Just Plain Stupid and Awful

Rating: 1/10 (3 October 2006)

I'm sorry, this film seems to be quite popular but I thought it was appalling. The characters of Ricky Bobby, his wife, his friends, actually everyone, especially his repulsive children are so dislikable it is impossible to get past. The jokes are never quite on the mark and were particularly stupid, I found most of the characters vulgar and offensive.
This is nitpicking but as usual I often find in American films of this calibre that the filmmaker is quite unable to differentiate between different nationalities, the French Guy for example is of course gay because all French people are generally gay in this sort of film for some reason, secondly he is driving in the car listening to opera and drinking a macchiato - this is supposedly an attempt to play on a stereotype but I hate to break this to the filmmakers but for all intents and purposes opera and macchiatos are Italian, not French, if you are going to cheaply play on a stereotype at least get it right! Have him munch on some frogs legs or wear a beret! Don't get me wrong, my mind is quite capable of wallowing in the gutter but this was just bad, it seems to be trying to parody the macho American race car driver but they never quite enforce the parody which is another thing that bugs me, if you are going to use satire, once again, GET IT RIGHT! Make it subtle, make it obvious but don't just "have a go".
I could go on forever about what was wrong with this film.
This was a terrible, sloppy, messy movie - avoid at all costs!