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Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (2006)

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Reviews Counted: 175 Fresh: 127  Rotten:48 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.
 

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Runtime: 2 hrs 1 min

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 TALLADEGA NIGHTS: THE BALLAD OF RICKY BOBBY, is not just a sidesplitting series of slapstick... 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]

Genre: Action/Adventure

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

Director: Adam McKay
Screenwriter: Will Ferrell, Adam McKay
Producer: Judd Apatow
Composer: Alex Wurman

DVD Info

Release:

Jul 29, 2008

[DVD Details]

DVD Features:

  • Note: WS UR With Digital Copy
  • Keep Case
  • Anamorphic Widescreen 2.40

Audio:

  • Dolby Digital 5.1 - English, French, Spanish
  • Dolby Digital 2.0 - English, French, Spanish
  • Subtitles - English, French, Spanish - Optional

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3/5

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.

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08/07/08
Jim Lane
Sacramento News & Review
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A comedy with horsepower to spare.

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07/31/08
Steven Snyder
TIME Magazine
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4/5

Showcases Will Ferrell's comedy genius to perfection.

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07/31/08
Jamie Russell
Channel 4 Film
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3/5

i concur with everything bobby has to say about highlander

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04/09/08
Stefan Birgir Stefansson
sbs.is
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3.5/4

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.

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08/25/07
Michael Dequina
Mr. Brown's Movies
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2/4

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.

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07/14/07
Kam Williams
Upstage Magazine
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3/4

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

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07/14/07
Joe Lozito
Big Picture Big Sound
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1/4

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

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04/01/07
Ross Anthony
Hollywood Report Card
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C

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.

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03/03/07
Nell Minow
Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies
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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.

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03/01/07
Lewis Beale
Film Journal International
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'Talladega Nights': Deliciously Subversive Political Satire

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01/31/07
Joe Baltake
Passionate Moviegoer
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3.0/4.0

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

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12/30/06
Kevin A. Ranson
MovieCrypt.com
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3/5

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.

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12/22/06
Pablo Villaca
Cinema em Cena
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3.5/4

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!

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12/13/06
Michael A. Smith
Nolan's Pop Culture Review
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Silly, but entertaining comedy about a dim-witted race car driver and his dysfunctional family and friends.

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10/31/06
Robert Roten
Laramie Movie Scope
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3/4

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

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10/01/06
Jeff Vice
Deseret News, Salt Lake City
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Broad but not crude, dumb but not witless, clever but still snot-spittingly funny. Stupidly brilliant, in other words.

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09/23/06
Time Out
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2/5

Some of the jokes here are funny. Most are not, while the characters are simply too silly to make us give two hoots about them. Worse, the movie collapses under the weight of a ton of syrup in the second half.

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09/23/06
David Edwards
Daily Mirror [UK]
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4/5

Anchorman director Adam McKay has assembled a terrific cast and his hilarious script (co-written with Ferrell) ensures that each of the characters has their own funny moment.

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09/23/06
Matthew Turner
ViewLondon
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An inane parody of a triumphalist celebration of all-American sporting heroism.

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09/23/06
Philip French
Guardian [UK]
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