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FilmPG-132006
Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby
Directed by Adam McKay
The fastest man on four wheels, Ricky Bobby, is one of the greatest drivers in NASCAR history. A big, hairy American winning machine, Ricky has everything a dimwitted daredevil could want, a luxurious mansion, a smokin' hot wife, and all the fast food he can eat. But Ricky's turbo-charged lifestyle hits an unexpected speed bump when he's bested by flamboyant Euro-idiot Jean Girard and reduced to a fear-ridden wreck. From TMDB
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Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby is a 2006 comedy film, directed by Adam McKay, starring Will Ferrell, John C. Reilly and Sacha Baron Cohen.
- 159 people have posted about this film on Bluesky, Lemmy, Mastodon
- posts span Jul 4, 2023 to Nov 4, 2026
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60 of 168 · most liked firstWatching this title card slowly appear at the beginning of TALLADEGA NIGHTS (2006) remains the hardest I've ever laughed at the first fifteen seconds of a movie
positive · AI labelView post →One of the weird things around the NAKED GUN discourse is misremembering the "Movie" Movies (EPIC MOVIE, DATE MOVIE, MEET THE SPARTANS) as the only spoofs of the 2000s and not beloved films like WALK HARD, ANCHORMAN, ZOOLANDER, TALLADEGA NIGHTS, and DODGEBALL which were also killing it but died.
neutral · AI labelView post →More dramatic than anything that happens in the F1 movie and funnier than anything in Will Ferrel’s NASCAR movie Talladega Nights
neutral · AI labelView post →What if I told you Christopher Nolan names Talladega Nights as a movie he has to stop and watch all of if he sees it on television https://twitter.com/thewapplehouse/status/1683132227058642947?s=46
neutral · AI labelView post →Funniest film cameos where the joke is just they got the cameo at all? I think it’s probably Orson Welles in the Muppet Movie, just objectively, but I’m partial to Elvis Costello and Mos Def in Talladega Nights because the movie is so confident about squandering them.
positive · AI labelView post →I first saw Star Wars in 1997 when I was in second grade and thought it was an old movie. Realizing now that at the time, Star Wars had been out as long as Talladega Nights has been out now.
neutral · AI labelView post →Probably more so, given that I marginally like Anchorman and Talladega Nights and The Emoji Movie mostly just fills me with contempt. Also because I've never watched The White Lotus, so he went from "guy writing popular, smart show, I guess" to "dude who runs a kinda toxic set and is a transphobe"
neutral · AI labelView post →Entertainment Weekly talked to a bunch of F1 drivers about their favorite racing movies as part of the press run for the F1 movie The best part imo: George Russell talks about Talladega Nights with his own try at saying Ricky Bobby in a southern accent youtu.be/H9R0Udf4I_c?...
neutral · AI labelView post →Almost all of Will Ferrell's movies, but especially Talladega Nights, a stupid movie about stupid people doing stupid things according to a stupid script. It's one of two movies I've ever walked out on (the other being Splice, which is just gross). Stranger Than Fiction is the only good movie with Will Ferrell in a starring roll. Edit: Splice not Split
negative · AI labelView post →‘Talladega Nights’ Returning to Theaters for 20th Anniversary (June 28-July 1).
neutral · AI labelView post →This is true. Christopher Nolan has gone on the record to say that he loves him some Talladega Nights, calling it one of "the great comedies." My mental picture is of him watching the movie with a DEADLY SERIOUS AND VERY STERN expression all throughout, occasionally remarking: "This is very funny."
neutral · AI labelView post →Talladega Nights is a Christmas movie.
neutral · AI labelView post →If I'm actually watching a movie, I'll just watch Talladega Nights. It'll get me out of a funk usually. If I'm just spacing out, whatever bullshit I can find on YouTube. Watching something without a narrative is easier on my tired brain.
positive · AI labelView post →Tonight's comedy. Watching Talladega Nights the Ballad of Rocky Bobby. Movie is just hilarious #filmsky #talladaganights #comedy
positive · AI labelView post →This is me with any movie starring Will Farrell, but especially Talladega Nights. He can be good in supporting roles (Zoolander springs to mind), but all the movies he leads just don't land with me.
