Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (Adam McKay, 2006)

**½
USA


Will Ferrell plays a fiercely asinine NASCAR-driver, with Sacha Baron Cohen as his rival. Both Ferrell and the comedy are less self-involved than is standard for a frat-pack joint. But the plot is too insistent to be ignored and too half-assed to be worth following.