Ricky Bobby is a national hero with a 'smokin'; hot' trophy wife, pair of borderline-abusively precocious sons. His racing partner and lifelong friend Cal Naughton, Jr., never fails to provide him with a hand on the racetrack, frequently performing their trademark 'slingshot' maneuver to shoot Ricky into first place, leaving Cal in second. When flamboyant French Formula One driver Jean Girard challenges 'Shake' and 'Bake' for the supremacy of NASCAR, Ricky Bobby must face his own demons and fight Girard for the right to be known as racing';s top driver.
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You pretty much have to like Will Ferrell to like Talladega Nights, it's his film through and through. But if you do, you're in for a ride.August 07, 2006
One of the stupidest and one of the funniest movies in Will Ferrell's career.August 05, 2006
When the crazy comes, it's pretty good crazy.July 31, 2008
A comedy with horsepower to spare.August 04, 2006
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.April 21, 2009
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.August 07, 2008
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.April 23, 2009
Talladega starts out slow, picks up speed in the middle, and nearly crashes and burns in the end.April 29, 2009
Often a one-note joke that goes on way too long...July 31, 2008
Showcases Will Ferrell's comedy genius to perfection.September 23, 2006
Broad but not crude, dumb but not witless, clever but still snot-spittingly funny. Stupidly brilliant, in other words.August 04, 2006
Talladega Nights may be brash, unbridled, even unhinged, but its cornpone humor is rich in parody, and its craftsmanship is superb.