Brosnan doesn’t get much of a workout, required only to sit in a local pub looking embarrassed until he isn’t. Rachel McAdams is right in synch with his earnest naivety (and is the only starring player whose singing voice is utilized on screen, albeit not for the more soaring numbers). Fire Saga is plagued by prop problems, their opening imagined performance of ‘Volcano Man’ from the reality of Lars’s basement the height of Nordic kitsch.įerrell, who became a fan of the campy competition after being introduced to it in his Swedish wife’s home country (it began in 1956 and has produced such acts as Celine Dion), has the man-child thing down pat. Stevens, a comic marvel here, slays his ‘Lion of Love’ number, assisted by his meticulously coiffed mane and gold on black brocaded lion tamer smoking jacket. But after Lars turns Sigrit’s more direct sexual overtures down, declaring that ‘romance ruins bands,’ in steps the leonine Russian Alexander Lemtov (Dan Stevens, who evinced some of his comedic potential in TV's 'Legion'), who employs Greek songstress Mita Xenakis (Melissanthi Mahut) as his wingwoman/Lars distraction in order to woo Sigrit after recognizing her vocal potential.ĭirector David Dobkin’s ("Wedding Crashers," "The Judge") experience shooting music videos for the likes of Elton John and Maroon 5 ensure staged spectacle, from the Belarusian death metal rockers comically softened with a love interest to the windblown falsetto operatics of 21 st Century Viking. Increasingly crazy developments land Fire Saga in Edinburgh as Iceland’s Eurovision entry and our naifs are overwhelmed by the ‘big city’ and glamorous contestants. Húsavík, unaware of backstage manipulation, celebrates its parking ticket issuer (Lars) and music teacher (Sigrit). While banker Victor Karlosson (Mikael Persbrandt) warns that hosting the competition, as the winner traditionally does, could bankrupt the country, Neils pulls a random entry to ensure their participation. While Lars and Sigrit’s band Fire Saga plays locally, their hometown crowd always rejects their ‘Eurovision song,’ instead repeatedly demanding ‘Ja Ja Ding Dong.’ Unbeknownst to them, Iceland Public TV's Neils Brongus (Ólafur Darri Ólafsson) is looking for a twelfth act per Eurovision rules for Iceland’s runoff competition to ensure a slot for Katiana (Demi Lovato), their best ever shot to take the title. (The joke is amplified by the fact that Lars’s dad Erick Erickssong (Pierce Brosnan) is considered the area’s handsomest and that Sigrit’s surname is Ericksdottir.) Take, for example, everyone’s assumption that Sigrit is Lars’s sister, a question he always cluelessly responds to with ‘Probably not,’ much to the romantically inclined Sigrit’s consternation.
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The most consistent thread throughout Will Ferrell’s movie starring career has been his vocational parodies, movies like “Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy” and “Talledega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby.” His latest colon punctuated starring vehicle is one of his warmest and funniest, its international setting and outrageous costumes recalling his professional figure skating outing “Blades of Glory.” Along with his ‘Funny or Die’ writing colleague Andrew Steele, Ferrell aces several inspired running jokes including one paying homage to “Elf.”
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