MOVIE REVIEW: Will Ferrell puts a humorous spin on NASCAR in 'Talladega Nights' (Grand Forks Herald)

By Steven Rea The Philadelphia Inquirer Ricky Bobby gets to have his cupcakes - and his KFC and Domino's and Country Crock - and eat them, too. The absurdly funny "Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby," with Will Ferrell as a natural-born stock car star, is at once a glorious send-up of NASCAR culture and a goofy celebration of the redneck, red state, red-blooded American culture that spawned it. Written by Ferrell and Adam McKay, and directed by McKay - the same distribution of duties they ...