A mockumentary that chronicles the prevalence of doping in the world of professional cycling.
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A mockumentary that chronicles the prevalence of doping in the world of professional cycling. Despite a solid cast of well known actors such as Jeff Goldblum and Kevin Bacon this "comedy" spoof is extremely painful, boring and just a waste of a great cast alongside 39 minutes of absolute boredom and phoning in perfomances especially John Cena was just ridiculous. (0/10)
Really eagerly awaited this "mockumentary" after seeing the previous collaboration, Seven Days in Hell. Although not perfect, Seven Days had more than a few laugh out loud moments. Seeing the commercials for this one one got the feeling the budget got larger, as did the star power, hence, so would the laughs. Wrong! Very few laugh out loud moments and very flat in many parts. One major problem is the complete waste of Andy Samberg, who was so great in Seven Days. Here, he is given a funny back story, but little else. Nobody really else picked up the ball and ran with it. Moreover, the reoccurring Lance Armstrong joke got old, fast. Not saying I did not laugh at this show, I did, but it could have been a lot better. Props to Danny Glover, who steals the flick.
"Tour de Pharmacy" is a 39-minute live action movie that premiered only a couple days ago, so it is obviously from this year (2017). The cast includes many many big names and even if most of them only have a scene or too, it is somewhat refreshing to see all these famous faces. I will not give a total list, bit let me just say I liked Rashad, Hamm, Bacon, Forte, Goldblum and some others. I do not like Samberg, Rudolph and Bloom (even if he is better than usual). Oh yeah, and Mike Tyson was pretty hilarious explaining to us how he entered the world of boxing with a memorable connection to cycling. Still if you really want to watch something informative about the subject of substance abuse in the professional sport of cycling, then this is not the one to watch. Let me tell you this as somebody who really has a strong interest in the sport of cycling. It is only worth seeing for some of the comedic stuff, even if obviously not all of it is working. Director is Jake Szymanski and writer is Murray Miller and these two already collaborated on a similar mockumentary not too long ago with the focus on tennis back then. I would say that this one here is by no means as good as the one on tennis, which was actually one of the best films under 45 minutes of its respective year. This one probably is not, but it still offers some fairly funny sequences and writing. I think it gets better the longer it goes and overall I give it a thumbs-up. Go check it out, especially for the scenes with lance Armstrong that stayed incredibly entertaining until the very end and never got repetitive, even if it somewhat was the same joke over and over again. I honestly would like to see him in acting.
I have to admit I hate cycling so much, I can't even put it into words without cursing my ass off, so this was right up my alley. I'm not usually a big fan of silly mockumentary films and I couldn't quite enjoy 7 Days In Hell since tennis is probably my favourite individual sport. The gags are often hilarious. Spot on. This perfectly mocks the ridiculousness of cycling and its stable horse the Tour De France. I hate nothing more than wanting to watch some sporting event and when turning on the TV realising that the broadcaster decided that showing the Tour De France is more worthwhile than let's say .. Wimbledon. There's nothing more boring than watching some guys drive a bike for hours. I also like the way how this exploited the subject of performance enhancing substances. Really appropriately ridiculed. Thanks HBO. Anyone who doesn't get a laugh out of this is an idiot or has no sense of humour (even if its flat humour). 6.4/10