Last week Movie Buzzers reader Sebastian Rea attended a special NYC screening of Jay Roach’s new political comedy, The Campaign. It was there where he mingled with the stars and sat down to review the upcoming comedy starring two comedic powerhouses, Will Ferrell and Zach Galifianakis.
Congressmen Cam Brady (Will Ferrell) and Marty Huggins (Zach Galifianakis) become political rivals when corporate CEO’s decide to back Marty as a figurehead in order to “insoure” cheap labor by building unregulated factories in North Carolina. As election day draws near, Brady and Huggins cast ethics aside to engage in hysterical mud-slinging, mirroring contemporary politics of today.
The Campaign offers a mirror to the American political system, highlighting the obnoxious and power-driven race that voting has become in the United States, but ultimately its message gets lost in the exhale which is comedy. Like many other Will Ferrell films, his knack of satirizing society and its many archetypes is a pleasure to watch as he plays “CAM.” What’s nice about this film is it’s on point social commentary. He and Zach play encumbered politicians but reveal humanistic qualities throughout the script, gaining our sympathies. The film’s theme: Honesty, is glorified against the conniving personalities of the antagonists – played by an enjoyable Dan Aykroyd, John Lithgow, Brian Cox and Dylan McDermott. The humor is playful with just the right amount of filth. Such a film might seek to communicate with Americans about the corruption in our own government with these safe laughs but I’m afraid many will walk out of the theatre undisturbed and anxious to return to the drone-like humanity that our social media and information has manipulated us to be.
Rating: 9/10
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