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The Campaign
Directed by
Jay Roach
Produced by Jay Roach, Will Ferrell, Zach Galifianakis, and Adam McKay
Screenplay by Chris Henchy and Shawn Harwell Story by Adam McKay, Chris Henchy, and Shawn Harwell
Produced by Jay Roach, Will Ferrell, Zach Galifianakis, and Adam McKay
Screenplay by Chris Henchy and Shawn Harwell Story by Adam McKay, Chris Henchy, and Shawn Harwell
With:
Will Ferrell, Zach Galifianakis, Jason Sudeikis, Dylan McDermott, Katherine LaNasa, Sarah Baker, John Lithgow, Dan Aykroyd, Brian Cox, Jack McBrayer, John Goodman, Wolf Blitzer, Piers Morgan, Bill Maher, Chris Matthews, Dennis Miller, Lawrence O'Donnell, Joe Scarborough, and Ed Schultz
Cinematography:
Jim Denault
Editing: Craig Alpert and Jon Poll
Music: Theodore Shapiro
Editing: Craig Alpert and Jon Poll
Music: Theodore Shapiro
Runtime:
85 min
Release Date: 10 August 2012
Aspect Ratio: 1.85 : 1
Color: Color
Release Date: 10 August 2012
Aspect Ratio: 1.85 : 1
Color: Color
The Campaign is more of the same underwritten, overacted, lukewarm comedy from Jay Roach – but this one is especially lazy. Will Farrell is always fun, but his over-confidant, idiot character wore thin on my half way through Anchorman and I’m really tired it now. Zach Galifianakis overplays his character too, getting a few laughs but nothing I can remember three hours after the movie. This film is way to broad to be a straight comedy and way too flat to be a satire. Are Roach and the writers trying to say anything about politics with this movie? Its political "message" is so on-the-nose it’s fairly insulting.