Between Two Ferns: The Movie
2019
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Director: Scott Aukerman
Cast: Zach Galifianakis, Lauren Lapkus, Ryan Gaul, Jiavani Linayao, Edi Patterson, Rekha Shankar, Mary Scheer, Mary Holland, Matt Besser, Phil Hendrie, Paul Rust, A. D. Miles
Between Two Ferns (2008-2018) is a comedic talk show in which Zach Galifianakis interviews celebrity guests in an antagonistic fashion while sitting between two potted ferns. In this spin-off, Zach takes his ragtag film crew on a cross-country road trip to produce ten new episodes in order to get his own talk show on national TV. The original show, with its deadpan humour and uncomfortable conversations, was enjoyable in small doses. The film, however, runs out of steam after 10 minutes and for the rest of the time I felt as awkward as the guests on the depicted show. Dozens of celebrities (Will Ferrell, Paul Rudd, Brie Larson, Peter Dinklage, John Legend, etc.) appear as themselves.
