{"id":2046127,"date":"2026-07-16T07:01:07","date_gmt":"2026-07-16T04:01:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2046127"},"modified":"2026-07-16T07:01:07","modified_gmt":"2026-07-16T04:01:07","slug":"the-hawk-review-please-somebody-shoot-this-birdie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2046127","title":{"rendered":"\u2018The Hawk\u2019 review: please, somebody shoot this birdie"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/The-Hawk-Will-Ferrell.jpg&#8221;]<\/p>\n<article id=\"template-id-3332206\" class=\"post-3332206 tdb_templates type-tdb_templates status-publish post\">\n<div id=\"tdi_65\" class=\"tdc-zone\">\n<div class=\"tdc_zone tdi_66  wpb_row td-pb-row\">\n<div id=\"tdi_67\" class=\"tdc-row stretch_row_1400 td-stretch-content\">\n<div class=\"vc_row tdi_68  wpb_row td-pb-row\">\n<div class=\"vc_column tdi_70  wpb_column vc_column_container tdc-column td-pb-span12\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_featured_image tdi_71 tdb-content-horiz-left td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_71\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"696\" height=\"442\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/The-Hawk-Will-Ferrell-696x442.jpg\" alt=\"Will Ferrell The Hawk review netflix\" title=\"The Hawk Will Ferrell\"><figcaption class=\"tdb-caption-text\">Will Ferrell in &#8216;The Hawk&#8217;. CREDIT: NEtflix<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"tdi_72\" class=\"tdc-row stretch_row\">\n<div class=\"vc_row tdi_73  wpb_row td-pb-row\">\n<div class=\"vc_column tdi_75  wpb_column vc_column_container tdc-column td-pb-span12\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_breadcrumbs tdi_76 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 tdb-breadcrumbs \" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_76\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span>Reviews<\/span><span>TV Reviews<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_title tdi_77 tdb-single-title td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_77\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">\u2018The Hawk\u2019 review: please, somebody shoot this birdie<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_subtitle tdi_78 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_78\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p>Will Ferrell&#8217;s latest comedy is crass, deeply unfunny and painfully unimaginative <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_review_overall tdi_79 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_79\">\n<table class=\"td-review td-fix-index\">\n<tr class=\"td-review-footer rate_stars\">\n<td class=\"td-review-score\">\n<div class=\"td-review-overall\">\n<div class=\"td-review-final-score\">1<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_author tdi_80 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 tdb-post-meta\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_80\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-author-name-wrap\"><span class=\"tdb-author-by\">By<\/span> Vicky Jessop<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_date tdi_81 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 tdb-post-meta\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_81\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><time class=\"entry-date updated td-module-date\" datetime=\"2026-07-16T08:01:07+01:00\">16th July 2026<\/time><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"tdi_82\" class=\"tdc-row\">\n<div class=\"vc_row tdi_83  wpb_row td-pb-row\">\n<div class=\"vc_column tdi_85  wpb_column vc_column_container tdc-column td-pb-span12\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_content tdi_86 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 td-post-content tagdiv-type\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_86\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p><strong class=\"dropcap big-read-dropcap\">H<\/strong>ow much Will Ferrell is too much? Well <i>The Hawk, <\/i>a brand new Netflix series in which he plays a washed-up golfer, answers that question within the first five minutes. After that, there\u2019s only 295 more to get through. If you didn\u2019t mind him before, well \u2013 this series is here to change your mind. And then some.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>READ MORE: The best films of 2026\u2026 so far!<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In fact, <i>The Hawk<\/i> delights in indulging all of Ferrell\u2019s worst comedic instincts and squashing the better ones. He plays Lonnie Hawkins, AKA The Hawk: a former world pro who is currently languishing in the small-time golf leagues after missing out on the US World Open several years ago. Soon enough, Lonnie is catapulted on a journey back to the top. Or, really, proceeds to fail upwards, thanks to a rivalry with his son Lance (Jimmy Tatro) and the desire to get his ex-wife Stacy (Molly Shannon) back.<\/p>\n<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad0 id_ad_content-horiz-center\"><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">Advertisement<\/span><\/div>\n<p>There is nothing original about this show. Lonnie is a pastiche of every single character Ferrell has played over the last two decades: shades of Ron Burgundy, Buddy The Elf and <em>Step Brothers<\/em>\u2018 Brennan Huff all abound here, but with the crassness dialled right up. In the first few minutes of episode one, Ferrell is twerking on the field as Sisq\u00f3\u2019s \u2018Thong Song\u2019 plays, asking his competitors if they want to drink some \u201cLonnie juice\u201d and spraying water around like he\u2019s in a wet t-shirt contest.