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Filled with inspired silliness and quotable lines, Anchorman isn't the most consistent comedy in the world, but Will Ferrell's buffoonish central performance helps keep this portrait of a clueless newsman from going off the rails.
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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. Jun 24, 2006 | Full Review…
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.
Anna Smith
Slaps a goofy smile on your face. Jul 15, 2004 | Rating: 3/4
Slaps a goofy smile on your face.
Peter Travers
It has a pleasing, noodly elasticity about it -- the picture knows what its limits are and proceeds to boogie unself-consciously far outside them. Jul 10, 2004
It has a pleasing, noodly elasticity about it -- the picture knows what its limits are and proceeds to boogie unself-consciously far outside them.
Stephanie Zacharek
Wonderfully silly all the time. Jul 9, 2004 | Full Review…
Wonderfully silly all the time.
Desson Thomson
You will laugh. Then you will laugh some more. Then you will laugh still again. Jul 9, 2004 | Full Review…
You will laugh. Then you will laugh some more. Then you will laugh still again.
Stephen Hunter
Like most of these sofa-spud comedies, Anchorman bears its attention-deficit disorder proudly, as it shifts tone and abruptly sidetracks. Jul 9, 2004 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review…
Like most of these sofa-spud comedies, Anchorman bears its attention-deficit disorder proudly, as it shifts tone and abruptly sidetracks.
Geoff Pevere
He's sure to offend viewers who don't see the humor in such stuff. [But Ron Burgundy] highlights the truth about television news. It's entertainment disguised as information. Mar 12, 2019 | Rating: B+ | Full Review…
He's sure to offend viewers who don't see the humor in such stuff. [But Ron Burgundy] highlights the truth about television news. It's entertainment disguised as information.
Jeffrey Overstreet
Will Ferrell is superb as Ron Burgundy, an egocentric legend of TV's nightly news who could only have existed in the 1970s. Jul 5, 2018 | Rating: 4.5/5 | Full Review…
Will Ferrell is superb as Ron Burgundy, an egocentric legend of TV's nightly news who could only have existed in the 1970s.
Leigh Paatsch
The uneven comedy is sometimes amusing but too often it's a bad joke prolonged. Oct 4, 2016 | Rating: C+ | Full Review…
The uneven comedy is sometimes amusing but too often it's a bad joke prolonged.
Dennis Schwartz
Incredibly silly yet often hilarious... May 24, 2012 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…
Incredibly silly yet often hilarious...
David Nusair
[A] very funny, silly, and well acted comedy that must be watched for the great laugh out loud performances, and gut busting gags. Apr 6, 2011 | Full Review…
[A] very funny, silly, and well acted comedy that must be watched for the great laugh out loud performances, and gut busting gags.
Felix Vasquez Jr.
Silly comedy that's definitely not for kids Dec 21, 2010 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…
Silly comedy that's definitely not for kids
Nell Minow
While it doesn't really have a well defined plot and feels more like a series of sketches, this turns out not to be a problem, since most of these isolated moments are pretty funny and the excellent cast (including some welcome cameos) nails it with their mostly improvised lines.
Super Reviewer
Boring. Can't say I made it through.
Starts well but falls apart in the middle, extremely patchy from that point on.
In the last 10 years there hasn't been a comedy that is more quotable and hilarious on repeat viewings than "Anchorman". I saw this is the theater and immediately fell in love. 9 years later I figured I would revisit it before the big sequel to see how much it holds up, and damn it is still hilarious. Will Ferrell is a comedic genius, and this is his best role ever(well, maybe tied with "Old School"). The rest of the cast is amazing, and looking back this kind of started the big push for Paul Rudd and Steve Carrell. After this they had "40 Year Old Virgin" and just kind of blew up from there. I love this movie and still quote it often, from "I love lamp" to "I have many leather bound books". Amazing comedy that ranks as one of the best of all time, and if you don't agree then I will introduce you to Jack Johnson and Tom O Leary.
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