've got their eyes set on Hammond, North Carolina, and the entire 14th district. Their plan is to buy up large tracts of land where they would construct a Foxconn-esque factory where they paid their workers just slightly above minimum wage. It would create jobs on American soil while growing their already massive fortune, and they start calling their concept "insourcing". The owners wonder what government would cooperate with that, and Glenn assures the owner that they have the one thing they need - a willing candidate. And if you've got that and unlimited money, there's nothing that can stand in your way.Both Cam's family and Marty's family are seen at their respective houses preparing for the campaign. Cam instructs his kids to put on their headphones while Cam chats with his wife about his recent, very R-rated personal affairs. But Cam's children - who both appear to be middle school aged, it's revealed they are listening to some hardcore gangsta rap on their headphones. Meanwhile, Marty asks his sons and his wife to come forward with any secrets that they may have in case the press were to pick up on it. Both of Marty's sons reveal some incredibly horrifying and disgusting things that they've done when Marty's not around. Even Marty's wife Mitzy admits to some embarrassing atrocities.Marty makes his first impression on NC-14 when Cam holds a "welcoming luncheon" to introduce Marty as the challenger for NC-14. Marty's first impression is a complete disaster when the only story he has to woo the crowd is a story about his pet pugs barking underneath the sofa. Cam then proceeds to completely humiliate Marty by showing voters what exactly they'll get if they vote for Marty by showing his embarrassing personal life - including the fact that Marty's wife proposed to *HIM* four times before he accepted. Marty also works out at Curves, has Chinese-bred dogs, and is known to crap his pants if somebody tickles him.Getting into his car and going home, Marty is approached by a man who the Motch Brothers hired to be his new campaign manager - a man named Tim Whatley (Dylan McDermott). Whatley is there to make Marty not suck. Whatley then proceeds to completely trash the image that Marty had built for himself and do a complete 180. They make over his house, his wife, sons, and replace his pet pugs with a Golden Retriever and a Chocolate Lab. Whatley also tries to whip Marty into a better shape than he's been in.It's time for the first debate. Marty greets Cam in the theater where the debate is being held. But as they meet, Marty attempts to lay some trash talk on Cam but it quickly backfires on him. Then Marty completely blows away Cam's answer on the first question of the debate, which stuns the audience and scores him huge points in the press. Then Cam commits the unforgivable sin of politicians. Just as he and Marty are going for a photo op with the local babies, they get into a shoving match, and as Cam takes a swing at Marty, Marty ducks and he accidentally hits the baby. Cam's poll numbers drop drastically as a result, and Cam becomes the butt of the jokes of the late night talk show hosts including Chris Matthews (Chris Matthews) and Bill Maher (Bill Maher)The next day at his campaign headquarters, Cam is going over some new campaign commercials. The first is a commercial that completely ignores all the things that Cam has done as a politician while highlighting his affair with gorgeous model / yoga instructor Shana, but while that commercial was a hit with men, it scored terribly low numbers with women. The second commercial paints Marty Huggins as a member of the Taliban or Al-Qaeda, suggesting that if Marty has a mustache and Saddam Hussein has a mustache, they must be related. Neither of these commercials send good messages to the voters, and Cam's campaign manager Mitch (Jason Sudeikis) strongly recommend against them.At the next debate - after shooting himself in the foot with the al Qaeda / Taliban comparison, the topic of religion is brought up. Marty accuses Cam of not having been to church in several months - with NC-14 being an incredibly religious district. Cam proves this by being unable to cite the traditional Catholic Lord's Prayer. Cam eggs on Marty that if he wants a holy war, he's got one. The two are then seen at several congregations of various faiths - Marty attends mass at a Catholic Church and a Jewish Temple, while Cam sings in a gospel choir at a Southern Baptist church and attends a Snake Handler ceremony. While at the Snake Handler mass, he's bit by a rather venomous rattle snake. The venom causes his arm to swell up like a balloon and gives him some mild hallucinations. He then freaks out and destroys the living room of the same family that he left an obscene voice mail message on earlier. Just as he's being wheeled out of the hospital, Cam's snake bit shockingly causes his numbers to rise in the polls.The next night, Cam stops by Marty's house for a friendly chat. He decides that this campaign can work if they can put aside their differences and become friends. Marty thinks that's a very noble way to go about doing things, but isn't sure that he's ready to trust