<\/p>\n<p>Lonnie is also spectacularly unlikeable \u2013 and the series itself seems uncertain about whether to cast him as a hero or a villain, so he sits somewhere in the middle. When his long-standing friend dies, he takes the opportunity to rob the body before the paramedics kick him out of the ambulance.<\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Hawk | Official Trailer | Netflix\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sSRJ6PXHx88?feature=oembed&amp;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<p>Does he go to the funeral afterwards? Does he hell! There\u2019s a match to play. When he finally puts in an appearance, after everybody else has left, he runs into Stacy and enters the crematorium sporting a boner. Later, he crashes his estranged son\u2019s engagement party while steaming drunk and turns it into an announcement of his career comeback.<\/p>\n<p>Ferrell plays the whole thing with an \u2018aw, shucks\u2019 energy that implies we\u2019re still meant to like and root for Lonnie. But Lonnie is despicable, with no real redeeming qualities. Weak attempts to grasp for depth are quickly sidelined in the pursuit of more dick jokes. Even Lance, who should command the lion\u2019s share of sympathy as Lonnie\u2019s put-upon son, is given a bizarre semi-incestuous storyline which involves his mother kissing him on the lips after every golf win.<\/p>\n<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad1 id_ad_content-horiz-center\">\n<h5 class=\"taboola-mid-article-title\">Recommended<\/h5>\n<\/div>\n<p>Fortune Feimster, who plays his new caddy Sam, doesn\u2019t help. Her main contribution to the show is to underline Lonnie\u2019s blue humour with more of her own. There\u2019s hardly any plot to tell you about, either. The writers attempt to work in storylines, but they mostly serve as a way to link together scenes in which Ferrell whispers seductive things to his golf balls, or dry humps a sand trap in the throes of a temper tantrum. Somehow, he still comes out on top \u2013 the last word in male privilege. Fans of Ferrell\u2019s work might find some straws to grasp at here; for everybody else, his latest work is considerably under par.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u2018The Hawk\u2019 is available to watch July 16 on Netflix<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_tags tdi_87 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_87\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<ul class=\"tdb-tags\">\n<li><span>Related Topics<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Netflix<\/li>\n<li>Will Ferrell<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"tdi_88\" class=\"tdc-row\">\n<div class=\"vc_row tdi_89  wpb_row td-pb-row\">\n<div class=\"vc_column tdi_91  wpb_column vc_column_container tdc-column td-pb-span12\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"vc_row_inner tdi_93  vc_row vc_inner wpb_row td-pb-row\">\n<div class=\"vc_column_inner tdi_95  wpb_column vc_column_container tdc-inner-column td-pb-span12\">\n<div class=\"vc_column-inner\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper td_block_wrap vc_raw_html tdi_97 \">\n<div class=\"td-fix-index\">\n<h3>More Stories<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap td_flex_block_1 tdi_98 td-pb-border-top td_module_flex_1--card td_module_flex_1--card--highlight td_block_template_2 tdc-no-posts td_flex_block\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_98\">\n<div id=\"tdi_98\" class=\"td_block_inner td-mc1-wrap\">\n<div class=\"td_module_flex td_module_flex_1 td_module_wrap td-animation-stack\">\n<div class=\"td-module-container td-category-pos-above\">\n<div class=\"td-module-meta-info\">\n                    News<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"entry-title td-module-title\">Every song on Netflix\u2019s\u00a0\u2018Little House On The Prairie\u2019 soundtrack\u00a0<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_module_flex td_module_flex_1 td_module_wrap td-animation-stack\">\n<div class=\"td-module-container td-category-pos-above\">\n<div class=\"td-module-meta-info\">\n                    News<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"entry-title td-module-title\">The ending\u00a0of\u00a0\u2018I\u2019m\u00a0Not\u00a0Afraid\u2019\u00a0explained\u00a0\u2013 is Felipe rescued?<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_module_flex td_module_flex_1 td_module_wrap td-animation-stack\">\n<div class=\"td-module-container td-category-pos-above\">\n<div class=\"td-module-meta-info\">\n                    News<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"entry-title td-module-title\">The ending of\u00a0\u2018Summer \u201936\u2019\u00a0explained: is the killer found?\u00a0<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_module_flex td_module_flex_1 td_module_wrap td-animation-stack\">\n<div class=\"td-module-container td-category-pos-above\">\n<div class=\"td-module-meta-info\">\n                    News<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"entry-title td-module-title\">Every song on the \u2018Survival Of The Thickest\u2019 season three soundtrack<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_module_flex td_module_flex_1 td_module_wrap td-animation-stack\">\n<div class=\"td-module-container td-category-pos-above\">\n<div class=\"td-module-meta-info\">\n                    Gaming News<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"entry-title td-module-title\">\u2018Persona\u2019 live-action adaptation in the works from \u2018Stranger Things\u2019 producers<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_module_flex td_module_flex_1 td_module_wrap td-animation-stack\">\n<div class=\"td-module-container td-category-pos-above\">\n<div class=\"td-module-meta-info\">\n                    News<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"entry-title