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Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby

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Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (2006)

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Reviews Counted: 178

Fresh: 128

Rotten:50

Average Rating: 6.5/10

Consensus: Though it occasionally stalls, Talladega Nights' mix of satire, clever gags, and excellent ensemble performances put it squarely in the winner's circle.

Rated: PG-13 [See Full Rating] for crude and sexual humor, language, drug references and brief comic violence

Runtime: 2 hrs 1 min

Genre: Action/Adventure

Theatrical Release:Aug 4, 2006 Wide

Box Office: $148,213,377

Synopsis: Though it is one of America's most popular sporting events, the association of NASCAR with uneducated, backwards rednecks seems cemented into the American consciousness. So the brilliant comedy... Though it is one of America's most popular sporting events, the association of NASCAR with uneducated, backwards rednecks seems cemented into the American consciousness. So the brilliant comedy TALLADEGA NIGHTS: THE BALLAD OF RICKY BOBBY, is not just a sidesplitting series of slapstick pratfalls and over-the-top accents, but a lens into an important part of American culture. Comic sensation Will Ferrell (SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE, ANCHORMAN) plays the title character, Ricky Bobby, a figure who is at once laughably ridiculous, infuriating, and loveable. Ricky Bobby, with his bleached-blond wife, cute sons Walker and Texas Ranger, and dim-bulb sidekick Cal (award-winning actor John C. Reilly, flexing his considerable comedic muscle), has got it made. He is NASCAR's most popular driver, and nearly every aspect of his life is endorsed by a recognizable product. Yet his racetrack kingdom is not unshakeable: two formidable opponents, his unpleasable father, Reese (Gary Cole), and a flashy new opponent, the openly gay French import Jean (played by a hilarious Sasha Baron Cohen, known to millions as Ali G), threaten to hijack his crown and expose his vulnerabilities. Though many of the jokes are easy laughs (having Ferrell run around shirtless is a guaranteed guffaw-fest), the script (co-written by Farrell and Adam McKay) is nuanced and intelligent, lending its characters much more sympathy and complexity than dumber comedies are want to do. And every performer--from Ferrell to Amy Adams (as Susan, Bobby's fawning assistant)--tackles his or her part with joy and relish. A knee-slapper with smarts and savvy, TALLADEGA NIGHTS ensures Ferrell's position as one of comedy's shining talents. [More]

Starring: Will Ferrell, John C. Reilly, Sacha Baron Cohen, Gary Cole

Starring: Will Ferrell, John C. Reilly, Sacha Baron Cohen, Gary Cole, Michael Clarke Duncan, Leslie Bibb, Jane Lynch, Amy Adams, Andy Richter, Molly Shannon, Greg Germann, Houston Tumlin, Grayson Russell, David Koechner, John D. King, Pat Hingle, Dale Earnhardt, Dick Berggren, Mike Hoy, Larry McReynolds, Darrell Waltrip, Jamie McMurray, Elvis Costello, Mos Def, Chris Parnell

Director: Adam McKay

Director: Adam McKay
Screenwriter: Will Ferrell, Adam McKay
Producer: Judd Apatow
Composer: Alex Wurman
Studio: Sony Pictures Entertainment

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Never as entertaining as it can be.

Full Review Source: Cinema Crazed | comment Comment
04/29/09
Felix Vasquez Jr.
Cinema Crazed

Talladega starts out slow, picks up speed in the middle, and nearly crashes and burns in the end.

Full Review Source: Boston Phoenix | comment Comment
04/23/09
Peter Keough
Boston Phoenix

The movie takes a piecemeal approach that allows for several guffaw-inducing comic bits, but doesn't hold together enough for a sustained comic experience.

Full Review Source: ColeSmithey.com | comment Comment
04/21/09
Cole Smithey
ColeSmithey.com

The script by Ferrell and director Adam McKay, a parody of sports biopics, takes the same freewheeling approach that served them well on Anchorman, but with a more mean-spirited edge.

Full Review Source: Sacramento News & Review | comment Comment
08/07/08
Jim Lane
Sacramento News & Review

A comedy with horsepower to spare.

Full Review Source: TIME Magazine | comment Comment
07/31/08
Steven Snyder
TIME Magazine
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Showcases Will Ferrell's comedy genius to perfection.

Full Review Source: Channel 4 Film | comment Comment
07/31/08
Jamie Russell
Channel 4 Film

i concur with everything bobby has to say about highlander

Full Review Source: sbs.is | comment Comment
04/09/08
Stefan Birgir Stefansson
sbs.is

Will Ferrell and director/writing collaborator Adam McKay have carved out a comfortable comic niche in taking confidently clueless oafs and pulling the rug out from under the core of resolutely prototypical alpha male existence.

Full Review Source: Mr. Brown's Movies | comment Comment
08/25/07
Michael Dequina
Mr. Brown's Movies

Check your brain at the box-office to enjoy this brand of politically-incorrect hilarity poking fun mostly at gays, women and the French, all aimed at a redneck crowd with an average I.Q. of about 75.

Full Review Source: Upstage Magazine | comment Comment
07/14/07
Kam Williams
Upstage Magazine

In Talladega, Mr. Ferrell finds his best role to date.

Full Review Source: Big Picture Big Sound | comment Comment
07/14/07
Joe Lozito
Big Picture Big Sound

Riddled with blatant product placement. Blades of Glory is better. Ferrell can't save this one. Sacha adds little.

Full Review Source: Hollywood Report Card | comment 2 Comments
04/01/07
Ross Anthony
Hollywood Report Card

The disappointment of this movie is not that we don't see enough of Will Ferrell. It's disappointing because what we do see, we've seen before, and better.

Full Review Source: Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies | comment Comment
03/03/07
Nell Minow
Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies

It's not that ethnic and cultural stereotyping can't be funny -- Lord knows the laugh industry would be nothing without them -- it's just that movies like this one keep punching the same buttons over and over again.

Full Review Source: Film Journal International | comment Comment
03/01/07
Lewis Beale
Film Journal International

'Talladega Nights': Deliciously Subversive Political Satire

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01/31/07
Joe Baltake
Passionate Moviegoer

The white-trash, child-neglect, feel-good NASCAR comedy of the year (the one without the talking cars).

Full Review Source: MovieCrypt.com | comment Comment
12/30/06
Kevin A. Ranson
MovieCrypt.com

Ferrell e seus parceiros se mostram sempre dispostos a estender uma cena até que ela eventualmente se torne engraçada %u2013 e, por incrível que pareça, esta tática funciona com freqüência.

Full Review Source: Cinema em Cena | comment Comment
12/22/06
Pablo Villaca
Cinema em Cena

A film that will keep you laughing from beginning to end (including the credits), "Talladega Nights" is the most fun you can have this summer at 200 miles per hour!

Full Review Source: Nolan's Pop Culture Review | comment Comment
12/13/06
Michael A. Smith
Nolan's Pop Culture Review

Silly, but entertaining comedy about a dim-witted race car driver and his dysfunctional family and friends.

Full Review Source: Laramie Movie Scope | comment Comment
10/31/06
Robert Roten
Laramie Movie Scope

...It's hard not to be amused by the scene-stealing supporting cast.

Full Review Source: Deseret News, Salt Lake City | comment Comment
10/01/06
Jeff Vice
Deseret News, Salt Lake City

Broad but not crude, dumb but not witless, clever but still snot-spittingly funny. Stupidly brilliant, in other words.

Full Review Source: Time Out | comment Comment
09/23/06
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