negative · AI labelView post →This seems like a good place to share my idea, which is a film based on "Goodbye, Earl" by the Chicks, with Leslie Bibb, Amy Adams and Jane Lynch reprising their characters from Talladega Nights.
neutral · AI labelView post →FOLKS! @boxofficegross.bsky.social is SHAKING AND BAKING. Our wonderful transportation maven @willowcatelyn.bsky.social returns to provide us her NASCAR expertise for the film that won the Academy Award for Best Movie Ever Made, TALLADEGA NIGHTS!!! podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/2...
neutral · AI labelView post →I'm honestly angry and still stressed and sad at lots of stuff today. Instead of dinner, I'm just going to make cookies and eat all of them and watch a really stupid movie that I love, like Talladega Nights
positive · AI labelView post →Talladega Nights is a masterpiece of a movie
positive · AI labelView post →As a 35 year old and sexy adult, I think Im ready to make a definitive top 5 favorite movie list. 1. Rush Hour 2. The Waterboy 3. Forest Gump 4. Talladega Nights, the Ballad of Ricky Bobby 5. Mean Girls HMs: Winter Solider, Black Panther, Sonic The Hedgehog 2
positive · AI labelView post →One of my favorite things is when "highbrow" directors express sincere love for "middle/lowbrow" films, like Rivette going all in on Showgirls &...I forget which other Euro-art film stalwart loved Talladega Nights. If anyone ever heard Kurosawa talk up Bill & Ted or something similar please do tell.
neutral · AI labelView post →Me and @alexmcdaniel.co spent an hour and a half riffing on the perfection of “Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby” if you’re into that sort of thing. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/b...
positive · AI labelView post →At trivia tonight there was a category of movie clips and I couldn't remember Talladega Nights and wrote "Chattanooga Heights"
neutral · AI labelView post →Election Night would also be a good night for a double-feature movie party. Something not doomy. Maybe Anchorman/Talladega Nights. Confiscate guests' phones at the start, lock them in a safe
neutral · AI labelView post →Lazy Sunday with my wife! Would rather be nowhere else! 💜 Time for another movie, and ordering some pizza. Next randomly selected movie is... A great one! Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby, 2006
positive · AI labelView post →#OctoberMovieChallenge #MovieSky #FilmSky 8/10: Something on fire in a movie. Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby youtu.be/JribVbv6CV4
neutral · AI labelView post →is Talladega Nights the most War On Terror movie ever made that isn't about war or terrorism
neutral · AI labelView post →I heard Salman Rushdie tell this story about TALLADEGA NIGHTS: THE BALLAD OF RICKY BOBBY with my own ears tonight myself and I am just so upset that this excellent movie was denied the chance of being the all time GOAT thanks to some scheduling issues
neutral · AI labelView post →The reason for this unhappy fact is that TALLADEGA NIGHTS: THE BALLAD OF RICKY BOBBY was unable to film its planned cameo scene of the three most unlikely Nascar drivers, those drivers being Lou Reed, Julian Schnabel and Salman Rushdie
neutral · AI labelView post →My wife: "do you think you can stop pretending Will Ferrell doesn't exist as you have since the release of the 2006 film Talladega Nights so we can watch him hanging out with his trans friend?" And like ... Yeah. I can.
neutral · AI labelView post →Is there a movie you could watch like at least once a week and never tire of? For me, it's Talladega Nights. The amount of joy this dumb movie brings me is infinite.
positive · AI labelView post →Anchorman is superior in my mind but Talladega Nights is a classic too. And I'll never forget one of the best lines in any movie ever from Dewey Cox: "he got a real bad case of being cut in half"
neutral · AI labelView post →We already got the perfect sequel, it's called Talladega Nights. www.espn.com/racing/story...
neutral · AI labelView post →244. Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby 🎥 | 🔁 the greatest white trash film of our time. way more gay tension than you would think. shake and bake baby 7 / 10 + ❤️
positive · AI labelView post →As near as I can tell the new F-1 movie is just TALLADEGA NIGHTS played straight?