Cam. He then offers Cam some small batch bourbon, which Cam then proceeds to drink quite heavily. On his way home, Cam's stopped for a DUI. He takes the police cruiser out for a joy ride and is subsequently arrested. At the jail the next morning he's hounded by the press and is still too drunk from the previous night to drive.Things get real in the third debate. Marty has obtained a copy of a coloring book that Cam wrote as an elementary school student called "Rainbowland". Rainbowland features writing that Marty tells the audience has socialist undertones, which gets the crowd incredibly riled up. Cam tries to assure the crowd that he was 8 years old at the time he wrote that and that it means absolutely nothing. A near riot begins to break out and Cam tries to discover Marty's tickling pant-crapping secret if it's true or not. Just as Cam heads for Marty and begins to throw a punch, Marty ducks and Cam hits the dog from "The Artist". That once again gets him to be the butt of the jokes of the late night community. Also, not surprisingly, the e-book version of "Rainbowland" has become the most downloaded title on Amazon.Marty is watching the aftermath of the events unfold at his house. His wife Mitzy is yelling at him about how Marty's never home. They then decide to have a family night with the pugs - and everyone is seen stuffing their faces with all kinds of junk food. Tim Whatley shows up wasted and begins yelling at Marty that he needs to stop screwing around and take this campaign more seriously.Back at campaign headquarters, Cam Jr. tells his father that he's considering running for election for class president, and his father gives him advice on how to smear his opponents. Cam's campaign manager then presents to him a shocking new campaign commercial from Marty Huggins. It's footage of Marty having small talk with Cam's son, trying to get sympathy from the audience as to how Cam's not a good father. Cam, furious, now retaliates by attempting to woo Marty's wife Mitzy into having an illicit affair with him. He then films it using his smart phone camera and uses that as his next campaign commercial. His campaign manager is horrified that he would try such a thing.Cam proceeds to freak out and fires his campaign manager Mitch as a result. He will do anything to get this commercial on the air. He then proceeds to look around his staff for anybody who would have the balls to put this commercial on the air. He finally succeeds, and the controversial commercial is aired. During a live on air interview from his house, Piers Morgan criticizes the commercial live on air in front of Cam, while explaining that the video itself attracts nearly 65,000,000 viewers on YouTube. The interview proves to be a huge disaster as Cam can't directly answer Piers' burning questions and at one point begins endorsing Marty Huggins for Congress over his own campaign.Marty gets in a subsequent argument with his wife, causing her to take the children to her mother's. Cam's wife, disgusted by the video and the fact that he's way behind in the polls, also leaves him. During a photo op on a hunting range, Marty takes his shotgun and shoots Cam in the leg, causing Marty's poll numbers to rise drastically.Now celebrating, just as Marty's latest stunt causes his poll numbers to skyrocket, Glenn and Wade Motch decide they've got this in the bag. They're celebrating at the mansion with Marty and Raymond, and then proceed to tell Marty about the plan they have for NC-14 which is basically opening a large sweatshop on US soil which would triple the profits they make and eliminate shipping costs. Marty is horrified to hear this and considers backing out of the campaign completely as he doesn't want to do anything to hurt his hometown. He doesn't want to be known as the guy who sold NC-14 to the Chinese. Frustrated, Glenn and Wade Motch decide their next course of action and that's to finance someone who's willing to cooperate. They then see that they've had the right man all along this entire time: Cam Brady, who's given an electrified concert where he makes his reentrance to the campagin - complete with Bachmann Turner Overdrive themselves playing a pyrotechnic filled rendition of "Taking Care Of Business" - his campaign theme song. At Cam Brady's re entrance to the top of the campaign, he's greeted by his wife Rose, who's only there because the Motch Brothers paid her to make an appearance at the event.It's election day and this race is among the most highly watched campaigns in the entire country because it was so volatile. Marty rounds up what's left of his campaign staff and has him put on a last minute commercial. There, Marty explains the truth behind his campaign - that he was financed by the Motch Brothers. That he wasn't being faithful to his wife or his sons. He then tells people to reveal the truth about themselves. This causes a bizarre chain of events to unfold around the entire district. Later that night, the campaign numbers are finally tallied. Marty and Mitzy reconcile their differences after Mitzy is impressed with Marty's last campaign ad. Cam has won by a very sizable margin of nearly 10,000 votes. It's