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Rating: 9/10 (21 August 2006)

i watch a lot of films, and i don't feel compelled to write about many of them, but TALLADEGA NIGHTS is one i'll get a kick out of writing about! i found this film engrossing, involving, and hilarious. what surprised me the most was the great acting in this comedy! and the list of actors! what a joy: Amy Adams, John c Reilly, Michael Clarke Duncan, Gary Cole; cameos by Elvis Costello and Dale Earnhardt, Pat Hingle, and many others! fabulous. little things about this film made me laugh: the hilarious Sacha Baron Cohen, who really held his own, reading "l'etranger" while driving; the gold necklaces worn by just about everyone; the jazz planted in the local bar, along with other tunes, as a form of "profiling";...i truly appreciated the unashamed, sponsorship banners everywhere. tacky ones like Old Spice and Wonder Bread, so many i couldn't name them all! i wasn't disappointed by this film at all, and i'd love to see comedies acknowledged quite a bit more for the acting in them. everyone was perfect. yes, it was slapstick, and it worked. i generally stay to read all of the credits, and i'm glad i did this time. at the very end, Ricky Bobby's kids and their grandmother were sitting on a couch having a philosophical discussion about moral ambiguity and the mores of twenties cinema. i'd recommend this film for most people, not just for the surprisingly superb performances, but for the sense of speed generated, the overwhelming fact that 200,000 fans were in the stands, the great crashes, the driving. and of course the laughs! highly recommended, and not just for Will Ferrell fans! i didn't expect to like it as much as i do. kudos to everyone involved in this movie!