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33 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 80L.A. WeeklyScott FoundasL.A. WeeklyScott FoundasNot just the funniest but the smartest comedy around by a mile.
- 75Entertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanEntertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanThe races are scorchingly shot, and they lend the movie a zest.
- 75New York Daily NewsJack MathewsNew York Daily NewsJack MathewsReilly can play nuts, too, and in a lower gear that reins Ferrell in. They're a great team.
- 70The Hollywood ReporterSheri LindenThe Hollywood ReporterSheri LindenFrom its pitch-perfect title through just about every detail, this sendup of sports-triumph movies maintains the right parodic pitch, if not always the highest mph on the laugh speedometer.
- 70VarietyRobert KoehlerVarietyRobert KoehlerSimultaneously teasing and loving a subject doesn't make for easy comedy, but writer-star Will Ferrell and director/co-writer Adam McKay pull it off with good-ol'-boy good nature in Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby.
- 70Village VoiceVillage VoiceFerrell reminds the audience of why he matters: because he's the loudest, driest, and most fearless comic actor working.
- 70Los Angeles TimesKenneth TuranLos Angeles TimesKenneth TuranA bit of a mess, but it is a genial mess, and one that will make you laugh. Which is the whole idea.
- 67The A.V. ClubNoel MurrayThe A.V. ClubNoel MurrayWhen the crazy comes, it's pretty good crazy. Ferrell is in full-on brazen redneck mode, doing a variation on his "Saturday Night Live" George W. Bush impression.
- 67Austin ChronicleAustin ChronicleSilly, inconsistent, and completely frivolous, Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby also happens to be one of the funniest movies this side of 2006.
- 50ReelViewsJames BerardinelliReelViewsJames BerardinelliYou laugh a few times but, in the end, you wonder why you bothered.