neutral · AI labelView post →Now watching: Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (2006)
neutral · AI labelView post →Choose 20 films that have stayed with you or influenced you. One film per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just an image. Day 19 #FilmSky #Movies 🎬📽️ Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (2006)
neutral · AI labelView post →Pick a movie, keep one actor, rest are Muppets: Talladega Nights, Will Ferrell
neutral · AI labelView post →The Princess Bride Clue Talladega Nights Addams Family/Addams Family Values (1990s) MST3K: Soultaker, Prince of Space, Diabolik, Starcrash, The Movie
neutral · AI labelView post →#MovieChallenge #SportsMovieMadness Day 8- movie featuring bicycle, car, or horse racing Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (2010) One of Will Ferrell’s funniest flicks. https://youtu.be/0dG_EuzvFoM?si=hvkIEhrw9CjWkCC2
positive · AI labelView post →Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby [66] is also on Hulu: www.metacritic.com/movie/tallad... #11pmspecial "Will Ferrell does chicken-fried comedy right: with crackpot discipline and stripped-to-the-beer-belly courage." - Michael Sragow, Baltimore Sun
neutral · AI labelView post →Talladega Nights. Estatic I never have to see that movie ever again.
negative · AI labelView post →Have you ever seen the movie Talladega Nights? All the answers lie within
neutral · AI labelView post →It is a truth universally acknowledged that TALLADEGA NIGHTS: THE BALLAD OF RICKY BOBBY is one of the greatest movies ever made but tonight I learned the unhappy news that TALLADEGA NIGHTS: THE BALLAD OF RICKY BOBBY could have been the best movie ever made
positive · AI labelView post →Tonight's late movie is Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (2006) 🍿
neutral · AI labelView post →Did a double feature of Will Ferrell movies, as one does on an Easter Sunday, and had a great time as usual. Talladega Nights remains one of my favorite comedies, and Eurovision, which I watched for the first time today, might now be up there too. Shout-out to Will Ferrell, cause he's really cool.
positive · AI labelView post →The invisible fire skit from the movie Talladega Nights was inspired by this very real and terrifying event youtube.com/shorts/Tb-8l...
neutral · AI labelView post →We're about 15 laps away from the booth going "so you guys check out that Talladega Nights movie"
neutral · AI labelView post →So the movie that’s entirely about people being allowed to have sex… Was directed by someone who thinks people don’t want to see sex That’s like making “Days of Thunder” or “Talladega Nights” and refusing to show cars racing. The guy is giving a master class in how to ruin your own movie…
neutral · AI labelView post →> Adam McKay (born April 17, 1968) is an American screenwriter, producer, and director. McKay began his career in the 1990s as a head writer for the NBC sketch comedy show Saturday Night Live (SNL). After leaving SNL, McKay collaborated with comedian Will Ferrell on his comedy films in the 2000s such as Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (2004), Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (2006), Step Brothers (2008), and The Other Guys (2010). Ferrell and McKay co-wrote and co-produced…
neutral · AI labelView post →setting aside everything else about that film, it's almost impressive how Sacha Baron Cohen managed to invent racism against the French with his wildly homophobic performance in Talladega Nights.
negative · AI labelView post →Talladega Nights was released in movie theaters 19 years ago yesterday. youtu.be/i1Nh_3JCFj8?... #Movies #Filmsky
neutral · AI labelView post →I'll die on the hill that TALLADEGA NIGHTS: THE BALLAD OF RICKY BOBBY is a perfectly-formed film.
positive · AI labelView post →no.wrong here's 10 good movies from 2006: Click Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby Accepted Nacho Libre Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny Night at the Museum Barnyard Cars The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift Children of Men 2006 was a decent year for film, actually
neutral · AI labelView post →Literally the only reason that movie is ever worth looking at. He also still rules in Talladega Nights. “DON’T YOU PUT THAT EVIL ON ME, RICKY BOBBY” is something I say on the regular lmao
positive · AI labelView post →‘The Hawk’ Is No ‘Talladega Nights’. Review: Will Ferrell's lackluster golf comedy is a major disappointment..
neutral · AI labelView post →I liked his appearances in Barbie and the LEGO Movie! I also liked Stranger Than Fiction. Really couldn’t stand Stepbrothers or Talladega Nights, etc
negative · AI labelView post →Talladega Nights is a Will Ferrell movie
neutral · AI labelView post →Side note, I actually agree, and will die on the hill that Talladega Nights is a very bad film
negative · AI labelView post →Without even watching it, I know this movie has a lot more in common with "Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby" than with F1 racing.
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