Talledega Nights on CH5 8-15pm - Worth a watch?

[Grant76]

shalmaneser said:

Norbury90 said:

Its a dreadful film... but shake and bake!!

It's alright, not a patch on anchorman though. never understood the shake n bake reference, how is that relevant to NASCAR?

Departed approximately 100 times better though...

Obviously 100% agree

But they are completely different movies, one is stupid fun the other is an amazingly well crafted thriller.

Surely there is room for both?

[Red Cabbage]

Very funny in parts, V8 soundtrack saves it.

[fido]

Sacha Cohen deserves a mention for playing the Formula Un driver

[unrepentant]

Its better than Blades of Glory but nowhere near Anchorman. Still funny though if you like Will Ferrels absurdity. I enjoyed it. Most Nascar fans understandably hate it.

[thehawk]

Superb film, very funny. The humour has obviously whooshed over a few heads here going by many peoples posts.

[RTH]

Just when you thought you had seen the worst ever motor racing film up comes this.

[AlexKP]

thehawk said:

Superb film, very funny. The humour has obviously whooshed over a few heads here going by many peoples posts.

I think whooshed "under" might be more accurate.

[Red Cabbage]

As a film it hit it's target though.

'Driven' on the other hand should be called Drivel instead - that was way off.

[clonmult]

Its utter cinematic drivel.

I think I laughed at something in the first 5 minutes, after that it was just utter rubbish.

[Markh]

anonymous said:

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An acurate description , utter tosh and not in a good way

[emicen]

RDMcG said:

About as funny as a barrel of dead babies. One of the most puerile, unfunny, forced,tedious,squirm inducing things I have ever seen despite a minor amount of rescue from Sacha Baron Cohen.

To the contrary, I'd have said Sacha Baren Cohen was the least funny I've ever seen him and his character was close to spoiling the film.

Worth watching imho [and Leslie Bibb makes it doubly so]

[Mr E]

anonymous said:

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Indeed.

[Oakey]

RTH said:

Just when you thought you had seen the worst ever motor racing film up comes this.

Oh yes, I agree. Here was me expecting a serious social documentary on NASCAR and instead it was just full of stupid. How about that...