Not even Gary Cole could save this movie

Rating: 4/10 (5 August 2006)

I have mixed feelings about Will Ferrel, I have for awhile. In some of his performances I find him to be extremely annoying and really not all that funny. However, I do appreciate some roles he's done and I acknowledge that fact that he is usually a funny man. In Talladega Nights, Ferrel acted his role just fine. I didn't like the character, though; I found myself rooting against him in the last race. Ricky Bobby is an annoying, self-centered, egotistical, shell of a man who makes a horrible father, and a horrible movie. In the entire span of this movie, I let out nothing more than a few chuckles. There's not much humor in Talladega Nights, which leaves the movie to rely on drama. Since I genuinely did not care for any of the characters, this movie failed miserably.