then revealed that the Motch Brothers own the voting machines that were being used in the election. Cam congratulates Marty on a job well done and tells him that he's got a natural knack for campaigning.But then Marty explains to Cam that he just doesn't get it. Being a Congressman is not a job you can just phone in, it's about taking action. Marty tells Cam that he voted for him in elementary school to take down the jaggedy jungle gym that was causing so many student injuries. Cam and Marty both reveal their injuries that they sustained on the contraption. Cam is horrified to see the extent of Marty's scars, and as he takes the podium, he finally reveals the truth about himself that he's not a very good Congressman because he took money from the Motch brothers and phoned in everything he was supposed to vote on, and hands the office over to Marty and becomes Marty's chief of staff. During the concession speech, Cam points out that the Motch Brothers are behind his decision to step down, and that they're responsible for ruining the district he's been proud to represent the last 15 years. The Motch Brothers - who were at the event, quickly make their exit. The next day the Motch Brothers are eying Scott Talley's district, after he's caught in yet another scandal and decide to run someone against him, saying that Talley no longer has the spark among voters that he used to. But unfortunately they get subpoenaed to appear before the US Congressional Committee On Campaign Finance Reform - now headed by Congressman Marty Huggins.The movie ends with a post credits scene that shows the Motch Borthers appearing in a hearing before Congress where Marty is nailing them about buying districts to increase their profits. They explain that because of a recent Supreme Court ruling, that's now allowed. But then Marty comes back and exposes Tim Whatley as being involved in criminal fraudulent activity, and that because the Motches are backing a criminal, that makes them criminals by association and has them arrested and detained.

Tags: humor, satire, entertaining

Review:
The election period in the United States has traditionally been a fountain of humorous material exploited to the maximum by the comedians, most of them on TV, but also in cinema, as we can see this year in the film The Campaign, directed by Jay Roach, whose filmography includes some excellent comedies (the Austin Powers trilogy)...and other deeply irritating ones (Meet the Fockers, Dinner for Schmucks).
The Campaign is a hilarious movie with a very clever storyline and a very talented and comedic cast that do a terrific job.When I first heard that Will Ferrell and Zach Galifanakis did a movie together,I had to see it,but then I heard it was disappointing so I delayed seeing.I decided to rent it,and I didn't see what the problem was,I though the movie was hilarious,there was a few misses but very few,and similar to Step Brothers and the Hangover,it has so much lines that are very quotable,also the two actors worked really well together.I really enjoyed Dylan McDermott,Sarah Baker,Dan Aykroyd and John Lithgow,the casting for each character was all very well suited.If your a fan of both Will Ferrell and Zach Galifanakis comedies you will definitely love the Campaign.Long running congressman Cam Brady (Will Ferrell) finally gets some competition from Marty Huggins (Zach Galifanakis),a man who may take over his career.They start a serious campaign against each other..
t seems like it should be easy to make a funny movie about the state of our political climate.rich, greedy, corrupt people spending millions of dollars to make television ads that spread blatant lies to the uninformed voting public, but The Campaign ends up feeling a bit underwhelming of what could have been.Screenwriters Chris Henchy & Shawn Harwell only scratched the surface of the real life hilarity of the current political landscape.
All they had to do was turn on any TV news channel and take note of the circus that current politics have becomefrom former governor Arnold Schwarzenegger to Weiner-Gate towellSarah Palin, but for Chris Henchy, the writer of past stinkers Land of the Lost and The Other Guys, I guess that is what should be expected.Will Ferrell (Step Brothers, Anchorman) and Zach Galifianakis (The Hangover, Due Date) make a fine comedic duo, but their one-note characters leave these candidates without much to say.
His iconic character was a slam-dunk on short SNL skits, but runs thin in a feature film.The Campaign definitely provides its share of laughs that keep this film above average, but doesn't live up to other classic films produced by Ferrell and Adam McKay's Gary Sanchez production companyI.E. Step Brothers, Anchorman, Talladega Nights.
Although being casted in their usual and cliché roles; Ferrell as a competitive mindless idiot that's considered the best at everything, and Galifanakis as a weird, but likable sweater vest-wearing dork; these two still share a decent chemistry in a movie that's although not a perfect comedy as you'd expect it to be, it's still a pretty decent comedy, that consistently hits the funny bone, sometimes in the right places.
