Black Sheep (1996)
Average Rating: 3.6/10
Reviews Counted: 32
Fresh: 9 | Rotten: 23
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Average Rating: 4.3/10
Critic Reviews: 6
Fresh: 3 | Rotten: 3
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Handsome, smooth-talking Al Donnelly (Tim Matheson) has everything going for him. A politician, he is engaged in a heated gubernatorial race with the feisty Governor Tracy (Christine Ebersole), a tough old bird who doesn't hesitate to play hardball with opponents. Unfortunately for her, things are looking good for Donnelly. Fortunately she finds his Achilles' heel with his young brother Mike Donnelly (Saturday Night Live alumnus Chris Farley), a fat slob gym teacher and hopeless imbecile who
Feb 2, 1996 Wide
Jul 16, 2002
Paramount Home Video
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Cast
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Chris Farley
Mike Donnelly -
David Spade
Steve Dodds -
Tim Matheson
Al Donnelly -
Gary Busey
Drake Sabitch -
Timothy Carhart
Roger Kovary -
Christine Ebersole
Governor Tracy -
Toby Scott Ganger
Tough Kid -
Grant Heslov
Robbie Mieghem -
Jean Speegle Howard
Elderly Couple -
Karen Kahn
Anchor Woman -
Bruce McGill
Neuschwander -
Annie O'Donnell
Election Worker -
Kathleen O'Malley
Mrs. Oneacre -
Patrick Pankhurst
Donald Tracy -
Patricia Place
Woman at Party -
LaRita Shelby
Reporter -
Tucker Smallwood
Election Analyst -
Michael Patrick Carter
Scott Colleary -
Skip O'Brien
State Trooper -
Laura Weekes
TV Reporter -
John Farley
Bouncer -
Chris Owen
Hal Shope -
Boyd Banks
Clyde Spinoza -
James Noah
Mayor -
Fred Wolf
Ronald Forte -
John Ashker
Jim Blaine -
Kevin Farley
Bouncer -
David St. James
Motorcycle Cop -
Andrew Breymann
Hillbilly Kid -
Michelle Burkette
Police Woman -
Luke Dickinson
Andrew Tracy -
William Howell
Rastafarian -
Austin Kottke
Tough Kid -
James Everett Lewis
Carl -
Dylan Lucas
Ricky -
Matt David Lukin
Mudhoney -
Mark Arm
Mudhoney -
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Daniel Joe Peters
Mudhoney -
"Gypsy" Spheeris
Pocket Pool Lady -
Steve Neil Turner
Mudhoney -
Drew Wilson
Elderly Couple
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All Critics (35) | Top Critics (8) | Fresh (10) | Rotten (23) | DVD (9)
A little comedy that succeeds in its modest aim to provide 87 minutes of harmless diversion.
Top CriticWorks as well as it does because the anarchic, high-energy spirits of Farley and Spheeris lock into each other perfectly.
Yeah, I giggled a couple of times. But I suspect you will giggle more if you are male, age 15-27ish.
Black Sheep is bleatingly awful as it reteams Chris Farley and David Spade, the poor idiot's Abbott and Costello, in a comedy so desperately inept it makes their previous effort, Tommy Boy, look like a minefield of high wit.
They're certainly no Aykroyd and Belushi, or even Myers and Carvey, but Farley and Spade manage to wring humor from a series of juvenile setups and predictable pratfalls.
may not be remembered as a masterful comedy classic, but for the college humor crowd with a relatively safe PG-13 rating, it's a fun diversion
It's nice to see the two together, practicing their easy screen rapport--and no doubt more so given Farley's untimely passing--but Black Sheep is still a clunker. [Blu-ray]
painfully unfunny
Though not always in good taste, this tongue-in-cheek parody of the horror genre is sophisticated and clever enough to earn the appreciation of the egghead cult crowd.
Though not always in good taste, this tongue-in-cheek parody of the horror genre is sophisticated and clever enough to earn the appreciation of the egghead cult crowd.
The goofy "Tommy Boy" chemistry seems forced a second time around.
the most charming of Farley's screen efforts, but it's too bad he wasn't around long enough to make anyting better
Exactly what you expect
A transcendent comedy starring one of the top - but most tragically fated - comedy teams of all time.
Audience Reviews for Black Sheep
Super Reviewer
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- Mike Donnelly: [after he and Steve narrowly escape Drake's minefield front yard] This guy's got a hell of a security system! [upon seeing the inside of Drake's camper] Ready to start filming, Mr. Stone.
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- Mike Donnelly: [after driving over a bump in the road] What the hell was that?!
- Steve Dodds: A chunk in the road or something.
- Mike Donnelly: I just chunked in my pants.
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- Governor Tracy: [annoyed] Neuschwander, are you finished stirring that drink or is this some kind of fucking science experiment?
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- Mike Donnelly: [dressed as security guard, talking to a troublemaker] Please move away from this vector and get into another coordinate pronto. There's no access for you in this quadrant.
- Tough Kid: Man, why don't you goose-step on down to the women and children over there and give them your little power trip, because they may be impressed by it, asshole!
- Mike Donnelly: Young man, I'm gonna twist off your head and spike it onto the floors of a nightmare you can't even imagine! I will dance with you inside the six-sided ring of fire, unless you move from this area, far and fast! NOW! [steam comes from his ears]
- Tough Kid: [stunned] Wow. [he leaves]
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- Mike Donnelly: [after seeing Steve's porn stash] Oh, that's sad.
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- Mike Donnelly: HELLO WASHINGTON! [swings and dives into a lake]
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The idea isn't too bad, its all about a political campaign battle between the brother of Farley's character and the wholesome all American 'Evelyn Tracy' played by Christine Ebersole. As you can guess Farley's character is a clumsy embarrassment to his brother (played by Tim Matheson) and inadvertently causes all manner of horrendous goofs whilst in the public eye. This of course puts his brothers campaign in jeopardy of which his rival tries to take full advantage of.
Same old Farley I'm afraid which isn't too bad if you like the guy. I have said before and I'll say again I do like his antics, he is a funny fella and his films are nice feel good films where you can forget about any troubles you have. I also like how he tends to play the everyday man, regular Joe's, makes you connect with him that bit more.
Despite liking Farley this film does feel very forced with very little to show. The laughs are few and far between and what we do get is light at best. There are whole segments in the film where nothing really happens, the sequence where the pair find a bat in their wood cabin and spend almost ten minutes of the film dealing with it. There is a lot of lame filler which really has nothing to do with the plot, its just there to try and gain a laugh whilst padding out the film, or so it seems.
Even as a Farley fan I found it hard to enjoy this, there really doesn't seem to be any point to Farley and Spade being together here and half of what happens is irrelevant. I can't complain too much because this is obviously a dumb comedy, its not suppose to be anything else, but even so it feels very cheap and half hearted. In the end it really does feel like the two leads were simply thrown together for a fast money spinner off the back of a much better earlier comedy.