Black Sheep

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Cast & Crew

Chris Farley

Mike Donnelly

David Spade

Steve Dodds

Tim Matheson

Al Donnelly

Christine Ebersole

Gov. Tracy

Gary Busey

Drake Sabitch

Grant Heslov

Robbie Mieghem

Timothy Carhart

Roger Kovary

Bruce McGill

Neuschwander

Penelope Spheeris

Director

Lorne Michaels

Producer

Fred Wolf

Screenwriter

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Audience Reviews for Black Sheep

• Feb 10, 2013

  Made simply because 'Tommy Boy' was an unexpected success, clearly somewhat rushed and not fully thought through. I have read that 'Paramount' just wanted to team Spade and Farley together again asap, so we have this blunt comedy. 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.
  

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• May 14, 2012

  Chris Farley and David Spade collide on screen once again. The result is not as funny as "Tommy Boy," but "Black Sheep" still has some very genuinely hilarious moments. If this wasn't a Chris Farley movie, I would not have rated it so high, but Chris is fun enough to watch, that even when the script is crossing the line into lame territory, he still manages to make it fun. All these years later, and the man is still without equal.
  

  Super Reviewer
• Jun 28, 2011

  it's one of the most hillarious, nonstop raucous and laugh out loud funniest of chris farley and david spade since, 'tommy boy'! A
  

  Super Reviewer
• Oct 07, 2010

  If you're ever going to watch a Chris farley movie, I guess this should be it. Then stop.
  

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