Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga
Netflix | Release Date (Streaming): June 26, 2020 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
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Mixed or average reviews based on 39 Critic Reviews
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21
Negative:
5
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ConsequenceClint WorthingtonJun 24, 2020
Fire Saga manages glimmers of fun through its laborious two-hour runtime when it sits the hell down and plays some fun Eurovision-y songs, but there are too many false notes in between to justify trucking through the tedium to find them. Just hit up the soundtrack when it comes out and bop along to some goofy songs. Read full review
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EmpireChris Hewitt (1)Jun 24, 2020
The votes are in, and it’s official: this largely unfunny paean to Eurovision is a waste of some serious talent. At least some of the songs are decent. Read full review
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IGNHanna FlintJun 24, 2020
The jokes in the sweet and silly Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga don't always pop as well as its songs. Read full review
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IndieWireDavid EhrlichJun 24, 2020
One way or the other, the biggest issue with “The Story of Fire Saga” is that most of it is just too limp and anodyne to register. Read full review
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LarsenOnFilmJosh LarsenJun 28, 2020
This is a middling Ferrell project that has its moments but mostly brings to mind better, music-themed comedies (A Mighty Wind in particular). Read full review
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Los Angeles TimesJen YamatoJun 25, 2020
Inspired moments can be found throughout “Eurovision” if you have the patience. Read full review
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ReelViewsJames BerardinelliJul 1, 2020
A high-concept, low-brow romantic comedy that overstays its welcome by at least a half-hour and can’t decide whether it wants to buy into or satirize the incomprehensibly popular European singing contest. Read full review
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Rolling StonePeter TraversJun 25, 2020
It’s impossible for Ferrell and McAdams to top Stevens for campy pyrotechnics, so they’re left to hard-sell a Lars-Sigrit romance that’s too tepid to strike a jaja ding dong. Read full review
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Screen RantMolly FreemanJun 24, 2020
In Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga, Ferrell's typical schtick is on full display, but wears incredibly thin in this overlong comedy. Read full review
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SlashfilmHoai-Tran BuiJun 24, 2020
The problem is that Eurovision Song Contest can’t dream of capturing the real-life weirdness of Eurovision. And while there’s some chuckles that can be drawn out of McAdams and Ferrell lip syncing a surprisingly catchy song while running through a hamster wheel, there’s only so much fun that can be made of a televised singing contest where weirder things have happened. Read full review
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The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Barry HertzJun 24, 2020
Listen, Will: The film, your first with streaming giant Netflix (which maybe says something about the state of your brand of big-screen comedies, or maybe not), isn’t a total disaster. There are moments where you and Dobkin embrace the surreal . . . that hint at a better, more interesting kind of absurdist comedy. Read full review
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The GuardianPeter BradshawJun 24, 2020
The movie is not a disaster, just weirdly pointless. Read full review
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The Hollywood ReporterDavid RooneyJun 24, 2020
If ever a comedy cried out for tight 85-minute treatment that keeps the gags pinging fast enough to disguise the thin sketch material at its core, it's this hit-or-miss two-hour feature. Read full review
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The Irish TimesTara BradyJul 6, 2020
This isn’t as funny as Blades of Glory or The Other Guys or premier league Ferrell outings. It is, however, amusing and good-natured. Read full review
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The New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisJun 26, 2020
More tribute than parody, this over-egged farce whips slapstick and cheese into an authentic soufflé of tastelessness. Read full review
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The New YorkerAnthony LaneJun 29, 2020
As for Ferrell, a noted Eurovision nut, there’s no mistaking his affection for the brave hogwash of the genre, but even he is felled by the movie’s swerve into P.R.: a sing-along, say, in which genuine victors from Eurovisions past team up in a rolling medley. Read full review
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TheWrapSteve PondJun 24, 2020
In the Ferrell canon, “Eurovision Song Contest” is a workmanlike, “Blades of Glory”-level effort, never as funny as you want it to be no matter how hard it tries or how silly its actors look. Read full review
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TimeStephanie ZacharekJun 24, 2020
As Lemtov, Stevens is so absurdly lascivious that he supercharges the movie every time he shows up, which, thankfully, is often. Innocent gazelles everywhere, look out. Read full review
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Time OutLaura RichardsAug 24, 2020
The sincerity that Eurovision fans might fall for is exactly what stops the comedy from taking off. Read full review
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Total FilmJane CrowtherJun 24, 2020
Love Eurovision? You'll love this. Never heard of Eurovision? You may find it all bewildering. Read full review
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Washington PostMichael O'SullivanJun 24, 2020
At heart, “Eurovison” seems content to be more dumb rom-com than sharp music satire. Read full review
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