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Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy

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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.

Rated: 12A [See Full Rating] for sexual humor, language and comic violence

Runtime: 1 hr 43 mins

Genre: Comedies

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... 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 Corningstone (Christina Applegate - "View From the Top," TV’s "Married With Children"), Ron is willing to play along at first—as long as Veronica stays in her place, covering cat fashion shows, cooking, and other "female" interests. But when Veronica refuses to settle for being eye candy and steps behind the news desk, it’s more than a battle between two perfectly coiffed anchor-persons…it’s war. Will Ferrell co-wrote the screenplay for "Anchorman" with Adam McKay, a former "Saturday Night Live" head writer and founder of the Upright Citizen’s Brigade comedy troupe. McKay is also making his directorial debut on "Anchorman." Judd Apatow ("The Cable Guy," TV’s "Freaks and Geeks") is producing the film, with Shauna Robertson ("Meet The Parents," "Elf"), David O. Russell ("Three Kings," "Flirting With Disaster") and David Householter ("The Core") co-producing. "Anchorman" also stars David Koechner ("A Guy Thing"), Steve Carell ("Bruce Almighty") and Paul Rudd ("The Shape of Things," "The Cider House Rules") as members of Ron’s news team, and Fred Willard ("American Wedding," "A Mighty Wind") and Chris Parnell (TV’s "Saturday Night Live") as news producers. Kevin Corrigan (TV’s "Grounded For Life," "Slums of Beverly Hills"), renowned rap musician Chuck D (of Public Enemy), Tara Subkoff ("The Cell," "American Pie") and Maya Rudolph (TV’s "Saturday Night Live") appear as members of the radical underground group The Alarm Clock, which becomes the big news story of the day. [More]

Starring: Will Ferrell, Christina Applegate, Paul Rudd, David Koechner

Starring: Will Ferrell, Christina Applegate, Paul Rudd, David Koechner, Fred Willard, Chris Parnell, Steve Carell

Director: Adam McKay

Director: Adam McKay
Screenwriter: Adam McKay, Will Ferrell
Producer: Judd Apatow
Composer: Alex Wurman
Studio: DreamWorks Distribution LLC

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Ferrell's written himself a perfect vehicle for his shameless overacting.

Full Review Source: Montreal Film Journal | comment Comment
07/20/04
Kevin N. Laforest
Kevin N. Laforest
Montreal Film Journal

To praise Anchorman for perceptive social commentary would be giving the movie more credit than it deserves, but it isn’t just pratfalls and sexual humour.

Full Review Source: Apollo Guide | comment Comment
07/19/04
Brian Webster
Brian Webster
Apollo Guide

A strange, funny movie about a strange, funny guy.

Full Review Source: Quad City Times (Davenport, IA) | comment Comment
07/18/04
Linda Cook
Linda Cook
Quad City Times (Davenport, IA)

O diretor já revelou que um segundo filme, produzido apenas com as cenas deletadas deste, será incluído no DVD. Será que a pré-venda já começou?

Full Review Source: Cinema em Cena | comment Comment
07/17/04
Pablo Villaca
Pablo Villaca
Cinema em Cena

The period detail is hilarious, abetted fantastically by Alex Wurman's score. But there's so much talent on hand that you couldn't blame anyone for wanting more.

Full Review Source: F5 (Wichita, KS) | comment Comment
07/17/04
Jake Euker
Jake Euker
F5 (Wichita, KS)

Watching Ferrell and crew put the uproar in uproarious makes you forget, if only for a while, today's worst news.

Full Review Source: Metro Weekly (Washington, DC) | comment Comment
07/17/04
Randy Shulman
Randy Shulman
Metro Weekly (Washington, DC)

...about as entertaining as a TV test pattern.

Full Review Source: Atlantic City Weekly | comment Comment
07/16/04
Lori Hoffman
Lori Hoffman
Atlantic City Weekly

Consistently funny, more often than not of the cheap variety.

Full Review Source: Norman Transcript | comment Comment
07/16/04
Jim Chastain
Jim Chastain
Norman Transcript

Pathetic.

Full Review Source: Internet Reviews | comment Comment
07/15/04
Steve Rhodes
Steve Rhodes
Internet Reviews

Slaps a goofy smile on your face.

Full Review Source: Rolling Stone | comment Comment
07/15/04
Peter Travers
Peter Travers
Rolling Stone

The weirder Anchorman gets, the stronger its comedy.

Full Review Source: Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL) | comment Comment
07/15/04
Jeffrey Westhoff
Jeffrey Westhoff
Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL)

At best fitfully amusing for all but hardcore Ferrell fans.

Full Review Source: Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC) | comment Comment
07/14/04
Ken Hanke
Ken Hanke
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

I could have used more smarm and crisply delineated battle-of-sexes confrontation, but Ferrell’s overwrought mania and wholesale comedic devotion again sell the laffs.

Full Review Source: Entertainment Today | comment Comment
07/13/04
Brent Simon
Brent Simon
Entertainment Today

Anchorman is packed with genuine laughs and a plethora of pleasant cameos

Full Review Source: Palo Alto Weekly | comment Comment
07/13/04
Tyler Hanley
Tyler Hanley
Palo Alto Weekly

Will said on a recent talk show that he got the idea from watching a documentary on news and was captivated by the 70's anchors.

Full Review Source: Entertainment Spectrum | comment Comment
07/12/04
Vince Koehler
Vince Koehler
Entertainment Spectrum

Ron Burgundy is a boob on the boob tune whose antics get stale before the movie ends.

Full Review Source: jackiekcooper.com | comment Comment
07/12/04
Jackie K. Cooper
Jackie K. Cooper
jackiekcooper.com

Perfectly captures the hilarious desperation of the local news personality.

Full Review Source: Film Snobs | comment Comment
07/12/04
Jimmy O
Jimmy O
Film Snobs

...consistently ridiculous and hysterical, despite its messy mid-movie abandonment of the subject it sets out to parody.

Full Review Source: Premiere Magazine | comment Comment
07/12/04
Aaron Hillis
Aaron Hillis
Premiere Magazine

There are a ton of jokes launched, and most of them work.

Full Review Source: Beaumont Journal | comment Comment
07/11/04
Danny Minton
Danny Minton
Beaumont Journal

It sinks like an anchor, man.

Full Review Source: Arizona Daily Star | comment 5 Comments
07/11/04
Phil Villarreal
Phil Villarreal
Arizona Daily Star
 
 
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