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(1 - 42) of 42 OFCS Rating: 74% Fresh Page   1   "With his fearless comic approach, Will Ferrell manages to make Ricky Bobby one of his funniest film characters."   ReelTalk Movie Reviews   Betty Jo Tucker B- "As uneven as the film is at times it is still one of the best comedies of the summer; and in a summer this woeful, that earns a recommendation."   FromTheBalcony   Bill Clark 5/10 "One of those movies that features end-credit outtakes that are much funnier than the film that preceded them, this endearing but messy assortment of gags just doesn't merit a full-price ticket."   Freeze Dried Movies   Brian Juergens A- "Rarely is any joked shoved into the audiences' faces, and the story, as silly as it gets, is adhered to in ways that make 'Anchorman' resemble a box of spilled Legos."   FilmJerk.com   Brian Orndorf "What this film does well%u2014and/or perversely, which means about the same thing in this context%u2014is to target everyone."   PopMatters   Cynthia Fuchs 4/5 "It's the cinematic equivalent of a muscle car reconstructed exclusively from salvage parts that not only runs but wins street races."   eFilmCritic.com   Dan Lybarger 3/5 "Talladega is sort of an Anchorman Lite... It's still funny, but not as often."   eFilmCritic.com   David Cornelius 2/4 "...there's simply no getting around the pervading feeling of mediocrity that's been hard-wired into the proceedings."   Reel Film Reviews   David Nusair 1.5/4 "Crashes and burns as it tries to garner laughs out of poorly edited and decidedly threadbare material."   TheMovieBoy.com   Dustin Putman B "So many gleeful, wantonly absurd moments, more than enough to make it one of the best comedies of the summer."   EricDSnider.com   Eric D. Snider 3.5/4 "Ferrell is at his dimbulb best, but still allows enough breathing room for a cast of comedic artists to get at least one major laugh for themselves."   eFilmCritic.com   Erik Childress B- "I must begrudgingly admit to being amused by Ferrell and McKay's brand of hyperactive, improv-based non sequitur humor."   Film Blather   Eugene Novikov C "Its celebration of infantilism on the speedway runs out of gas long before the last lap."   One Guy's Opinion   Frank Swietek 2/4 "We're left ho-humming our way through one obligatory scene after another and wincing through a sting of failed gags until the next bit comes along that tickles our funny bone."   ReelViews   James Berardinelli 8/10 "This Will Ferrell vehicle ... is essentially chucking javelins at good ol' American redneckery."   Window to the Movies   Jeffrey Chen 7/10 "...if you got a kick out of Ferrell's moronic anchorman character in Anchorman, you'll get a decent amount of guffaws out of this companion piece as well..."   JoBlo's Movie Emporium   JoBlo 2/5 "There are laughs to be had within Talladega Nights but they're certainly not worth the money a trip to the cinema will surely cost."   FilmFocus   Joe Utichi 7/10 "Lots and lots of bargain basement humor, mostly coming at the expense of NASCAR, their fans, the South, and the easiest (and lamest) target in the world: The French."   Planet Sick-Boy   Jon Popick 4/5 "As ballads tend to be, this one was at times, slow and annoying, but it is worth the watch."   3BlackChicks Review   Kamal 'The Diva' Larsuel 2/5 "Well, if you liked Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy, you'll probably love Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby. I did not like Anchorman."   Cinerina   Karina Montgomery 3.0/4.0 "The white-trash, child-neglect, feel-good NASCAR comedy of the year (the one without the talking cars)."   MovieCrypt.com   Kevin A. Ranson 3.5/5 "Will Ferrell as a NASCAR driver? You just don't get any funnier than that."   7M Pictures   Kevin Carr 3.5/4 "While not quite as focused and inspired as Anchorman, it still made me laugh as hard and often as any movie in recent memory."   Montreal Film Journal   Kevin N. Laforest 2.5/4 "Gets good mileage out of its jokes, and has a sturdier frame than previous models"   Movie Habit   Marty Mapes "[S]mart... sweet... subversive: this is one big *****-slap to American culture... That was the real shock to my expectations. Big Hollywood movies simply do not do this."   Flick Filosopher   MaryAnn Johanson 3.5/4 "Will Ferrell and director/writing collaborator Adam McKay have carved out a comfortable comic niche in taking confidently clueless oafs and pulling the rug out from under the core of resolutely prototypical alpha male existence."   Mr. Brown's Movies   Michael Dequina 3.5/4 "Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby finds Will Ferrell in top form and in the right big-screen vehicle, delivering one of the funniest movies of the year."   Aisle Seat   Mike McGranaghan C " The disappointment of this movie is not that we don't see enough of Will Ferrell. It's disappointing because what we do see, we've seen before, and better."   Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies   Nell Minow B "An astute cultural satire masquerading as an infectiously stupid-silly lark - or, perhaps, it's the other way around."   Lessons of Darkness   Nick Schager 2/5 "This isn't a movie, it's an infomercial, and one with an honest-to-god Applebee's commercial that airs during the movie itself."   Film Threat   Pete Vonder Haar 3/5 "It's charming and often funny, but it also drags badly and never makes much of its characters."   Shadows on the Wall   Rich Cline B "Its trump card, however, comes not just in the star, but in the very funny supporting cast chosen to back him up."   Flipside Movie Emporium   Rob Vaux C+ "Silly, but entertaining comedy about a dim-witted race car driver and his dysfunctional family and friends."   Laramie Movie Scope   Robert Roten 4/5 "A smoothly, bizarrely entertaining comedy that mixes your traditional underdog farce with Ferrell's unique sense of ... strangeness."   Cinematical   Scott Weinberg 3.5/4 "The first movie this summer (heck, this year) to call itself a comedy and remember to deliver enormous laughs."   Charlotte Weekly   Sean O'Connell 3/5 "i concur with everything bobby has to say about highlander"   sbs.is   Stefan Birgir Stefansson "Essentially a string of gags loosely looped together, a set of absurd situations for the actors to clown their way through, Talladega Nights is an affable entertainment, both a celebration and a satire of lowbrow pleasures."   Salon.com   Stephanie Zacharek 6/10 "Silly, squealing spoof of dopey daredevils who clearly have a few lug nuts loose."   Modamag.com   Susan Granger 3/4 "The perfect tonic to this summer's bloated, special effects-driven extravaganzas, Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby crosses the finish line with flying colors."   Reel.com   Timothy Knight 3.5/4 "A celebration of the dysfunction of being an American--of the possibility of being simultaneously proud and mortified of ourselves."   Film Freak Central   Walter Chaw "Click here to see review"   Wolf Entertainment Guide   William Wolf 3/4 Read review   Big Picture Big Sound   Joe Lozito  (1 - 42) of 42 OFCS Rating: 74% Fresh Page   1