Tag: Isla Fisher

Strays

“Strays” is a 2023 comedy starring Will Ferrell (Elf), Jamie Foxx (Django Unchained), Isla Fisher (Wedding Crashers), Randall Park (Fresh Off the Boat), and Will Forte (Good Boys).

A dog who is abandoned in the city meets up with a pack of dogs who help him get revenge on his awful owner.

This is a raunchy comedy that relies heavily on f bombs, and crude comedy to make it funny. Think of “The Good Boys”, and “Sausage Party” as examples. I like the premise, it’s unique. A dog wants revenge on his p.o.s owner by biting his dick off, and the two main voices are Will Ferrell and Jamie Foxx. Comedy gold, right? A lot of the funnier parts are shown in the previews unfortunately, so you know those parts already which makes parts of the movie predictable. It still has a lot of funny moments outside of that though, which is good. However, I was hoping it would be better than it was. As mentioned before it relies heavily on the crudeness vs actual comedy in some spots. It still makes for a lighthearted, crude, movie that doesn’t require much thinking. I give it a 6.5/10.

Godmothered

‘Godmothered’ is a 2020 Disney Christmas comedy starring Jillian Bell (Workaholics), Jane Curtain (3rd Rock from the Sun), Stephnie Weir (MADtv), Mary Elizabeth Ellis (It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia), Santiago Cabrera (Transformers: The Last Knight), and Isla Fisher (Wedding Crashers).

‘Godmothered’ follows the story of a fairy god mother in training (Bell) who is determined to save fairy god mothers everywhere by bringing back happily ever after to humanity once again. (Bell) finds a note from a kid wishing to find her one true love, she must now travel to earth to fulfill the girls wish. One problem though, the kid is now a grown adult with two kids who is also cynical in the love department.

The story takes place at Christmas time, but that’s about it. Other than that it has no elements of Christmas, so I wouldn’t really call it a Christmas movie. Jillian Bell plays a ditzy blonde, which she does in most of her roles. Take workaholics for instance, same role, she’s just a fair god mother in this one. Which speaking of Workaholics first Disney casts Adam Devine in a new original movie, and now Jillian Bell. Definitely interesting choices from Disney, I find both hilarious, but their comedy is pretty adult. Back to the movie at hand, other than having nothing to do with Christmas, it’s hard to get invested in the characters. They say Mackenzie’s (Fisher) husband died, and she doesn’t believe in love, and that’s about it. It doesn’t go anymore in depth than that. It focus’s on Eleanor’s (Bell) incompetence, which has it’s funny parts, but it doesn’t give the story any substance. It’s cute and it’s an okay watch, but overall it’s forgettable. You can check this one out on Disney +, I give it a 5.5/10