This is a "Daily Wire" attempt at comedy. Forgettable, but as you can see by the outsized ratings they have an army of upvoters at the ready. And/or a cultish following that prefers to watch a movie-length "punching down" red meat fest over anything resembling clever and amusing writing and acting. Though there were a couple things that induced a mild chuckle, guess that's pretty good for this movie.
Although DW is full of unintentional comedians like the hilarious propagandist Ben Shapiro and the "change my mind" guy, this film is such a strange, strange beast at how hard it works to NOT be funny. It's a meandering storyline built around what just seem like right wing meme gripes and talking points. It's supposed to be about basketball, as you can see from the cover, but it gets so distracted by trying to get through a list of things that scare them that they don't even get around to playing basketball until about halfway through the movie. It's a messy slog.
Rather than continue, "Some More News" on YouTube produced an excellent, well researched review of LadyBallers that is actually way funnier than this "comedy." SMN's writing and acting and timing is top level, and they have managed to critique it on the merits of what the "change my mind" guy asked them to, non-politically and on technical merits. Learned a bit about filmmaking 101 too. It would be awesome if right wingers could relay their perspectives in a way that is honestly funny, but unfortunately this movie just falls dead on the floor and feels like trying to watch my grandfather poop for a couple hours.
Two stars for giving a chuckle twice. It's not a good movie by any means, but any "leftie" would have to allow them a participation trophy for making an effort.
Although DW is full of unintentional comedians like the hilarious propagandist Ben Shapiro and the "change my mind" guy, this film is such a strange, strange beast at how hard it works to NOT be funny. It's a meandering storyline built around what just seem like right wing meme gripes and talking points. It's supposed to be about basketball, as you can see from the cover, but it gets so distracted by trying to get through a list of things that scare them that they don't even get around to playing basketball until about halfway through the movie. It's a messy slog.
Rather than continue, "Some More News" on YouTube produced an excellent, well researched review of LadyBallers that is actually way funnier than this "comedy." SMN's writing and acting and timing is top level, and they have managed to critique it on the merits of what the "change my mind" guy asked them to, non-politically and on technical merits. Learned a bit about filmmaking 101 too. It would be awesome if right wingers could relay their perspectives in a way that is honestly funny, but unfortunately this movie just falls dead on the floor and feels like trying to watch my grandfather poop for a couple hours.
Two stars for giving a chuckle twice. It's not a good movie by any means, but any "leftie" would have to allow them a participation trophy for making an effort.