I enjoyed his stint with “The Bear” on Man vs. Wild.
I have no interest in this movie, although I do like some of the movies he does, like Elf, Stranger than Fiction, and sadly, Blades of Glory.
I thought he was also good in Bewitched, and in a serious movie called “Winter Passing” (although I watched it for Zooey Deschannel, the better of the Deschannell sisters).
Still, I can’t think of any movies he has done which would really be “family” in the traditional sense. Even “Kicking and Screaming”, which was enjoyable, was also crude and rude.
I liked that bit with Grylls, too...but I suspect much of it was faked.
There’s no way Ferrell’s agency would let him rappel down a sheer cliff suspended only by a tree branch buried in snow...I suspect those scenes were all staged, as Grylls has been wont to do, with ropes, supplies and food to get him through those two days safely.
It was fun to watch, though!
Ed