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Talladega Nights: A Movie Review

Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby is the brain child of Will Ferrell and Adam McKay - those who also brought you the wildly quotable Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy. The movie chronicles the rise and fall [and yes rise again] of Ricky Bobby, NASCAR's top driver. Will Ferrell superbly plays the loveable, yet dim witted, title character and he is surrounded by a good cast of characters [John C. Reilly as his long time friend Cal, Michael Clarke Duncan as Lucius the Crew Chief, and Leslie Bibb as the "Red-Hot Smokin' Wife, Carley"]. The film starts fast but drops back to first gear for a few long stretches of the film however it does end in victory lane. "With all due respect", I think this will also be one of those movies that has a ton of quotable lines, you may just have to see it a few times to commit them to memory [or maybe just see the movie twice in one day, like a plane ride across the county]. The fake PSAs/commercials/outtakes that show above the cast credits at the end are really funny and I'm "harder than a diamond in an ice storm" to see the outtakes of this film, given Mr. Ferrell's love from improvisation. On a side note, this movie might contain the most product placement of any film ever made. Wonder Bread, Old Spice, Perrier, Target, and POWERade just to name a few. Marketing genius I say.

posted by TheWino @ 9:49 AM