The Campaign
The Campaign
R | 10 August 2012 (USA)
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Two rival politicians compete to win an election to represent their small North Carolina congressional district in the United States House of Representatives.

Reviews
2hotFeature one of my absolute favorites!
ChampDavSlim The acting is good, and the firecracker script has some excellent ideas.
Sammy-Jo Cervantes There are moments that feel comical, some horrific, and some downright inspiring but the tonal shifts hardly matter as the end results come to a film that's perfect for this time.
Janae Milner Easily the biggest piece of Right wing non sense propaganda I ever saw.
adonis98-743-186503 An incumbent Representative embroiled in personal scandal faces a no-holds-barred challenge from a naive newcomer funded by two unscrupulous billionaire lobbyist brothers. I was very much suprised by how great 'The Campaign' turned out to be since both Galifianakis and Ferrell aren't exactly great actors to begin with and sure their funny sometimes in certain roles for example Galifianakis was great in The Hangover (2009) and Ferrell was great in Elf (2003) but as a whole? Not that funny but this movie was a big suprise that was hilarious (dude punched a baby in the face lol) and the entire cast did a great job. Overall a great comedy spoof for the world of politics. (10/10)
dsalouk The campaign is a comedy with typical and predictable story arcs. Of course it has its bizarre moments that are anything but typical, but the ending, and the character development (of what little there is) travels the road most travelled. Ferrell and Galifanakis have good chemistry, but the content never amuses or incites genuine chuckles. Both actors seem they are in it for the paycheck rather than the content, and neither provide much to truly laugh at. The story falls flat, the comedy falls flat, there is little to enjoy and even less to remember. The campaign is another 21st century comedy dud among the many of similar nature.
Ole Sandbaek Joergensen I don't know if any of the main actors have helped with the dialogs or the characters, but they fit very well into their parts and the dialogs and everything.Well if you take a real life story (maybe) and turn it into a comedy with Will Ferrell and Zach Galifianakis everything can go wrong (in a good way), it does not in this case, but the do make a lot of fun on the expense of politicians and politics. This is funny for most parts, it is raunchy, a bit foolish and sometimes over the top, but most political campaigns are, it seems like this is a comedy that are making fun of something that in the first place is funny and maybe a bit stupid.They make it work, capture the moments and the points and is entertaining most of the way.
Johan Dondokambey Making a comedy out of a political setting, the movie kind of raises both Will Ferrell and Zach Galifianakis's character images from the stupid crazy comedians in Anchorman, Step Brothers, and also the Hangover, to cleverer yet sleazier characters. Yet the movie falls to be quite predictable since the story soon falls into the characters exchanging blows at the campaign ad messages. The ending proves to be a joke for real politicians despite they don't crack any laugh from the audience. The acting overall is a little bit above the standards. Will Ferrell is really no stranger to comedies like this while Zach Galifianakis maintained his age old flat face expressions. Jason Sudeikis' presence here feels like a waste