Black Sheep ½ (1996, Chris Farley, David Spade, Tim Matheson, Christine Ebersole, Gary Busey) – Classic Movie Review 4539

Chris Farley and David Spade re-team after Tommy Boy for director Penelope Spheeris’ s utterly moronic, shamefully slapstick 1996 American teen comedy that needs to be given the widest possible berth.

Poor Tim Matheson co-stars as Al Donnelly, rascally candidate for Washington state governor who hires smiling smoothie Steve Dodds (Spade) to steer his accident-prone nerdy younger brother Mike Donnelly (Farley) out of harm’s way till he is safely elected.

Fred Wolf’s abysmal, joke-free script, full of untruthful characterisations and events, and complete with an embarrassingly schmaltzy ending, gets the tired performances and lazy handling that it deserves.

Even Farley and Spade don’t seem remotely engaged and it is their careers that are on the line. After this, The Beverly Hillbillies and The Little Rascals, formerly respected director Spheeris has three strikes and cannot now be forgiven.

Christine Ebersole, Gary Busey, Grant Heslov, Timothy Carhart, Bruce McGill, Michael Patrick Carter and Skip O’Brien are also in the cast.

Chris Farley (1964–1997).

© Derek Winnert 2016 Classic Movie Review 4539

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