Will Ferrell’s Lackluster Golf Comedy ‘The Hawk’ Is No ‘Talladega Nights’: TV Review
Comedian Ramy Youssef boarded the show in 2024, only to exit months later over supposed “creative differences.” Perhaps relatedly, the final version of...
Key points
- Comedian Ramy Youssef boarded the show in 2024, only to exit months later over supposed “creative differences.” Perhaps relatedly, the final version of “The Hawk” only makes a cursory mention of LIV and its attendant geopolitics, focusing on Ferrell’s over-the-hill golfer Lonnie “The Hawk” Hawkins, his attempted return to the PGA tour and his relationship with his son Lance (Jimmy Tatro), now a PGA pro himself.
- Or maybe it’s because “Stick” makes use of Wilson’s star persona, but feels so much less beholden to it at the expense of the story than “The Hawk,” which is committed to the glorification of Lonnie, and by extension Ferrell, above all else.
- “The Hawk” seems wary of attributing Lonnie’s sudden renaissance to anyone but Lonnie himself, which also makes it feel somewhat random because Lonnie is also immune to introspection or change.
- But there’s no bigger problem with “The Hawk” than Lonnie himself.
What happened
Comedian Ramy Youssef boarded the show in 2024, only to exit months later over supposed “creative differences.” Perhaps relatedly, the final version of “The Hawk” only makes a cursory mention of LIV and its attendant geopolitics, focusing on Ferrell’s over-the-hill golfer Lonnie “The Hawk” Hawkins, his attempted return to the PGA tour and his relationship with his son Lance (Jimmy Tatro), now a PGA pro himself. Or maybe it’s because “Stick” makes use of Wilson’s star persona, but feels so much less beholden to it at the expense of the story than “The Hawk,” which is committed to the glorification of Lonnie, and by extension Ferrell, above all else. “The Hawk” seems wary of attributing Lonnie’s sudden renaissance to anyone but Lonnie himself, which also makes it feel somewhat random because Lonnie is also immune to introspection or change. But there’s no bigger problem with “The Hawk” than Lonnie himself. Lonnie was a bad parent, we’re told, but he wasn’t that bad, because “The Hawk” can’t bear to let him be. As a longtime Ferrell enthusiast, I can’t say “The Hawk” inspires the same emotion.
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