People are seriously missing it

Rating: 10/10 (11 August 2006)

Setting aside plot summaries, SNL pedigree, etc., the bottom line is that this is a no-holds-barred hilarious sendup of NASCAR, nationalism, advertising culture, the cult of speed, the cult of winning, machismo, and the interaction of these things with what's left of working class Southern family culture. That just made it sound way more serious than it is, it does not take itself seriously. If you think the Grace scene is an attack on Jesus rather than on a shallow attitude towards him (and a complete breakdown of traditional family structure), or think this movie has too much product placement, or is too mean to French, gays, whatever, you are seriously missing the point.