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.
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.
– Richard Leiby,
Washington Post,
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
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
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
fresh:
A little comedy that succeeds in its modest aim to provide 87 minutes of harmless diversion.