Of all people it's Dylan McDermott that gets a couple of amusing moments, his shady and ruthless campaign manager a welcome respite from the embarrassing blandness of the leads and other co-stars John Lithgow, Dan Aykroyd and Brian Cox. The campaign slogan for Galifianakis' bumbling Marty Huggins sums this film up most accurately: "It's a mess"..
I attended expecting a satiric comedy centred on election campaigns (how it's advertised) and watched a boring, un-funny and ultimately repulsive film, until I walked out.
With the US Presidential Elections gaining traction and going into its final leg before the polls in November, it's probably natural that a comedy about American politics gets released into the cinemas to capitalize on election fever, as well as to lampoon the various strategies, and poke fun on the candidates who would be more than inclined to say the darnedest things that don't make too much sense, or to behave in a hypocritical manner, all of which are fodder to be made fun of.Directed by Jay Roach, who is no stranger to those who enjoy the trilogy of Austin Powers films, The Campaign put two current funny men together, and watch them explode as they rib each other to shreds as part of the political hustings to garner more votes by discrediting the other.
It's never more than just to share one's plans for the electorate when elected, or to reveal and convince them of one's programs, but to take the more interesting approach to character assassinate, and utilize the power of the media, and one's carefully built persona as perception for the voting public.Comedy aside, this film lays down very real issues and problems with politics anywhere around the world, and that is more worrying, whether the right people are shunning serving the community, and the wrong people with the wrong motives seeking office instead, so as to further the reserves in their coffers, or that of their supporters with the tacit understanding that the interests of those who had backed one's campaign should be looked on favourably, with any meeting conducted to discuss these terms deemed never having been convened.
It's been some time seeing Dan Aykroyd and John Lithgow on screen, and here they play unscrupulous businessmen who are looking at in- sourcing and exploitation of cheap labour, selling out their state/country once they have their preferred candidate occupy office.As you would have learnt from the trailer, The Campaign pits Will Ferrell and Zach Galifianakis as two politicians getting at each others throats from the get go.
The last film seen with campaign managers playing a big part is in George Clooney's Ides of March, with almost the same level of seriousness and intensity seen in The Campaign, especially Dylan McDermott's Tim Wattley who has to build Marty's popularity from scratch, and create a credible candidate out of a dim wit.For those who appreciate the other Jay Roach comedies, expect the usual toilet humour, and plenty of f-bombs creeping their way into the film.
Galifianakis continues in his usual roles as none too bright characters having a ball of a time, and here his story arc provided for a little bit of a melodrama, which I thought was a nice touch and a break from the comedy, serving as reminder that family matters, and should take priority rather than being shelved aside for ambition.
It sounds like it would be hard to go wrong with a cast that includes Will Ferrell, Zach Galifinakis, Jason Sudeikis, John Lithgow, and Dylan McDermott and a director like Jay Roach who has experience with both silly comedy ("Austin Powers in Goldmember") and mature political dramas ("Game Change" and Recount").
As a political movie, the film plays it pretty safe as both the Left and the Right are only moderately poked at.Jay Roach, known for his brilliant work with Austin Powers and Meet the Fockers, returns to direct this film.
But, he ends up running against a Marty Huggins, who happens to be the candidate no one expects to be running for office.Will Ferrell and Zach Galifianakis are both very funny here and they seem to feed off each other's energy.
The comedy in this movie, such as it is, is weak and a little flat, which is something I didn't think I'd ever say about a film starring Will Ferrell and Zach Galifianakis.
The actors did fine, but they've had much better material in other vehicles (Ferrell in Anchorman and Galifianakis in The Hangover being just two notable examples).It's a shame because I'd heard some good things about The Campaign, and with those two comedy stars it should have been something greater than the sum of its parts.
'THE CAMPAIGN': Three and a Half Stars (Out of Five) Will Ferrell and Zach Galifianakis combine forces for this political satire attempting to throw some comedic commentary at audiences this election season.
Not as classic as some of Ferrell's greatest comedies but one of his better ones for sure.Ferrell plays Democratic Congressman Cam Brady, who as the film opens is getting ready to secure his fifth term in North Carolina's 14th District unopposed.
