Directed By: Jay Roach
Release Date: August 10, 2012
Running Time: 85 minutes
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: R for crude sexual content, language and brief nudity
Video: Will Ferrell and Zach Galifianakis on The Daily Show
Reviews: Reviewed by Kevin Finnerty / By Ian Forbes
Official Synopsis: When long-term congressman Cam Brady (Will Ferrell) commits a major public gaffe before an upcoming election, a pair of ultra-wealthy CEOs plot to put up a rival candidate and gain influence over their North Carolina district. Their man: naïve Marty Huggins (Zach Galifianakis), director of the local Tourism Center. At first, Marty appears to be the unlikeliest possible choice but, with the help of his new benefactors’ support, a cutthroat campaign manager and his family’s political connections, he soon becomes a contender who gives the charismatic Cam plenty to worry about.
As Election Day closes in, the two are locked in a dead heat, with insults quickly escalating to injury until all they care about is burying each other, in this mud-slinging, back-stabbing, home-wrecking comedy from Meet the Parents director Jay Roach that takes today’s political circus to its logical next level. Because even when you think campaign ethics have hit rock bottom, there’s room to dig a whole lot deeper.
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Will Ferrell – ‘Cam Brady’
Zach Galifianakis – ‘Marty Huggins’
Jason Sudeikis – ‘Mitch’
Katherine LaNasa – ‘Rose Brady’
Dylan McDermott – ‘Tim Wattley’
John Lithgow – ‘Glenn Motch’
Dan Aykroyd – ‘Wade Motch’
Brian Cox – ‘Raymond Huggins’
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