Between Two Ferns: The Movie
Zach Galifianakis' Funny Or Die interview series (21 episodes, over 10 years) goes to movie level. Zach and his crew take to the road to complete a series of high-profile celebrity interviews and restore his reputation.
After nearly killing Matthew McConaughey mid-interview, Zach and his ferns head across America to prove he's got what it takes as a celeb interviewer. David Letterman, Brie Larson, Benedict Cumberbatch, Jon Hamm, Peter Dinklage, Tessa Thompson and Awkwafina are among those subjected to his interview "technique".
Reviews & comments
Flicks, Tony Stamp
flicksStory-wise it ain’t much, but that’s fine. There’s a little supporting cast playing Zach’s colleagues, lots of indie comedians turn up in supporting roles, there’s a sort of tension in Zach’s self-doubt and a ticking clock baked into the plot, but it’s all just an excuse to watch celebrities squirm, and on that front B2F:TM doesn’t disappoint.
The New York Times
pressOne is left wondering why Galifianakis and Aukerman bothered to make "Between Two Ferns" a movie at all, when its best pieces so clearly belong in its original format.
Los Angeles Times
pressLike some of the feature-length spinoffs of old "Saturday Night Live" sketches that proliferated in the '90s, it feels like a padded version of a bit that was a lot sharper in five-minute increments.
The Guardian
pressPerhaps the film's overwhelming ace is an overarching awareness of just how pointless it really is, made with the same disposability with which it should be consumed.
Vulture
pressThose bite-size online interviews were an ideal match of form, technology, and content. As a movie, it all seems so mundane and forgettable.
Hollywood Reporter
pressBy giving the protagonist a pitiable background here, the film's producers are actually weakening the structure of their entire raison d'etre.
Variety
pressA bit of concocted fluff that never asks to be taken on the level, and that allows Galifianakis to oscillate, with his usual stoic myopic cunning, between idiocy and ire.
Flicks, Tony Stamp
flicksStory-wise it ain’t much, but that’s fine. There’s a little supporting cast playing Zach’s colleagues, lots of indie comedians turn up in supporting roles, there’s a sort of tension in Zach’s self-doubt and a ticking clock baked into the plot, but it’s all just an excuse to watch celebrities squirm, and on that front B2F:TM doesn’t disappoint.
The New York Times
pressOne is left wondering why Galifianakis and Aukerman bothered to make "Between Two Ferns" a movie at all, when its best pieces so clearly belong in its original format.
Los Angeles Times
pressLike some of the feature-length spinoffs of old "Saturday Night Live" sketches that proliferated in the '90s, it feels like a padded version of a bit that was a lot sharper in five-minute increments.
The Guardian
pressPerhaps the film's overwhelming ace is an overarching awareness of just how pointless it really is, made with the same disposability with which it should be consumed.
Vulture
pressThose bite-size online interviews were an ideal match of form, technology, and content. As a movie, it all seems so mundane and forgettable.
Hollywood Reporter
pressBy giving the protagonist a pitiable background here, the film's producers are actually weakening the structure of their entire raison d'etre.
Variety
pressA bit of concocted fluff that never asks to be taken on the level, and that allows Galifianakis to oscillate, with his usual stoic myopic cunning, between idiocy and ire.
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