American politics is notorious for being very bitter and negative: so it seems like a fair target for a comedy.Cam Brady (Will Ferrell) is a four term Democratic representative of the 14th district of North Carolina, based around the city of Hampton.
In case you haven't heard about this film, it's essentially two unlikely candidates Cam Brady (Will Ferrell) and Marty Huggins (Zach Galifianakis) running for the North Carolina Delicate position.
This film tried to be both a political satire and a goofy comedy but in reality became a muddled mess and fell short delivering on both accounts.In my opinion, it's really not that funny so if you're looking for a good laugh, this is a film that you should steer clear of..
From the director of Meet the Parents/Fockers, and starring two of comedy's soaring high fliers at the moment, it's a reliably competent effort that probably doesn't squeeze as much juice out of it's comic potential as it could have, but is still a sufficiently laugh laden outing with no room for political correctness (no pun intended) or subtlety.There's an interesting role reversal going on in both the nature of the characters and the tone of those playing them.
The two protagonists Will Ferrell as Camden "Cam" Brady and Zach Galifianakis as Martin "Marty" Huggins are, of course, wonderful, but they are pleasant supported by so-called older generation of comedy actors such as John Lithgow and Dan Aykroyd; female characters, however, are sketchy and I can't say I will remember the actresses when appearing in other movies.Nevertheless, it is a good political comedy as events-thoughts depicted take place in many countries - verbosity, greed and semblance seem to the be universal phenomena within politics.
From candidates who think awful ads make them look good, to public gaffes having reverse effects on popularity, to the ceaselessly vulgar language that is the base vocabulary of every campaign staffer, this movie made me laugh at things I am not at all sure most people would even recognize as intentionally funny.A lot of the film involves the candidates interacting with each other, and their family members, in ways that don't ever really happen.
If you want good fiction about politics, see "The Candidate." If you want light humor and you don't care about honesty, maybe try "Welcome to Moosewood." But if you know campaigns from the inside and you need a moment to laugh at yourself and the process, this is your movie..
And in downtimes like the ones currently upon us, we should try and seek out those films.The plot concerns Democratic Congressman Cam Brady (Will Ferrell) of North Carolina's fourteenth district, who is running for a fifth term unopposed.
In the meantime, corrupt business brothers, Glen (John Lithgow) and Wade Motch (Dan Aykroyd) convince local naive tour guide Marty Huggins (Zach Galifianakis), who is loved by pretty much every person he runs into, to challenge Brady as the Republican candidate so that they can make illegal money off of a Chinese company.
A bit too much on animal abuse, but still mostly pleasing.Starring: Will Ferrell, Zach Galifianakis, Jason Sudeikis, Katherine LaNasa, Dylan McDermott, John Lithgow, Dan Aykroyd, and Brian Cox. Directed by: Jay Roach..
It's a surprise hit, and contains both plenty of political lampooning and crude material to please even the least political of comedy watchers.Ferrell plays Cam Brady, a slimy politician who has run unopposed as North Carolina's representative for five elections.
Will Ferrell and Zach Galifianakis bring the humor of American politics to the forefront in The Campaign.The movie itself has quite a few hilarious moments, but those a sadly overshadowed in the extreme over-the-top moments.
Other interpretations that have to be mentioned were Zach Galifianakis who played as Marty Huggins and he was equally good at his role, Dylan McDermott who played as Tim Wattley the consultant and Jason Sudeikis who played as Mitch.Finally, I have to say that "The Campaign" is a funny and interesting movie with many hilarious scenes that will make you laugh a lot.
While it's clearly a comedy - and not to be taken seriously at all - it does a magnificent job of lampooning all the troublesome aspects of American politics, and it makes you laugh at the absurdity of it all, while at the same time you shake your head because you know that behind the absurdity the movie is actually raising some very valid issues.Will Ferrell plays Congressman Camden Brady.
Ferrell was fine, but the character of Huggins was a more interesting character to watch as the movie went on, as he struggled with the good he wanted to do as a congressman, even while he was being turned into just another candidate by those pulling the strings.This weakened a bit at the end by becoming (predictably, I suppose) too noble - and by doing that, it lost its satirical bite.
I absolutely hate Will Ferrell, but I love Zach Galifianakis, even still, the Campaign is not usually the type of movie I would watch, so why did I?
