Genre:
Comedy
Theatrical Release: 08/04/2006(USA)
Release Date: 01/01/2001
Sound: DD5.1
Run Time:
Flags: Mild Violence, Adult Humor, Profanity
Distributor/Studio: Sony Pictures
When America's number one NASCAR speed-demon is issued a direct challenge from a gay, French Formula One racer with a hunger for the top spot and a mean talent for tight-cornering, the race is on to become the number one man in all of NASCAR in a full throttle
comedy starring
Will Ferrell and directed by
Anchorman cohort
Adam McKay.
Ricky Bobby (
Ferrell) is a national hero with a "smokin' hot" trophy wife, pair of borderline-abusively precocious sons, and an endless line of endorsement deals filling his mansion with toys and driveway with sports cars and Hummers. His racing partner and lifelong friend
Cal Naughton, Jr. (
John C. Reilly), never fails to provide him with a hand on the racetrack, frequently performing their trademark "slingshot" maneuver to shoot Ricky into first place, leaving Cal in second. While the public loves these buddies (popularly known by the meaningless childhood nicknames they find so exceedingly cool: "Shake and Bake"), a wedge comes between the two, as
Ricky Bobby's longstanding winning-streak is broken by flamboyand French Formula One driver
Jean Girard (
Sacha Baron Cohen), robbing Ricky of everything in an instant as the trauma leaves him unable to drive. Ricky's wife takes his fortunes while Cal takes his wife, and now he's back with his mother (
Jane Lynch) and long-estranged father (
Gary Cole). Things look bad for Ricky, but his father was once a race car driver himself, and now with the help of a training montage, a live cougar, and the courage to drive without his gleaming white Wonder Bread endorsement, Ricky might be ready to face the track again. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
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