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I can never turn down a Will Ferrell movie, no matter how bad it may be. Anchorman was classic, as was Old School. Then you got Kicking And Screaming and A Night At The Roxybury which could have been career ending mistakes. Talladega Nights: The Ballad Of Ricky Bobby was no mistake. I was one of millions who orginally saw this in the theatres and left with sore cheeks. Something about the absurdity of Will Ferrell and the premise to this movie made me fork over my hard earned money for a pair of overpriced tickets.

This movie is a beautifully told story about trials and tribulations of a troubled soul in search of finding meaning to his life and his own existence. I’m joking of course. It’s about an insanely cocky NASCAR driver and how he loves to drive fast. Ironically, Talladega… is pretty much a massive slap in the face to every NASCAR fan out there. However, the movie is so ridiculous and funny, no one can get mad. It pokes fun at the corporate over-sponsership, the simple-southerner following, and anything else that you might find at a Toby Keith concert. I may be making it sound bad, but it’s really not.

Even if you know nothing about NASCAR, you can still enjoy this movie. John C. Reilly does a brillant portrayal of of a simple-minded, but loyal, best friend to Ferrell. The improv scenes with Ferrell and Sacha Baron Cohen (from Borat) were really well done. It’s was almost like there was no script at all through the entire movie. And I dare anyone to control themsleves during the Bobby family dinner scene towards the beginning of the movie. It was, by far, the funniest thing I’ve seen in months. Unfortunately, the rest of the movie never matched the level of humor of that scene and the ‘unrated’ material wasn’t much, but it was still good. Basically, if you like Will Ferrell, you’ll love this movie.