Zach Galifianakis doesn't disappoint, giving us perhaps his best character since Alan in the Hangover, and to give credit where credit is due, yes, Will Ferrell matched him line for line, in what was the only thing I've liked him in since Elf. The film is further supported by some comedic legends in bit parts, making it a terrific, well-rounded comedy, that uses multiple styles to achieve it's goal of having the audience in hysterics..
The Campaign pits two comedic powerhouses in Will Ferrell and Zach Galifianakis against one another in a political satire.
But Huggins isn't prepared for what the world of cutthroat politics entails.THE CAMPAIGN works better than most recent comedies because the gags don't feel forced and, unlike other movies (I'm looking at you, WANDERLUST), the jokes don't go on painfully long.
The Campaign was a nice entertainment with hilarious moments tickling your funny bone coupled with wonderful performance by Will Ferrell and Zach Galifianakis.To make North Carolina a better place to live , Marty Huggins must compete against his arch rival Cam Brady to win the congressman seat.
Both of them have done a fantastic job in keeping you entertain and make sure you laugh till the end.Overall , a good political comedy with fantastic performances by Will Ferrell and Zach Galifianakis .
Campaign" may have seemingly come out at the absolute perfect time, 2012 being an election year in the United States, but if one thought this film would be slamming Democrats against Republicans, they would be very misguided.Will Farrell stars as Cam Brady, a four-term incumbent North Carolinian Republican senator (simply because Republicans are much more funny) who has run unopposed and wins just by throwing himself into the ring.
And Dylan McDermott, hot off an incredible run on the first season of "American Horror Story," is dead-on as Huggin's almost-sociopathic campaign manager.The back and forth antics between Brady and Huggins are great...sometimes funny, sometimes flat, sometimes a little too much, but that is what everyone is watching this film for, right Overall, a terrific and timely comedy that is well worth the watch..
I will continue to cast my puns in movie reviews as in this one for the Will Ferrell and Zach Galifianakis comedic collaboration "The Campaign".
The CampaignThe best thing about a political campaign is that it allows citizens the opportunity to obtain candidate DNA to prove paternity.However, this comedy about stumping for congress isn't so much about bastards as it is mudslinging.On the behest of his father (Brian Cox), Marty (Zach Galifianakis) enters the race for congress on the Republican ticket.With no experience, he is aligned with a cutthroat campaign manager (Dylan McDermott) who molds Marty into a threat towards sitting congressman Cam (Will Ferrell).With his incumbency endangered, Cam assassinates Marty's character.
Which was a shame, because there were some great actors on the list and people were doing great jobs with their roles.As much as I don't keep an eye on politics in any aspects, then I found "The Campaign" to have some great moments of laughs and it was obviously well released up to an upcoming American election.Will Ferrell (playing Cam Brady) and Zach Galifianakis (playing Marty Huggins) were great together on the screen, because of their personalities and charisma.
But the movie also had other impressive actors to its list; Jason Sudeikis (playing Mitch), Dylan McDermott (playing Tim Wattley), John Lithgow (playing Glenn Motch), Dan Aykroyd (playing Wade Motch) and Brian Cox (playing Raymond Huggins).The jokes in "The Campaign" were great and fun, and the situational comedy was great as well, as usual from Will Ferrell and Zach Galifianakis.Unfortunately the movie as an overall was just mediocre, and I doubt that I will watch it a second time around.
Will Ferrell is considered a "comedy actor" so you would expect it to be funny, however, during the whole movie there is only a couple of times where you will find yourself laughing, these moments coming from Zach Galifianakis who in my opinion holds the whole film together and makes it watchable, he is hilarious as the weird, feminine and slightly pitiful character Huggins !
Will Ferrell's role was a man that had all the power at first that knew what he was doing whether it was right or wrong, that at the end used his power to do what was right when reminded.We soon find a character known is this movie as the underdog named Marty Huggins (Zach Galifianakis) who is targeted by big time businessmen the Motch brothers.
Nothing subtle hereA mysterious political image-maker (Dylan McDermott) is dispatched by the diabolical billionaire Motch brothers (Dan Ackroyd and John Lithgow) to groom well-meaning but naive small-town eccentric Marty Huggis (Zach Galifianakis) as the Republican candidate in a North Carolina congressional race against Democrat incumbent Cam Brady (Will Ferrell) a jackass who wins re-election every time just by going unchallenged.