The Campaign
When incumbent Congressman Cam Brady commits a major gaffe, two wealthy CEOs decide to try to gain influence in their district by putting up a rival candidate. Now Brady must face a no-holds-barred challenge from the naive newcomer.
13 July 1955, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
6 August 1966, Omaha, Nebraska, USA
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1 January 2000, Houston, Texas, USA
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28 July 1985, Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada
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June 23, 2013
You keep waiting for the movie to say something, to find that extra level of inspiration we've seen each of these two guys reach. Or at least to justify making a political comedy in the first place.
May 26, 2013
It is meticulously bipartisan in its ridicule, from the right's embrace of God and guns, to the left's disingenuous stance against fat cats and big money.
April 21, 2013
The problem with situation comedy movies in general - and Will Ferrell vehicles such as The Campaign in particular - is that they usually fizzle out after the first 30 minutes.
May 03, 2015
It's the most infuriating kind of comedy, one that keeps flirting with sharp ideas, only to retreat into barn-door-broad buffoonery.
August 10, 2012
It's way over the top, but then again, so are most modern political campaigns. Lots of funny s--- here.
April 09, 2016
The leads do fine work, but the screenplay bizarrely reduces Ferrell to straight man for much of the film.
August 10, 2012
[A] very raunchy and sometimes pretty funny comedy - which isn't above going for dumb jokes, but is also smart enough to play to its two stars' strengths.
August 16, 2012
What these dog days of political campaigning needs is a good, sharp political satire. Alas, The Campaign is not that movie -- not even close.
December 25, 2014
It even has something like a brain with awareness of the world outside the film, and that is too rare of a commodity in American film comedy in the 2010s.
August 13, 2012
Simply taken as a broad character comedy, "The Campaign" definitely has its moments.
August 10, 2012
This movie is single-handedly causing a major rise in our mirth deficit. It's so bad, I'm declaring a laugh emergency.
August 20, 2012
Despite the obviousness of its political points, the film has a scattershot, breezy appeal.
