Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby

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Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby

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I laughed 'til I cried: <b>A</b>
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Pretty funny. B.
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I'm going to have to disagree with my friend and colleague JB, and Philadelphia's delightful Bjam on this matter. TN is mostly pretty unfunny, with a few sorta funny bits. It feels really unsure of itself, comedy-wise, much like the execrable Kicking and Screaming, but considerably less of an unholy abomination. It completely wastes Andy Richter and David Koechner, in favor of John C. Reilly, who is to "funny" what Al Pacino is to "subtle." I love funny product placement, but the Applebees stuff isn't weird or funny enough. It seems like they got cold feet with such a ubiquitous brand, and tried to have it both ways. C-
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Post by fodroy »

Meh. About half the jokes bombed. For its genre it's very poor. And how many times do we need to see Will Ferrell running around in his underwear, screaming at the top of his lungs?

Also, the French racecar driver totally ripped off the accent from Holy Grail.
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You mean Ali G?
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Yeah. That guy. I didn't realize it was him since I've never seen his show.
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Post by a bebop a rebop »

My impression was that the amount of time Will Ferrell was shown running around in his underwear was supposed to be the funny part, after the initial funny of it. Anyway, I laughed a lot too, but I'm easily amused and live in Alabama.
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I was just commenting on the fact that Will Ferrell seems to run around screaming in his underwear in just about everything he's in.
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I thought it was hysterical. Not only was it funny, but it seemed like there was a punchline every 5 seconds. I think I actually burned calories watching that movie.
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I have now seen it 5 times on airplanes (OK, often while doing other stuff, but I swear I won't forget to bring my own DVDs again!). And I'm sorry, it's funny. And Stupid. But funny. The bit about Crêpes...Sacha Baron Cohen cracks me up.
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Post by Mogosagatai »

Saw it at a drive-in, thought it was great. The dumb kind of funny, but I mean, I actually thought it would be aggravating like "Wedding Crashers" or "White Girls" or "Dude Where's My Car". Instead, I laughed a lot and was generally pleased. I'll probably never see it again.

Did anyone ever see "Rat Race"? Had John Lovitz in it? Same kind of movie.
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