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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.
Theatrical Release:Jul 9, 2004 Wide
Box Office: $84,136,909
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
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Reviews for Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy
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Some of the material works, some doesn't. Full Review |
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3/5 |
This goofy, energetic comedy flattens out at times but milks its 1970s setting and characters for numerous huge laughs. Full Review |
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3.5/4 |
will ferell makes it big Full Review |
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6/10 |
Most of the comedy is rather obvious--silly and corny--yet it's often so dumb it's intermittently funny. Full Review |
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B+ |
A crude, funny satire that tackles local television anchors and their newscasts. Those are easy targets to skewer, but the movie mines more truth from its subject than some in the biz will want to admit. Full Review |
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4/5 |
Some of Anchorman is the kind of giddy, nonsensical stuff that can only emerge from a genuinely deranged comic brain. Full Review |
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1/4 |
Ostensibly modeled on the egomaniacal Ted Baxter of the old Mary Tyler Moore TV series, this adventure's protagonist is less comical, less endearing, and generally grates on the nerves. Full Review |
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Takes 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. Full Review |
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3.5/5 |
Word is Ferrell got the idea for the film one night while watching a documentary on the male dominated world of 70s television news. His fans should thank their lucky stars the comedian happened to catch it. Full Review |
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4/4 |
There hasn't been a movie this silly or funny since Austin Powers. Full Review |
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3/5 |
...somehow Will Farrell manages to hold the whole mess together. Full Review |
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6/10 |
Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy shows that the past has bright future in Hollywood comedies. Full Review |
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4/5 |
So funny that you won't care that it has no real plot but boasts more bad wigs than The Lord of the Rings... Full Review |
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2.5/5 |
Fans of the Todd Phillips school of comedy are going to be divided on this one -- there's real potential here and a great premise but had it been a little cleverer it could've been so much more. Full Review |
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2.5/5 |
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. Full Review |
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4/5 |
Nothing in Anchorman will be mistaken for the work of Preston Sturges, but the occasional chuckle and even a loud guffaw is unavoidable. Full Review |
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2.5/5 |
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3/10 |
Misses a golden opportunity by crossing the line that separates parody from stupidity. Full Review |
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A straight shot of that good stuff. Full Review |
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