This was a bit of a dissapointment. One of my all time favorite movies is Stranger Than Fiction, one of Will Ferrells few dramatic roles. I had high hopes that this might be on the same level. Unfortunately this didn’t come close to the witty and fun Stranger Than Fiction. Instead it was slow…and awkward for the audience. Ferrell plays an alcoholic who loses his job because of his drinking problem and who gets locked out of his house because of his drinking and ends up getting a divorce, again because of his drinking problem.

He ends up sitting on his lawn for days going through withdrawls from alcohol, which is not fun to watch. He also takes advantage of a neighborhood kid who ends up riding his bike down that street everyday with nothing better to do than be taken advantage of. It’s not until the very end of the movie, that Ferrell character starts to sober up and clean up his situation.

All the humorous back and forths in the trailer are really…all the funny parts of the movie, everything else is slow and depressing.

Rating:
Dave: 2.5 out of 5 Edward’s
Eddie: 2 out of 5 Edward’s