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- 85 Minutes
- Warner Bros.
- Language English
- Country USA
- Rated:
- Format: 1.85:1
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- Directed by Jay Roach
- Written by Chris Henchy, Shawn Harwell
- Starring Dan Aykroyd, Dylan McDermott, Jason Sudeikis, John Lithgow, Will Ferrell, Zach Galifianakis
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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.
It's weird and strange and surreal and passionate and dirty, a crazy-smart comedy where you laugh until it hurts -- in no small part because a lot of it should.