July 11, 2004

{ Anchorman }

No plot, bad acting and after watching the flick, you'll probably find yourself wondering if the cast had any kind of script at all. Anchorman, though I can't pinpoint why, was a wonderful film. I, along with the rest of the audience, was laughing hysterically throughout but I really can't remember much about it except that it's about Ron Burgandy, (Will Ferrell) a newsanchor in the 70's who has a simultaneous problem and love interest in the woman (Christina Applegate) who has become his newest rival. Will Ferrell is, as usual, outrageous in this movie, but no one compares to Steve Carell who plays the lovable weather guy (i think?) Brick. Paul Rudd and David Koechner also star as the remainder of the Channel 4 news team. This movie is getting a whole lot of mixed reviews but Ebert and Roeper gave it two thumbs up and I'm going to have to agree with them on this one. Lookout for a WHOLE lot of supergreat cameos too. Contributed by: Stacy Broce

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By Alan Smithee in Film & TV | Comments:

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If you either love or hate this movie, I'm falling out on the LOVE side- maybe I'm just a sucker for an hour and a half of grown men in business suits acting like spoiled, mildly retarded, excessively horny children, but I got all the laughs I was hoping for and quite a bit more out of this flick.
Honestly, it's worth the admission price alone just to see the jazz club scene and the ensuing flute performance. Absolutely devastating!

Posted by: Adam at July 14, 2004 3:58 PM