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Black Sheep (1996)

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Reviews Counted:32

Fresh:9

Rotten:23

Average Rating:3.6/10

Runtime: 86 mins

Genre: Comedies

Synopsis: When politicians run for office, their biggest problems are usually a skeleton in the closet, or their controversial stance on an issue. But gubernatorial candidate Al Donnelly's greatest dilemma... When politicians run for office, their biggest problems are usually a skeleton in the closet, or their controversial stance on an issue. But gubernatorial candidate Al Donnelly's greatest dilemma is his oafish, clumsy, stupid brother Mike, who has an uncanny knack for creating havoc everywhere he goes. And to Al's dismay, his opponent and her staff are also well aware of Mike's "gift," and intend to exploit it for what it's worth. As a result, one of the candidate's aides is assigned to keep Mike in check -- with disastrous results. Things get even worse when the incumbent's team frames Mike for setting a fire in a recreation center. Will Mike inadvertently destroy his brother's political career? [More]

Starring: Chris Farley, David Spade, Tim Matheson, Christine Ebersole

Starring: Chris Farley, David Spade, Tim Matheson, Christine Ebersole, Gary Busey, Grant Heslov, Timothy Carhart, Bruce McGill, Michael Patrick Carter, Mudhoney

Director: Penelope Spheeris

Director: Penelope Spheeris
Screenwriter: Fred Wolf

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May 12, 2009

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  • Dolby Digital 2.0, Dolby Digital 5.0, Dolby True HD 5.1 - English, French, Spanish
  • Subtitles - English - SDH
  • Subtitles - English, French, Portuguese, Spanish
 
 
 
 

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I've never wanted to run from a theater so much in my life.

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01/01/00
Rob Blackwelder
Rob Blackwelder
SPLICEDWire

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]

Full Review Source: Groucho Reviews | comment Comment
06/19/09
Peter Canavese
Peter Canavese
Groucho Reviews

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

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11/23/09
Kevin Carr
Kevin Carr
7M Pictures

painfully unfunny

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05/03/09
Pete Croatto
Pete Croatto
Filmcritic.com

Black Sheep is an appropriately titled misfire, a des-perate slapstick comedy that falls flat at nearly every turn.

Full Review Source: Deseret News, Salt Lake City | comment Comment
01/01/00
Chris Hicks
Chris Hicks
Deseret News, Salt Lake City

A little comedy that succeeds in its modest aim to provide 87 minutes of harmless diversion.

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06/18/02
Mick LaSalle
Mick LaSalle
San Francisco Chronicle
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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.

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01/01/00
Richard Leiby
Richard Leiby
Washington Post
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Yeah, I giggled a couple of times. But I suspect you will giggle more if you are male, age 15-27ish.

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01/01/00
Jeff Millar
Jeff Millar
Houston Chronicle
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Utter, unforgivable bilge.

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01/01/00
Adam Smith
Adam Smith
Empire Magazine

Works as well as it does because the anarchic, high-energy spirits of Farley and Spheeris lock into each other perfectly.

Full Review Source: Los Angeles Times | comment Comment
02/13/01
Kevin Thomas
Kevin Thomas
Los Angeles Times
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[Farley] is funny in the great loser buffoon tradition of guys who look like they slept through shop class but graduated from the two year tech course anyway.

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01/01/00
Bob Thompson
Bob Thompson
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Spade plays the straight man, Farley plays the dufus, physical stunts abound and there isn't one shred of slightly intellectual wit.

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01/01/00
Barry Walters
Barry Walters
San Francisco Examiner

It is one long, drawn out exercise in pain.

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01/01/00
Madeleine Williams
Madeleine Williams
Cinematter

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.

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06/22/07
Kam Williams
Kam Williams
DallasBlack.com

The movie itself succeeds in setting up situations ready for yucks; the movie's key problem is its intended humor fails to register on the audience's yucks ballot.

Full Review Source: Boxoffice Magazine | comment Comment
06/05/02
Kim Williamson
Kim Williamson
Boxoffice Magazine

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.

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Susan Wloszczyna
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USA Today
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05/20/03
Janet Maslin
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03/10/03
Marc Savlov
Marc Savlov
Austin Chronicle
 
 
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