Young Ricky Bobby (Will Ferrell) was born in the back seat of his daddy’s car, as his mom was trying to get to the hospital. Unfortunately his dad decided that it was just time to go fast.

A few years later, we stop in on Ricky in elementary school, and it’s career day. As the teacher calls on him, and he tells her that his dad isn’t there, suddenly his dad shows up, to tell everyone that he’s a race car driver, and to dispense the ultimate wisdom: “If you’re not first, you’re last.”

It is these words that Ricky Bobby will live by for quite some time.

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You might think that The Dukes of Hazzard return in this big screen fiasco, but you’d be wrong. About the only thing that remains the same between this movie and the original The Dukes of Hazzard is the name, the name of the players and the General Lee.

The Duke boys do shoot those arrows that explode when they hit something, and the place names are the same.

Oh, and you could almost count Willie Nelson, because he used to play with Waylon Jennings. Willie plays the new Uncle Jesse, and Waylon used be The Balladeer. But that’s about as close as it gets, and that’s also the end of the comparison. Sad, really.

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Andy Stitzer (Steve Carell) doesn’t have too many friends. He lives alone in an apartment filled with all sorts of collectible dolls and comic books and video games and all the sorts of things you might have if you lived on your own until you were 40. He tries to pass himself off as one of the guys, but they all suspect something just isn’t right, and they just can’t put their finger on it. They suspect he is gay or a serial killer. But it’s something much worse.

You see, Andy is a virgin. So the guys at the store make a pact to try and take care of Andy’s little “problem”. In fact, everyone tries to take care of Andy’s problem.

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