Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga
Will Ferrell and Rachel McAdams are Lars and Sigrit, aspiring musicians looking to bring glory to their country at the world's biggest song competition in this Netflix comedy from the director of Wedding Crashers. Co-stars Natasia Demetriou (What We Do in the Shadows), Jamie Demetriou (Fleabag) and Dan Stevens (Beauty and the Beast) alongside Demi Lovato and Pierce Brosnan.
Reviews & comments
The Telegraph
pressThe result is this pulverisingly unfunny and vacuous two-hour gauntlet run of non-tertainment.
Empire Magazine
pressThe votes are in, and it’s official: this largely unfunny paean to Eurovision is a waste of some serious talent. At least some of the songs are decent.
IndieWire
pressOne way or the other, the biggest issue with “The Story of Fire Saga” is that most of it is just too limp and anodyne to register.
Hollywood Reporter
pressIf ever a comedy cried out for tight 85-minute treatment that keeps the gags pinging fast enough to disguise the thin sketch material at its core, it's this hit-or-miss two-hour feature.
Total Film
pressLove Eurovision? You'll love this. Never heard of Eurovision? You may find it all bewildering.
Vanity Fair
pressEurovision is not a perfect cinematic encapsulation of the real thing, but it is a worthy enough first foray into a world ripe for filmic exploration.
Vulture
pressEurovision gives us an inspired and hilarious match between subject and stars, all driven by melodrama...
The Telegraph
pressThe result is this pulverisingly unfunny and vacuous two-hour gauntlet run of non-tertainment.
Empire Magazine
pressThe votes are in, and it’s official: this largely unfunny paean to Eurovision is a waste of some serious talent. At least some of the songs are decent.
IndieWire
pressOne way or the other, the biggest issue with “The Story of Fire Saga” is that most of it is just too limp and anodyne to register.
Hollywood Reporter
pressIf ever a comedy cried out for tight 85-minute treatment that keeps the gags pinging fast enough to disguise the thin sketch material at its core, it's this hit-or-miss two-hour feature.
Total Film
pressLove Eurovision? You'll love this. Never heard of Eurovision? You may find it all bewildering.
Vanity Fair
pressEurovision is not a perfect cinematic encapsulation of the real thing, but it is a worthy enough first foray into a world ripe for filmic exploration.
Vulture
pressEurovision gives us an inspired and hilarious match between subject and stars, all driven by melodrama...
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