I love this movie. Will Ferrell plays a drunk who has just lost his job and his wife. His stuff is all out on the lawn and he can't get inside his house. So he does what any good drunk would do and sets up house right there on his lawn.
I'm making it sound skeevier than it is. Ferrell doesn't play it for laughs or tears. He's just a dude with problems and no real idea of how to fix them. He does a magnificent job of hitting every note just right.
The supporting cast is used excellently. They sort of move in and out of the script exactly when needed. There's a young kid from down the block whose mother is a caretaker, a cop who is his sponsor, a pregnant lady who just moved in across the street and is awaiting her husbands arrival in town.
Everything is played fairly straight with the anger and comedy subtlety sprinkled in, keeping things very real.
Just a fantastic film.
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