Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby is a 2006 American sports comedy film directed by Adam McKay who co-wrote the film with Will Ferrell.

It features Ferrell as the Ricky Bobby, an immature yet successful NASCAR driver. The film also features John C. Reilly, Sacha Baron Cohen, Gary Cole, Michael Clarke Duncan, Leslie Bibb, Jane Lynch, and Amy Adams in supporting roles.

Will Ferrell can be funny, and there is potential on the story on a racing car driver with a natural talent who must face his rival , played by Sasha Baron Cohen sporting a very unnecessary accent.

So it starts OK, but by the half way mark it’s just not funny  and lacks any interesting characters to get behind.

Ferrell can be funny, just not here. I know he can do it…