Big Red... If you ain't chewin it... then f(beep) you!

Rating: 7/10 (25 December 2007)

I have to admit that when I first started watching this film with Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly I thought it was a documentary. The performances of the two stars was so spot on that they had to be the result of outstanding acting or perfect casting. I guess it is the fact that i am surrounded by legions of NASCAR fans that, like Ricky Bobby and Cal Naughton, Jr., can find some thrill in watching cars go 'round and 'round and 'round ad nausea for hours. It takes a special mentality, or lack of it, to appreciate this as some kind of sport and Ferrell and Reilly captured it perfectly. They even had the fan's cheer down: "Please, Jesus, let her be 18!"
However, the appearance of Sacha Baron Cohen as Jean Girard told me that this was just a spoof of NASCAR fans. There is no way these people would embrace a Frenchman. They can't even spell Formula One, much less describe it. And, a gay Frenchman at that! They would sooner give up their Budweiser.
A real hoot!