td-module-title\">Millie Bobby Brown to reunite with David Harbour for mysterious new project: \u201cTen years wasn\u2019t enough\u201d<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"tdi_99\" class=\"tdc-row\">\n<div class=\"vc_row tdi_100  wpb_row td-pb-row\">\n<div class=\"vc_column tdi_102  wpb_column vc_column_container tdc-column td-pb-span12\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper td_block_wrap vc_raw_html tdi_104 \">\n<div class=\"td-fix-index\">\n<h3>You May Also Like<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"td-page-meta\"><\/span><span class=\"td-page-meta\"><span class=\"td-page-meta\"><\/span><\/span><span class=\"td-page-meta\"><\/span><span class=\"td-page-meta\"><span class=\"td-page-meta\"><\/span><span><\/span><\/span><span class=\"td-page-meta\"><\/span><\/article>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_content tdi_86 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 td-post-content tagdiv-type\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_86\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p><strong class=\"dropcap big-read-dropcap\">H<\/strong>ow much Will Ferrell is too much? Well <i>The Hawk, <\/i>a brand new Netflix series in which he plays a washed-up golfer, answers that question within the first five minutes. After that, there\u2019s only 295 more to get through. If you didn\u2019t mind him before, well \u2013 this series is here to change your mind. And then some.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>READ MORE: The best films of 2026\u2026 so far!<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In fact, <i>The Hawk<\/i> delights in indulging all of Ferrell\u2019s worst comedic instincts and squashing the better ones. He plays Lonnie Hawkins, AKA The Hawk: a former world pro who is currently languishing in the small-time golf leagues after missing out on the US World Open several years ago. Soon enough, Lonnie is catapulted on a journey back to the top. Or, really, proceeds to fail upwards, thanks to a rivalry with his son Lance (Jimmy Tatro) and the desire to get his ex-wife Stacy (Molly Shannon) back.<\/p>\n<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad0 id_ad_content-horiz-center\"><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">Advertisement<\/span><\/div>\n<p>There is nothing original about this show. Lonnie is a pastiche of every single character Ferrell has played over the last two decades: shades of Ron Burgundy, Buddy The Elf and <em>Step Brothers<\/em>\u2018 Brennan Huff all abound here, but with the crassness dialled right up. In the first few minutes of episode one, Ferrell is twerking on the field as Sisq\u00f3\u2019s \u2018Thong Song\u2019 plays, asking his competitors if they want to drink some \u201cLonnie juice\u201d and spraying water around like he\u2019s in a wet t-shirt contest.<\/p>\n<p>Lonnie is also spectacularly unlikeable \u2013 and the series itself seems uncertain about whether to cast him as a hero or a villain, so he sits somewhere in the middle. When his long-standing friend dies, he takes the opportunity to rob the body before the paramedics kick him out of the ambulance.<\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Hawk | Official Trailer | Netflix\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sSRJ6PXHx88?feature=oembed&amp;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<p>Does he go to the funeral afterwards? Does he hell! There\u2019s a match to play. When he finally puts in an appearance, after everybody else has left, he runs into Stacy and enters the crematorium sporting a boner. Later, he crashes his estranged son\u2019s engagement party while steaming drunk and turns it into an announcement of his career comeback.<\/p>\n<p>Ferrell plays the whole thing with an \u2018aw, shucks\u2019 energy that implies we\u2019re still meant to like and root for Lonnie. But Lonnie is despicable, with no real redeeming qualities. Weak attempts to grasp for depth are quickly sidelined in the pursuit of more dick jokes. Even Lance, who should command the lion\u2019s share of sympathy as Lonnie\u2019s put-upon son, is given a bizarre semi-incestuous storyline which involves his mother kissing him on the lips after every golf win.<\/p>\n<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad1 id_ad_content-horiz-center\">\n<h5 class=\"taboola-mid-article-title\">Recommended<\/h5>\n<\/div>\n<p>Fortune Feimster, who plays his new caddy Sam, doesn\u2019t help. Her main contribution to the show is to underline Lonnie\u2019s blue humour with more of her own. There\u2019s hardly any plot to tell you about, either. The writers attempt to work in storylines, but they mostly serve as a way to link together scenes in which Ferrell whispers seductive things to his golf balls, or dry humps a sand trap in the throes of a temper tantrum. Somehow, he still comes out on top \u2013 the last word in male privilege. Fans of Ferrell\u2019s work might find some straws to grasp at here; for everybody else, his latest work is considerably under par.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u2018The Hawk\u2019 is available to watch July 16 on Netflix<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>[analyse_source url=&#8221;https:\/\/www.nme.com\/reviews\/tv-reviews\/the-hawk-review-will-ferrell-netflix-3956986&#8243;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/The-Hawk-Will-Ferrell.jpg&#8221;] Will Ferrell in &#8216;The Hawk&#8217;. CREDIT: NEtflix ReviewsTV Reviews \u2018The Hawk\u2019 review: please, somebody shoot this birdie Will Ferrell&#8217;s latest comedy is crass, deeply unfunny and painfully unimaginative 1 By Vicky Jessop 16th July 2026 How much Will Ferrell is too much? 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