Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (2006)
Director: Adam McKay
From the makers of Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy comes another comedy that is just so relentlessly stupid it's impossible not to laugh. Will Ferrell plays top racing driver Ricky Bobby, whose status is threatened by the arrival of gay Frenchman (insert endless infantile gags) Jean Girard (Sacha Baron Cohen), fresh from Formula One. He must also contend with his ex-best friend and racing partner Cal Naughton, Jr. (an hilarious John C. Reilly), who cheerfully takes over his home and marries his wife.
In a perfect world the film would have been just that little bit funnier - as with recent episodes of The Simpsons, the film sometimes drifts into straight storytelling rather than pure comedy, as in parts of the plot involving Ricky's relationship with his drunken father, and some of the racing scenes - but as it stands, the laughter quotient is still undeniably higher than many films of its type.
From the makers of Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy comes another comedy that is just so relentlessly stupid it's impossible not to laugh. Will Ferrell plays top racing driver Ricky Bobby, whose status is threatened by the arrival of gay Frenchman (insert endless infantile gags) Jean Girard (Sacha Baron Cohen), fresh from Formula One. He must also contend with his ex-best friend and racing partner Cal Naughton, Jr. (an hilarious John C. Reilly), who cheerfully takes over his home and marries his wife.
In a perfect world the film would have been just that little bit funnier - as with recent episodes of The Simpsons, the film sometimes drifts into straight storytelling rather than pure comedy, as in parts of the plot involving Ricky's relationship with his drunken father, and some of the racing scenes - but as it stands, the laughter quotient is still undeniably higher than many films of its type.
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