When dignified Albert Donnelly runs for Governor, his team moves to keep his slow-witted and klutzy younger brother, Mike, out of the eye of the media. To baby-sit Mike, the campaign assigns sarcastic Steve, who gets the experience of a lifetime when he tries to take Mike out of town during the election.
A little comedy that succeeds in its modest aim to provide 87 minutes of harmless diversion.
– Mick LaSalle,
San Francisco Chronicle,
18 Jun 2002
fresh:
Works as well as it does because the anarchic, high-energy spirits of Farley and Spheeris lock into each other perfectly.
– Kevin Thomas,
Los Angeles Times,
13 Feb 2001
rotten:
Yeah, I giggled a couple of times. But I suspect you will giggle more if you are male, age 15-27ish.
– Jeff Millar,
Houston Chronicle,
1 Jan 2000
rotten:
Black Sheep is bleatingly awful as it reteams Chris Farley and David Spade, the poor idiot's Abbott and Costello, in a comedy so desperately inept it makes their previous effort, Tommy Boy, look like a minefield of high wit.
– Susan Wloszczyna,
USA Today,
1 Jan 2000
fresh:
They're certainly no Aykroyd and Belushi, or even Myers and Carvey, but Farley and Spade manage to wring humor from a series of juvenile setups and predictable pratfalls.