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Will Farrell followed up his star-making vehicle Elf, which matched his fine-tuned comic obliviousness to a sweet sincerity, with a more arrogant variation on the same character: Ron Burgundy, a macho, narcissistic news anchor from the 1970s. Along with his news posse--roving reporter Brian Fantana (Paul Rudd, Clueless), sports guy Champ Kind (David Koechner), and dim-bulb weatherman Brick Tamland (Steve Carell, Bruce Almighty)--Burgundy rules the roost in San Diego, fawned upon by groupies and supported by a weary producer (Fred Willard, Best In Show) who tolerates Burgundy's ego because of good ratings. But when Veronica Corningstone (Christina Applegate, View from the Top) arrives with ambitions to become an anchor herself, she threatens the male-dominated newsroom. Anchorman has plenty of funny material, but it's as if Farrell couldn't decide what he really wanted to mock, and so took smart-ass cracks at everything in sight. Still, there are moments of inspired delirium. --Bret Fetzer
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Goofball comedy directed by former Saturday Night Live writer Adam McKay. Will Ferrell stars as Ron Burgundy, a top-rated 1970s San Diego anchorman who believes women have a place in the newsroom - so long as they stick to covering fashion shows or late-breaking cooking news, that is. So when Ron is told he'll be working with a bright young newswoman (Christina Applegate) who's beautiful, ambitious, and intelligent enough to be more than eye candy, it's not just a clash of two TV-people with really great hair: it's war...
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31 of 34 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
I'll get this out of the way immediately, this is not a film that will appeal to everyone. It is what could be only described as a 'marmite' film. Some will adore its comic irreverence, and some will quite frankly 'not get it'. To me personally this is my favourite comedy of all time, and quite possibly my favourite film in general. I will attempt to not use any of the classic quotations from this film as it will spoil the brilliance of hearing them for the first time.
The story is set in a sexist news studio in San Diego, America. The lead anchor Ron Burgundy (Will Ferrell) falls for a woman at a party, and she incredibly, to Ron, rejects his not so subtle advances. The next day that very woman, Veronica Corningstone is appointed as a journalist in their very newsroom. Cue brilliant pick-up attempts, witty one liners, emotional breakdowns and scenes that don't leave the mind for weeks. Brick is the lovable fool, who interrupts with odd - yet hilarious - lines at random parts of the movie, he is the weatherman. The sports commentator Champ Kind, is a more roguish persona, who suffers a mental breakdown after Ron decides to go on a date with Veronica instead of attending their monthly pancake breakfast. Yes it's that irrelevant. Bryan Fantana is the 'man on the scene' and is the typical ladies man. All the acting in this film deserves to be noted, they all convey the different personalities of the charchters superbly and somehow without laughing.
All in all I thoroughly recommend this film to anyone with an irrelevant humour or in need of something up-lifting, which this film oddly fulfils. A cult classic in the form of Zoolander. Do watch out for the battle scene and a cameo from Jack Black. Pure comic brilliance.
The story is set in a sexist news studio in San Diego, America. The lead anchor Ron Burgundy (Will Ferrell) falls for a woman at a party, and she incredibly, to Ron, rejects his not so subtle advances. The next day that very woman, Veronica Corningstone is appointed as a journalist in their very newsroom. Cue brilliant pick-up attempts, witty one liners, emotional breakdowns and scenes that don't leave the mind for weeks. Brick is the lovable fool, who interrupts with odd - yet hilarious - lines at random parts of the movie, he is the weatherman. The sports commentator Champ Kind, is a more roguish persona, who suffers a mental breakdown after Ron decides to go on a date with Veronica instead of attending their monthly pancake breakfast. Yes it's that irrelevant. Bryan Fantana is the 'man on the scene' and is the typical ladies man. All the acting in this film deserves to be noted, they all convey the different personalities of the charchters superbly and somehow without laughing.
All in all I thoroughly recommend this film to anyone with an irrelevant humour or in need of something up-lifting, which this film oddly fulfils. A cult classic in the form of Zoolander. Do watch out for the battle scene and a cameo from Jack Black. Pure comic brilliance.
8 of 9 people found the following review helpful
By markowen58
Format:DVD
I have to say I loved this movie. It was the best comedy of 2004. I think the way I would put this is that its a 'movie', film making this aint. You need to approach it in a low brow sort of way and you will be rewarded.
And how anyone cant find Brick the weatherman hilarious is beyond me. If you cant get into the right frame of mind after his introduction change DVD's.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Blu-ray
The only way to describe this film, as many have said before is by calling it a "Marmite" film. You either hate it, or you love it. However unlike Marmite, I love Anchorman.
Ron Burgundy (Will Ferrell) is the famous and successful anchorman for KVWN-TV Channel 4 Evening News, his news team consists of lead field reporter Brian Fantana (Paul Rudd), sportscaster Champion "Champ" Kind (David Koechner), and mentally retarded chief meteorologist Brick Tamland (Steve Carell). However the face of Channel 4 evening news is about to change with the introduction of Veronica Corningstone (Christina Applegate) as a news reporter; bearing in mind this is set in 1975 having a female news reporter was unprecedented.
Veronica & Ron strike up a relationship, however will she trample over Ron to get to the top, or will she be happy in a mediocre role at Channel 4 news?
This film is packed with tons of laughs & memorable quotes. A brilliant cameo from Jack Black is a possible show stealer & then there is the fight between the news teams. The single greatest fight scene in a film ever, it is completely ridiculous & un-realistic, however somehow it manages to work. Steve Carrel's character is my favourite as he plays the retarded Brick.
There are so many brilliant individual scenes, like the news reporters musical number, Ron telling his dog to stop speaking Spanish & the fight scene.
The blu-ray also features the special "lost" film. It is made up of deleted scenes, un-used scenes & plots that were not chosen, much like the film it is very funny.
Fantastic film.
Ron Burgundy (Will Ferrell) is the famous and successful anchorman for KVWN-TV Channel 4 Evening News, his news team consists of lead field reporter Brian Fantana (Paul Rudd), sportscaster Champion "Champ" Kind (David Koechner), and mentally retarded chief meteorologist Brick Tamland (Steve Carell). However the face of Channel 4 evening news is about to change with the introduction of Veronica Corningstone (Christina Applegate) as a news reporter; bearing in mind this is set in 1975 having a female news reporter was unprecedented.
Veronica & Ron strike up a relationship, however will she trample over Ron to get to the top, or will she be happy in a mediocre role at Channel 4 news?
This film is packed with tons of laughs & memorable quotes. A brilliant cameo from Jack Black is a possible show stealer & then there is the fight between the news teams. The single greatest fight scene in a film ever, it is completely ridiculous & un-realistic, however somehow it manages to work. Steve Carrel's character is my favourite as he plays the retarded Brick.
There are so many brilliant individual scenes, like the news reporters musical number, Ron telling his dog to stop speaking Spanish & the fight scene.
The blu-ray also features the special "lost" film. It is made up of deleted scenes, un-used scenes & plots that were not chosen, much like the film it is very funny.
Fantastic film.
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Hey everyone, come and see how good I look!
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