The period vibe is basically the whole point to this charming and often very funny film.
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08/12/04
Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (2004)
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Reviews Counted:186
Fresh:120
Rotten:66
Average Rating:6.2/10
Consensus: It's a one-joke premise, but the movie is amiably dumb, and there are scenes of inspired goofiness.
Theatrical Release:10-09-2004
Synopsis: Will Ferrell ("Elf," "Old School") stars as Ron Burgundy, the top-rated anchorman in San Diego in the ‘70s. When feminism marches into the newsroom in the form of ambitious newswoman Veronica... [More]
Starring: Will Ferrell, Christina Applegate, Paul Rudd, David Koechner
Director: Adam McKay
Reviews for Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy
This is ideal Friday night fodder if you're in the right mood.
09/07/04
Top CriticTakes a joke and runs with it -- sometimes too far, but usually long enough to wear you down and force you to submit to its craziness.
06/24/06
Top CriticDoesn't quite live up to the promise of its admittedly funny trailer, though it does have several good laugh-out-loud gags.
09/11/04
Avoid Anchorman like the plague, you’ll thank me later.
09/19/04
Certainly the silliest comedy of the year, but mainly in a good way.
09/11/04
Top CriticIt's not a comedy.
07/09/04
Will Ferrell shows that even he is not immune to looking bad when faced with bad material, even if it's his own. Possibly one of the worst directed films of the year.
07/07/04
Overall, I put Anchorman on about the same level as Dodgeball. Both movies are pretty stupid and don't generate as many laughs as you wish they would.
03/05/05
Anchorman works so well because Ferrell's persona fits flawlessly into this world of overgrown boys working men's jobs.
07/09/04
Ron may be an idiot, but Anchorman is no dope.
07/08/04
Surprise surprise, the movie outplays its trailer. Picks up big well-deserved laughs in between ever decreasing non-funny moments.
07/29/04
Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy shows that the past has bright future in Hollywood comedies.
07/25/05
It's essentially a one-joke situation carried to a tedious length and Ferrell hardly runs away with his cliched part.
07/08/04
There isn't a second that goes by without Ferrell filling it with some form of comic shtick - a well-turned punch line, a goofy facial expression, a pratfall or some other kind of physical comedy business.
07/09/04
Even if many of the film’s individual characters aren’t worth remembering an hour after you see the movie, Anchorman is almost always hilarious.
07/10/04
No plot, no so-called redeeming social value and no desire to pluck the hearstrings, which is why it's superior to 'Elf.'
07/09/04
The barrage of very funny jokes makes up for any missteps, and by the end of the film you'll likely only remember the good parts.
07/08/04
Farrell carries the movie on his broad shoulders, nailing the character perfectly.
07/06/04
Good dumb fun can be lowbrow without being lazy, but bite-sized episodes of creative lunacy are not enough to qualify Anchorman as the kind of dumb worth paying to see.
07/08/04
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