Overview
Genre
ComedyRelease Date
August 10, 2012MPAA Rating
RStudio
Warner Bros. PicturesOfficial Site
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Cast and Crew
Director
Jay RoachProducer
Will Ferrell, Adam McKay, Zach Galifianakis, Jay RoachScreenwriter
Chris Henchy, Shawn HarwellStarring
- Will Ferrell as Cam Brady
- Zach Galifianakis as Marty Huggins
- Sarah Baker
- Katherine LaNasa
- Dylan McDermott as Tim Wattley
- Jason Sudeikis as Mitch
- Brian Cox as Raymond
- Josh Lawson
- John Lithgow as Glen Motch
- Dan Aykroyd as Wade Motch
- Jack McBrayer as Mr. Mendenhall
- P.J. Byrne
- Gary Grubbs
Story
When long-term congressman Cam Brady (Will Ferrell) commits a major public gaffe before an upcoming election, a pair of ultra-wealthy CEOs plot to put up a rival candidate and gain influence over their North Carolina district. Their man: naive Marty Huggins (Zach Galifianakis), director of the local Tourism Center.
At first, Marty appears to be the unlikeliest possible choice but, with the help of his new benefactors' support, a cutthroat campaign manager and his family's political connections, he soon becomes a contender who gives the charismatic Cam plenty to worry about.
As election day closes in, the two are locked in a dead heat, with insults quickly escalating to injury until all they care about is burying each other, in this mud-slinging, back-stabbing, home-wrecking comedy from "Meet the Parents" director Jay Roach that takes today's political circus to its logical next level. Because even when you think campaign ethics have hit rock bottom, there's room to dig a whole lot deeper.
