Hitting theaters tomorrow, the new Will Ferrell/Zach Galifianakis vehicle The Campaign is funny, very funny, filled with ingenious set pieces and inspired characterizations by its marquee leads and a gifted supporting cast — and that’s what most of those who see it care about. It is a broad, goofy farce that earns its R-rating with a vast array of sexual and scatological material, but in spite of the crassness we tend to associate with those gags, The Campaign is one of the year’s smartest films, using its vulgarity for cover while smuggling in the kind of piercing and penetrating social commentary seldom seen in a major studio release. It’s a sly, timely, spot-on political satire — in a sniggering dick-joke comedy’s clothing. … Read More