Whereas Will Ferrell & Co.’s Anchorman only seems to click on way-past-your-bedtime HBO, Talladega Nights clicks on most cylinders, and the star shows why he’s mainstream comedy’s best hope to bring in the money and the funny.
If The Devil Wears Prada didn’t have the silently menacing Meryl Streep as its title character, the film would be sporting nubs and carrying a broom instead of full-blown horns and a pitch fork.