Going to this movie is like going to a really good lecture by your favorite professor on literature. It's about as interesting and funny. It's a concept piece, a story that saves it's own shallow one-joke concept by giving the story a layered approach, mostly by bringing literary philosophy into the mix. So now instead of having a movie where Will Ferrel fights with an imaginary voice and embarrasses himself in front of a bunch of people who are unsuspecting, we have that and Dustin Hoffman's, as the college professor, intellectual approach to the problem. We also have Emma Thompson as the writer and Queen Latifah as the writing assistant. Both of their parts aren't incredibly interesting. I was kind of wondering what Latifah was doing in this movie at all. I can also say that about Will Ferrel.
These are both very exuberant actors and their capabilities are endless. How they found themselves in this quiet little movie is a bit out of place. Ferrel and Hoffman's scenes don't really fit as they bounce off each other a little awkwardly during their conversations. And for the life of me I really don't understand why an actor would get so much recognition for a role (Golden Globe nomination) when his charachter does practically nothing whatsoever. I mean, Will Ferrel has been better in so many movies. Why does he get nominated for this. This type of acting is not his strong point.
Anyway the movie is interesting but somewhat flawed as Dustin Hoffman points out. It would have been a hell of a tragedy, but as a comedy it's only somewhat okay.
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