Funny NASCAR comedy is probably Wil Ferrell's best film

Rating: 6/10 (23 September 2006)

Funny NASCAR comedy charts the course of Ricky Bobby, a man who only knows how to drive fast.
I do not, as a rule, like Will Ferrell, and I dislike NASCAR but I found this movie very funny. The best of Ferrell's starring vehicles this movie manages to make fun of everyone and everything. On the laugh meter its probably closer to an 8 than the six I've given it, and if thats what you're looking this is your movie. However I have some reservations about the film that kept me from enjoying it completely. I dislike that pretty much every character is as stupid as a stick. There is no characters rather caricatures which would be fine except it becomes jarring when the characters meet real people. This also has to be the film with the greatest amount of product placement in history. Granted the nature of racing is to have little ads everywhere but this film drags it into the peoples "real lives" its distracting.
That said this is a very funny movie and perfect for those wanting to laugh away a rained out race day.