Redneck Humor At Its Best

Rating: 7/10 (23 March 2007)

Of all the films Farrell has done, this is, by my estimate, the second good one. The first was Anchorman.
Again surrounded by a fantastic supporting cast, Farrell makes good in this irreverent (but closer than some would like to admit) look at the wonderful world of NASCAR, and its top driver, Ricky Bobby.
This work is not smart. It's not clever. It's not intelligent. It IS funny, in the base, crass, gutter kind of way most of the world will expect of the American Redneck way of life. There are no surprises, few effects.
It IS tragically funny. The character of Rick Bobby, his life, his marriage, his career, and everything surrounding him is a train wreck that you just have to watch until it slams into the wall of Life and self-destructs into a million pieces...In that respect, this movie does not disappoint.
It rates a 6.6/10 from...
the Fiend :.