My biggest criticism of this film is also its greatest asset. That is Andy Samberg. I can handle an SNL Digital Short for five minutes. I like Brooklyn Nine-Nine, which is basically the Andy Samberg show. I can handle twenty minutes of him, but a full-length feature is just too much. His stupid jokes are funny for a little bit, but you get tired of them. He just lingers on them for too long and turns the dial up too high. He plays his usual man boy character. There are a plethora of celebrity cameos from singers and other music industry heavyweights. How did they get all of them? And did they know the movie would be so bad? They each only have a few seconds, a single line. And their appearance is actually so ridiculous in this movie that it makes you laugh. The movie is in a mockumentary format. Taking a page out of 7 Days from Hell, Andy Samberg really likes making fake documentaries. The Lonely Island isn't meant for long form comedy.
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