Ricky Bobby (Will Ferrell) has always dreamed of driving fast - real fast - like his father, Reese Bobby, who left the family to pursue his racing dreams. Early on, Ricky's mother, Lucy Bobby worried that her boy was also destined to end up as a professional daredevil on wheels.Ricky Bobby first enters the racing arena as a "jackman" for slovenly driver Terry Cheveaux and accidentally gets his big break behind the wheel when Cheveaux makes an unscheduled pit stop during a race to gorge on a chicken sandwich. Ricky jumps into the car and... so begins the ballad of Ricky Bobby.
There are few people that mess with your expectations going in to a comedy like Will Ferrell does. I expected nothing when I went to see Elf and now that movie has to be considered top three holiday movies for me. I expected to laugh non stop when I went to see Anchorman, but didn't really find it funny until I watched it a couple more times on cable (It is beyond funny now for the record). After being initially disappointed with Anchorman, I went in to this with pretty low expectations and was once again totally surprised. This movie was hysterical. Will Ferrell was awesome. His sidekick (John C. Reilly) was equally funny. And before he exploded as Borat, Sasha Baron Cohen played the priceless french race car driver in this movie. The scenes between him and Will Ferrell are worth watching this movie alone.
I strongly recommend that anyone looking for a laugh go and rent this bad boy. It's definitely worth the rental fee and is even purchase worthy.
