Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (2006)
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Critic 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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Cast
as Ricky Bobby
as Cal Naughton Jr.
as Jean Girard
as Reese Bobby
as Lucius Washington
as Carley Bobby
as Susan
as Lucy Bobby
as Gregory
as Mrs. Dennit
as Glenn
as Ricky (5 years old)
as Ricky (10 years old)
as Cal (10 years old)
as Herschell
as Larry Dennit Jr.
as Mr. Dennit
as Himself
as Himself
as Himself
as Himself
as Himself
as Waffle House Manager
as Schoolteacher
as Terry Cheveaux
as ESPN Reporter
as Himself
as Himself
as Walker
as Texas Ranger
as Chip
as Texas Ticket Seller
as Texas Ticket Seller
as Himself
as Himself
as Himself
as Bartender
as Reporter
as Himself
as Jack Telmont
as Rescue Worker
as Doctor
as Reporter
as Pizza Delivery Boy
as Pizza Delivery Boy
as Police Officer
as Frank
as DMV Officer
as Waitress
as Jim Bohampton
as Car Wash Customer
as Himself
as Wally Dallenbach
as Jarvis
as Talladega Ticket Seller
as PA Announcer
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Critic Reviews for Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby
All Critics (185) | Top Critics (45) | Fresh (132) | Rotten (53) | DVD (13)
A comedy with horsepower to spare.
Broad but not crude, dumb but not witless, clever but still snot-spittingly funny. Stupidly brilliant, in other words.
One of the stupidest and one of the funniest movies in Will Ferrell's career.
When the crazy comes, it's pretty good crazy.
Essentially a string of gags loosely looped together, a set of absurd situations for the actors to clown their way through, Talladega Nights is an affable entertainment, both a celebration and a satire of lowbrow pleasures.
Talladega Nights may be brash, unbridled, even unhinged, but its cornpone humor is rich in parody, and its craftsmanship is superb.
Audience Reviews for Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby
To me NASCAR is one of the most boring things to watch, but the movies on racing and NASCAR are awesome, and this movie is definitely no exception, in fact, I'd say its one of the funniest and best racing films of all time, and one of the funniest movies of Will Ferrel's carrier. To me everything in this film works, the timing of the lines, the jokes are all hysterical, the acting is fun and entertaining, and some of the racing is pretty entertaining. Sacha Baron Cohen as always is fantastic, though I wish I could here what he actually sounded like rather than an accent like in every movie he is in. This is also to me one of the most quotable comedies of all time, my favorite line being by Cohens character "Hakuna Matata, BEETCHES."
Super Reviewer
A film with just as much obnoxious hysteria than the main character. Will Ferrell provides a flavorful laughter that sticks to you no matter the amount of random-pun it may present. The enticing blend of comedy and racing is an excellent motion picture that reaches the finish line in grand fashion. 5/5
Super Reviewer
Ferrell films can vary from one end of the scale to the other, he can be funny and ingenious or a complete annoying twat, unfortunately many of his films do come under the 'annoying twat' label for me. This is not funny, Ferrell's worst by far, it may be because car racing just isn't a great source material for a comedy, I dunno. Cohen is very good as the French racer, he comes across quite well, almost like a kind of dastardly Disney baddie in the realms of 'Thorndyke' in 'The Love Bug' but the rest is just silly and simply unfunny. The characters are all rather un-likeable too, it just seems Ferrell is trying to make a comedy out of every 'sport', and this isn't even an interesting 'sport', NASCAR is dull dull dull if you ask me, but I am British, if you like this type of racing you may like it.
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Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby Quotes
| Ricky Bobby: | (realizes his wife is marrying Cal) Are you serious!? I was gone for three hours! |
| Ricky Bobby: | Are you serious? I was gone for three hours! |
| Ricky Bobby: | Save me Tom Cruise! |
| Reese Bobby: | You've gotta learn to drive with the fear. There ain't nothin' more frightenin' than drivin' with a live cougar in the car. If you're calm, that wonderous big cat will be calm too. But if you're scared, that beautiful death machine will do what God made it to do, namely, eat you with a smile on its face. |
| Chip: | Ricky, remember: The fieldmouse is fast, but the owl sees at night. |