The 5 Funniest Will Ferrell Movies
Since the end of his legendary tenure as a cast member on Saturday Night Live, Will Ferrell has brought his unique brand of absurdist humor to the big screen and become a beloved A-list movie star. The beauty of Ferrell’s talent is that he can play all the comedic types: a deadpan “straight man” foil, like Detective Allen Gamble in The Other Guys; the kind of eccentric comic persona that the straight man reacts to, like Chazz Reinhold in Wedding Crashers; and a combination of the two, like Ricky Bobby in Talladega Nights. From Old School to Anchorman to Step Brothers, Ferrell has starred in some of the funniest movies ever made.
Ever since Animal House became a box office hit, raucous college campus comedies have been commonplace in American cinema. They usually come off as cheap knock-offs that pale in comparison to the 1978 classic, but Todd Phillips found a unique spin on the subgenre with his 2003 hit Old School. Luke Wilson stars as a heartbroken thirtysomething who avoids being kicked out of his new residence by turning it into a frat house. Old School has all the NSFW antics of an Animal House rip-off, but instead of teenagers who don’t know any better, the protagonists are depressed middle-aged men who do know better and just want to get themselves out of a rut.
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Wilson is the star of Old School, but Ferrell steals the show as Frank “The Tank” Ricard, a newlywed struggling to settle into married life who unleashes his inner party animal when his friend starts a fraternity. Frank takes center stage in all the movie’s most hilarious moments, whether he’s drunkenly streaking through town or taking a tranquilizer dart to the neck.
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