Eurovision product reviews

Streaming Platform: Netflix

I really like watching a good musical and whilst I always find Will Farrell to be hit and miss in regards to liking his films, the trailer had me wanting to give this one a try. Eurovision follows Lars who has dreamt of performing in Eurovision since he was a young child and now performs as one part of the duo Fire Saga with lifelong friend, Sigrit. As with most of the roles I've seen Farrell perform, Lars (and Fire Saga) are laughed at and expected to get no where. A series of mishaps leads to them representing Iceland at the Eurovision competition.

There are plenty of laughs to be had throughout the film, many of which do rely on sexual innuendo or straight out penis (and the like) jokes. Whilst I was expecting such humour, I didn't find it as over the top as I have with some of his previous comedy and even having watched the film three times now, still enjoy it. The real draw card for me was the music and the first song was silly but entertaining, followed by a song cramped full of sexual innuendo, so by this stage I wasn't too sure if I would end up enjoying it or not. Having watched this three times now, I can definitively say that I enjoy the songs in this film. They'll never win awards or become mainstream but I enjoy them! The lyrics are simple enough to learn after just a couple of watches, they're fun and I now have three of them on one of my Spotify playlists.

One things I really like is that Farrell is a big fan of Eurovision, so whilst it isn't all accurate (for instance they stuff up a performance, if something like that happened in real life they would get a second chance to perform their song) it is a fun homage to the popular competition. There is one scene where they have a song-a-long and all the performers (other than Farrell, Adams and Stevens) are previous contestants of Eurovision, which I really felt was a nice touch (plus it is a fun compilation of popular songs). My only gripe for this film was near the end, where a scene plays out VERY similar to one in Blades of Glory. I don't think this movie will ever reach cult status or anything, but I enjoyed it far more than I thought I would and I know I will be watching it again when I need something a little poppy, funny and entertaining.