Review of Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga (2020) by Jluis_001 — 07 Jul 2020

I have never cared for Eurovision to begin with.

Hardly an issue to watch this film but still, facing that music was a problem and I like pop music but when it has this level of manufacturing, I can't stand it.

Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga is pretty much the joyless parody I was expecting. And no, there's no surprises along the way to make it more functional or funny for that matter.

If you watch the trailer, which it basically tells you the whole damn story, you will get no rewards watching the whole thing. Unless of course, this is your kind of gig.

Will Ferrell shows once again he's not funny anymore and his career since Anchorman 2 has taken a turn for the worse. And that was 7 years ago.

Rachel McAdams was in for the check but at least she tries to make the thing more believable.

She knows it's a foolish parody but her performance feels way more organic than Ferrell's who's always trying too hard to force the laughs.

And that's pretty much the biggest flaw of this poor attempt. It's just not funny.

I can see that the people involved had fun doing it, but I think they forgot they had an audience that they also had to amuse.

The Netflix movie of the weekend as a novelty for its subscribers. They will get rid of it as soon as the finish it. And that's if they actually finish it.