Talladega Nights

Year: 2006

Grade: C+

Country: USA

Director: McKay

Review

not hilarious by any measure, but decent enough by most. will ferrell does his usual dumb guy routine and you get the obligatory scene with him running around in his underwear (ala old school). there are a couple good supporting cast members – john c. reilly has been a favorite of mine since chicago (ha ha, i meant boogie nights), ali g, etc. there’s a shitload of advertising in the picture which is partly farce and, probably, partly brilliant design. making a film about nascar, and making jokes about the stranglehold advertisers have on the “sport” and its “athletes,” provides a convenient way of getting in some extra product placement dollars. or maybe i’m just a cynic. either way, this film has more advertising than any i’ve ever seen.

Watched in theater