Talladega Nights: The Ballad Of Ricky Bobby

Rating: 8/10 (23 August 2006)

Talladega Nights: The Ballad Of Ricky Bobby is about a professional race car driver named Ricky Bobby who seems to have everything perfect in his life because he always wins the big races. Soon a new French driver comes into town and threatens to take Ricky Bobby's top spot. Ricky Bobby seems to be losing his fans and the people he cares about because he is not racing and he soon decides to give it up entirely, but thanks to the help of his seldom seen father Ricky Bobby plans to get back in the race and win and also prove to everyone that he still has what it takes to be a great driver. Talladega Nights has good direction, a good script, good comedic performances by the entire cast and good film editing. I'm not into racing myself, but that did not stop me one bit from enjoying this movie. I didn't find the movie particularly funny either, but that did not stop me from enjoying it either. The film is entertaining and all the actors are at the top of their game delivering great comedic performances and the writing of the script was well done and allows the viewer to have a lot of fun. I liked how the film was very entertaining and throughout the film you begin to care about Ricky Bobby and want to see him accomplish his goal and get back into the race in win. Very many comedies these days allow you to care or see a more simpler side to a character and this film does this even while being a comedy and I think it was pulled off well. I also liked some of the more heartfelt scenes in the film and I thought those worked too. At the end of this film I was cheering for Ricky Bobby and wanted to seem him succeed and I think another good thing about this film was that the characters were very well written which does more than just allow us to like or dislike them, but instead as I said earlier to feel for them and want them to do well. Also, I'd like to note that just because I didn't find the film funny doesn't mean that you won't. I just felt that most of the jokes were given away in the film's trailer. Having said that this film is still one of the best comedies of the summer and it is very entertaining and the heartfelt stuff really worked for me and as a whole I was very pleased with this movie and I don't think fans of Will Ferrell, his films or the comedy genre will be disappointed.