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".
Story-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.
Full reviewOne 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.
Full reviewLike 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.
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Perhaps 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.
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Those bite-size online interviews were an ideal match of form, technology, and content. As a movie, it all seems so mundane and forgettable.
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By giving the protagonist a pitiable background here, the film's producers are actually weakening the structure of their entire raison d'etre.
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A 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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