Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga 2020
Directed by David Dobkin
- Music, Comedy
- 121 min
- PG-13
Nobody wins solo
Two small-town singers chase their pop star dreams at a global music competition, where high stakes, scheming rivals and onstage mishaps test their bond.
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Contemporary, classical in form, unpretentious and resolved.
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- classical in formformally daring
- unpretentiousprestige
- resolvedopen-ended
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- r96skon TMDB · Dec 20204/10
Awful. I love Eurovision itself, I've watched it every year for as long as I can remember. Therefore, I really did want to like this - for the aforementioned, but because I also like Will Ferrell. Unfortunately, I found <em>'Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga'</em> an utter slog to sit through. It, at least in my opinion, fails in a lot of ways. It fails as a musical, as a comedy, as a potential romcom... nothing about it works. I do like how they incorporated Graham Norton into things, but otherwise nothing else sticks out. The comedy is severely lacking, with Ferrell (Lars) giving a forgettable - at best - performance. I will say that I didn't mind Rachel McAdams (Sigrit) in this, she's alright. Dan Stevens' Alexander is boring, while Pierce Brosnan's Erick is practically pointless. There are a number of cameos from real life Eurovision stars, not that they add anything - there's one music mash-up scene with them that's cringe to watch. It takes itself way, way too seriously. There are some moments where I was expecting a punchline, before realising it's genuinely trying to be sombre. It needed to take the vibe of actual Eurovision: silly and fun. A disappointment, t
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Cast
- Rachel McAdamsSigrit Ericksdottir
- Will FerrellLars Erickssong
- Pierce BrosnanErick Erickssong
- Dan StevensAlexander Lemtov
- Jamie DemetriouKevin Swain
- Ólafur Darri ÓlafssonNeils Brongus
- Melissanthi MahutMita Xenakis
- Joi JohannssonJorn
- Björn Hlynur HaraldssonPoliceman - Arnar
- Graham NortonGraham Norton
Crew
- David DobkinDirector
- Will FerrellWriter
- Harper SteeleWriter
- Danny CohenDirector of Photography
- Atli ÖrvarssonOriginal Music Composer
- Greg HaydenEditor
- Jessica ElbaumProducer
- Will FerrellProducer
- Chris HenchyProducer
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