“Instead of picking a particular tone and wringing it for all it’s worth, (director Etan) Cohen just throws a mess of half-funny jokes at the wall in the hopes that some of them might stick. Will Ferrell Highest Rated: 98 Oh Lucy (2017) Lowest Rated: Not Available Birthday: Birthplace: Irvine, California, USA Will Ferrell used his prodigious skills in sketch comedy. IndieWire’s David Ehrlich wrote that the movie’s confusing attempts at humour felt “like it’s leaving an all-you-can-eat buffet on a full stomach.” The Hollywood Reporter’s Frank Scheck called the movie “devastatingly unfunny,” adding that “the overall shoddiness is typical of this feeble sendup that doesn’t even manage to be as funny as the recent Benedict Cumberbatch and Robert Downey Jr. The Doctor Is in Too Deep: Will Ferrell and Paul Rudd on ‘The Shrink Next Door’. Next, distraction will be found by the sudden appearance of Hugh Laurie as Sherlocks older, smarter brother Mycroft, and Laurie himself did a fine twist on. Now that critics are watching along with the moviegoing public, their reaction isn’t great: The movie has zero per cent favourable reviews on Rotten Tomatoes and just a 18 per cent audience score as of Dec. He takes the tired old, oft-told stories of Holmes and Watson and adds his signature style: dark and seedy London, camera-twisting violence, cheeky humor, and a charismatic cast. The movie, which was released Christmas Day and wasn’t made available for review beforehand, parodies the Sherlock universe with the duo you know from Step Brothers and Talladega Nights. Ritchie’s rendering of the Sherlock Holmes films is actually quite iconic. The story here, if it could even be called one, saw a comically over-the-top Sherlock Holmes (Will Ferrell) and Dr. Reilly’s Holmes & Watson, and critics don’t have too many kind words for the comedy flick. Reviews are starting to roll in for Will Ferrell and John C.
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