Review – Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby

Watching this movie is like riding around with a driver who has one foot on the accelerator and the other on the brakes. First he stomps hard on one. Then he stomps hard on the other. One minute this production is hysterically funny, and the next it’s so annoying that it borders on unwatchable. Still, after Anchorman I expected a lot worse from Will Ferrell. Of course the subject helps a little. NASCAR pretty much serves as its own parody, though it gets a boost from just a touch of Ferrell’s George W. Bush character styling thrown in for good measure. My only gripe – other than the host of dead spots distributed throughout the picture – was the love interest. Leslie Bibb does an acceptable job, but if a role is clearly written for Jamie Presley then go ahead and spend the money to get Jamie Presley. Mildly amusing