Sep 29 2006
Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby
Dir: Adam McKay
Writ: Will Ferrell & Adam Mckay
- Will Ferrell - Ricky Bobby
- John C. Reilly - Cal Naughton, Jr.
- Gary Cole - Reese Bobby
- Sacha Baron Cohen - Jean Girrard
Ricky Bobby, born in a speeding car, wants nothing more out of life than to go fast. That, and win. Because if you aren’t first, you’re last. As his daddy told him the one time he turned up in his life. And as a winning NASCAR driver he seems to have a pretty good life. He wins, has plenty of money, two obnoxious kids with the genius names of Walker, and Texas Ranger, a beautiful wife, and the ability to go fast all he wants.
But then things begin to go wrong, as Jean Girrad, an F1 driver turns up on the circut. Ricky crashes his car, and all of a sudden begins to feel the fear. He loses his drive, his wife, his desire to go fast. And its all fun and games when his father shows up trying to help him out, in his own drunken bum with a heart of stone way.
Overall it is an entertaining enough film, with a fair few laughs, but it isn’t the genius that was Anchorman and a few of the laughs fall flat. Still, worth watching if you’ve nothing better to do.
Tags: 7 Stars, Adam McKay, car-racing, comedy, Gary Cole, John C. Reilly, NASCAR, Sacha Baron Cohen, Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby, Will Ferrell