Film review: Zach Galifianakis (galifianakisz)'s 'Between Two Ferns: The Movie'
, filmed in a spare and badly-lit set decorated with two spiky green ferns, is made for a particular type of comedy nerd. Thinkvilify Hollywood simultaneously, because in order to "get" the joke, you've got to be in on the minutiae of celebrity personas. It's semi-improvised Dadaist anti-humor for pop culture snobs, in the way Billy Eichner'sUnsurprisingly, less is more with this kind of conceit.
The concept is basically an excuse to cram as many hilariously anti-fawning celeb interviews as possible into a single 80-minute sequence. These scenes are by far the most valuable moments in the picture, and possibly worth plodding through the harebrained hijinks that buffer each interview, such as Chrissy Teigen seducing Zach in a bar for some reason.
That being established, the mock interviews with actors including Keanu Reeves, Paul Rudd, Brie Larson, Benedict Cumberbatch, Awkwafina, Tiffany Haddish and Peter Dinklage are laugh-out-loud hysterical. The best among them are a zippy few minutes with white-bearded David Letterman as Zach breathlessly flings barb after barb. "My guest today is Santa Claus with an eating disorder." "Did you just wake up from a 15-year nap?" "You look like Steve Jobs.
You won't care at all if the protagonist achieves his dream or bonds with his production crew, but you will 100% guffaw at the credits sequence outtakes of celebrities cracking up at razor-sharp insults being hurled at them.Director: Scott Aukerman
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