The plot starts with current North Carolina district 14 congressman, Cam Brady (Ferrell) - a sleazy, politician who does anything to win, goes unopposed in the election year. However, after a public gaffe, a couple of billionaires (Dan Akroyd and John Lithgow) decide to put a candidate up to oppose Brady's candidacy. This is found in the shape of timid, friendly, slightly camp family man Marty Huggins (Galifianakis) the director of the local tourism office. After an embarrassing start in the election campaign, the billionaires hire a tough campaign manager to help Marty and after a few trash talks, speeches and baby punches, the two go into election day fairly even.
The poor thing about The Campaign is that it lacks great jokes. It has a bunch of funny moments, but not many are very memorable or hilarious. However, Galifianakis' ability of not talking and being funny just by the way he acts helped to make this film funny. One disappointment about this film is the fact that Ferrell plays such a nasty character, which changes from his usual randomness. I mean, sure he played Mugatu in Zoolander, but you couldn't take him seriously. His usual quirkiness wasn't present and his humour wasn't the same unfortunately. To sum up, there isn't enough laugh out loud moments to make this a classic, and with the Presidential Election coming up, I think everybody expected more from this film. Average and they were saved by the leading cast.
Rating: 6/10
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