Talladega Nights The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (Blu-ray)

The story of a man who could only count to #1
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  • Rated: Unrated
  • Run Time: 2 hours, 1 minutes
  • Video: Color
  • Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
  • Released: December 12, 2006
  • Originally Released: 2006
  • Label: Sony Pictures

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Entertainment Reviews:

Certified Fresh71%

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AUDIENCE SCORE
User Ratings: 554,395
Ferrell and Reilly display a genuine feel for their characters, as well as an appealing rapport. Full Review
Sydney Morning Herald
Sep 22, 2006
Rating: 3/5 -- Probably best viewed with a six-pack on hand. Full Review
Independent (UK)
Sep 23, 2006
Broad but not crude, dumb but not witless, clever but still snot-spittingly funny. Stupidly brilliant, in other words. Full Review
Time Out
Sep 23, 2006
Ricky Bobby is at once a creature of pure, extravagant absurdity and a curiously vulnerable, sympathetic figure.
New York Times
Aug 4, 2006
Rating: 2/4 -- Has no idea when a joke has gone on too long. Full Review
The Dispatch (Lexington, NC)
Jun 5, 2019
It's also a typical Ferrell vehicle, meaning it has his usual flat delivery and inside jokes. This particular style of comedy is odd, it's slow, it's kind of dumb and people seem to love it. Full Review
The Tyee (British Columbia)
Aug 23, 2017
5 stars out of 5 -- A pacy, racy, relentless blitz of big, fat belly laughs...
Total Film
Sep 1, 2006

Product Description:

Though it is one of America's most popular sporting events, the association of NASCAR with uneducated, backwards rednecks seems cemented into the American consciousness. So the brilliant comedy TALLADEGA NIGHTS: THE BALLAD OF RICKY BOBBY, is not just a sidesplitting series of slapstick pratfalls and over-the-top accents, but a lens into an important part of American culture. Comic sensation Will Ferrell (SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE, ANCHORMAN) plays the title character, Ricky Bobby, a figure who is at once laughably ridiculous, infuriating, and loveable. Ricky Bobby, with his bleached-blond wife, cute sons Walker and Texas Ranger, and dim-bulb sidekick Cal (award-winning actor John C. Reilly, flexing his considerable comedic muscle), has got it made. He is NASCAR's most popular driver, and nearly every aspect of his life is endorsed by a recognizable product. Yet his racetrack kingdom is not unshakeable: two formidable opponents, his unpleasable father, Reese (Gary Cole), and a flashy new opponent, the openly gay French import Jean (played by a hilarious Sasha Baron Cohen, known to millions as Ali G), threaten to hijack his crown and expose his vulnerabilities. Though many of the jokes are easy laughs (having Ferrell run around shirtless is a guaranteed guffaw-fest), the script (co-written by Farrell and Adam McKay) is nuanced and intelligent, lending its characters much more sympathy and complexity than dumber comedies are want to do. And every performer--from Ferrell to Amy Adams (as Susan, Bobby's fawning assistant)--tackles his or her part with joy and relish. A knee-slapper with smarts and savvy, TALLADEGA NIGHTS ensures Ferrell's position as one of comedy's shining talents.

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  • UPC: 043396158689
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