Will Ferrell’s Lackluster Golf Comedy ‘The Hawk’ Is No ‘Talladega Nights’: TV Review

By Alison Herman

Alison Herman

TV Critic

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I am a child of the 2000s (and specifically San Diego), which is to say that the work of Will Ferrell (and specifically “Anchorman”) is deeply important to me. Star vehicles like “Step Brothers” and “Talladega Nights” — also, did I mention “Anchorman”? — epitomized the bluster and blissful ignorance of Bush-era masculinity, somehow even more so than Ferrell’s impressions of the president on “Saturday Night Live.” I have a deep and abiding love for Ferrell’s classic work, and I’ve carried that affection to more recent efforts like a bit part in “Barbie” or the delightful “Eurovision Song Contest,” a film inspired by Ferrell’s personal passion for the annual spectacle.

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