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Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga

2020

David Dobkin

Rachel McAdams, Will Ferrell, Dan Stevens, Pierce Brosnan ...

5.6

6,168

Comedy. Musical Aspiring Icelandic musicians Lars Erickssong and Sigrit Ericksdottir's journey as they are given the once-in-a-lifetime chance to represent their country at the world's biggest song competition.

	Author	Review
United States	Owen Gleiberman Variety	"[It] is like a 'Saturday Night Live' sketch (...) that’s been stretched out, for no reason at all, to two hours (...) In reality, it’s a badly shot one-joke movie that sits there and goes thud"	NEG
United States	Michael O'Sullivan The Washington Post	"Surely there are worse ways to spend time than with Ferrell (...) I can’t help feeling that there isn’t nearly enough of it, and that the actor just isn’t trying very hard (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 4)"	NEU
United States	Bilge Ebiri Vulture	"Even the weak jokes land (...) 'Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga' might be the most emotionally engaging movie Will Ferrell has ever made."	POS
United Kingdom	Robbie Collin Telegraph	"Will Ferrell’s latest outing is unfunny, too long and thoroughly pointless (…) Rating: ★ (out of 5)"	NEG
United States	David Rooney The Hollywood Reporter	"Much to enjoy but much more to be desired (...) The filmmakers could have condensed all the messy plot padding and just harnessed the excitement of the show"	NEU
United Kingdom	Clarisse Loughrey The Independent	"It’s exactly as silly and outlandish as it needs to be, while still paying sincere respect to one of Europe’s great cultural quirks (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United Kingdom	Peter Bradshaw The Guardian	"It’s a strange, tonally misfiring movie (...) The movie is not a disaster, just weirdly pointless (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)"	NEG
United States	Richard Lawson Vanity Fair	"It's a relief to see entertainment that's big and earnest, silly and fabulous and unconcerned with looking cool as 'cool' is considered right now."	POS
United States	David Ehrlich IndieWire	"The biggest issue with 'The Story of Fire Saga' is that most of it is just too limp and anodyne to register"	NEG
United States	Hanna Flint IGN	"[It] is sincere and heartwarming and while the comedy notes fall a little flat in places there’s enough mirth to make up for it"	POS
United Kingdom	Chris Hewitt Empire	"The votes are in, and it’s official: this largely unfunny paean to Eurovision is a waste of some serious talent (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)"	NEG
United Kingdom	Ian Sandwell Digital Spy	"An overlong hit-and-miss comedy that doesn't exactly earn nul points, but won't be going home with the full douze points either (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"	NEU
United Kingdom	Lewis Knight Mirror	"Ultimately, 'Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga' is everything you would want from a comedy about the iconic annual competition (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
Canada	Molly Freeman Screen Rant	"[It] may be enjoyable for Ferrell fans (...) It also may be fun for regular viewers of the real-life Eurovision Song Contest but, again, there may not be enough here for those fans to keep them entertained (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)"	NEU

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