Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (2004) Reviews

'Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy' is a film that I didn't expect to be so hilarious! And then it turned out to be much better than Will Ferrell's previous film 'Elf' (which I find really overrated and unfunny).

'Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy' is an underrated hilarious comedy gen. Every moment cracked me up! To be honest, I think I find this funnier than 'Borat'. Will Ferrell gives a hilarious performance in the lead role as idiot news reporter Ron Burgundy! Basically Ron is a five time Emmy winner and the main anchorman for KVWN Channel 4 News Team. Ron is just a big idiot who reads the news off a screen in the distance which goes as far as telling San Diego to f*ck themselves! Hilarious!

'Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy' also features a hilarious supporting cast including Christianna Applegate, Paul Rudd, Steve Carrell (as probably the most hilarious character in the movie), David Koechner and Chris Parnell! It even has cameos from actors like Tim Robbins and Jack Black!

What I love about the movie is its non-stop comedy! Hilarious slapstick, hilarious dialogue and hilarious characters portrayed by hilarious actors! I couldn't find a funny moment I didn't laugh at!

Okay. I see it now. I now see why everyone hates Will Ferrell.

This was so unfunny. I don't even know where to start. I thought Blades of Glory was ok, not great, but this was just utter rubbish. I also disliked Step Brother: over an hour of Will Ferrell acting like a 3 year old. The 'jokes' suck, bad. It's proof that you do get unfunny jokes. The whole 'sexism' crap, also irritates me. Oooh Will Ferrell playing himself. Steve Carrell, again playing...himself. I'd much rather watch a Sandler film, and I'm sure you already know, that is saying a lot. This truly is dire stuff. Simply avoid it.



It seriously annoys me that Will Ferrell gets paid for what he does.

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Anchorman
by Peter Allen on Wednesday, May 2, 2012 at 11:54pm ·

This is the greatest comedy ever made, and if you dont agree with me...i will fight you!



Made in 2004, Anchorman is Will Ferrells seriuos attempt to show how sexism barriers were eventually broken down in the largely male dominated workplace, in this instance,the world of the tv newsroom.

it carefully deconstructs the macho posturing of self important,preening mysoginists and their neanderthal views of womans place in the world. in plain english, this is a movie about diversity in the workplace. diversity of course, being an old,old wooden ship used in the ciil war era...



lets be truthful, Anchorman is in fact none of the above. what it is,is genius writing coupled with some of the best improv actors in the business which provides 91minutes of pure comedic gold every step of the way. Every scene provides a laugh,every line spoken with such absurd sincerity.



i have lost count of how many times i have quoted this movie in my actual life,whether it be paraphrasing `Fuck you san diego`, telling anyone who will listen that `milk was a bad choice` or just thinking how much `i love lamp`.the movie is an endless stream of quotable lines.



the performances are the gold standard which all comedy should aspire to. Paul Rudd stepped into the limelight after years of excellent support turns and made hollywood sit up and take notice as brian fantana, a reporter so obsessed with how he looks that he even names his testes.



Steve Carell as Brick is a revelation.this coming after his performance as,coincidentally,an anchorman in Bruce Almighty quickly established him as the rising star of american comedy.



David Koechner as Champ Kind delivers a WHAMMY!! of a performance.it could so easily have been a one note role,yet he plays it to perfection.his reaction to rons blossoming romance with veronica,while funny as hell and extraordinarily gay...is also heartbreaking.



Christina Applegate brings real class to the role of Veronica Corningstone. she never yields to the putdowns which her character initially endures and shows herself to be a comedienne of real quality, culminating in a truly hilarious tit for tat bitchfight with ron as the news credits are rolling.



lastly, we have Wil Ferrell.His performance is timeless. if there was any justice, the oscar would have come his way. this may not be typical oscar fare but at some point,hopefully the academy will realize the skill that goes into a performance of this magnitude. His Ron Burgundy is a grotesque yet spectacular creation. Ferrell plays it completely straight and delivers the finest comedy performance ive ever seen. note perfect in every moment he is on screen.this is the perfect alchemy of actor and role.



i cant speak highly enough of this movie.it is without doubt a classic and one of the few movies which gets better and better with each viewing. 60% of the time it works everytime!

Since I kept hearing some really good things about this flick, I was really eager to check it out and I had some rather high expectations concerning the damned thing. Eventually, to be honest, I thought it was not bad, there were indeed some good jokes and it was nice to see all those great comic actors all together in one movie but that was about it for me and I can’t say that I really was blown away by the whole thing. I mean, sure, it was not bad but I don’t think it was really great either. Basically, it is the kind of humor mostly based on the fact that all the characters are completely moronic and, at the end of the day, it all depends if you're in this kind of humor and I guess I'm not. In this genre, I have to admit that it must one of the best I have seen and some of the scenes were indeed really funny though. Anyway, to conclude, even if I thought it was slightly disappointing, I have to admit that it was still a decent comedy and it is definitely worth a look, especially if you like the genre.

ANCHORMAN reaches for laughs and hits the mark practically every time. Will Ferrell creates a highly memorable comic lead and is matched by a host of support by Paul Rudd and Steve Carell. Its stylish setting and laugh-out-loud moments make it definitely worth a watch.

Starring Will Ferrell, Christina Applegate, Paul Rudd, Steve Carell, Fred Willard, David Koechner.

I think, for me, what makes this movie is Will Ferrell. Don't get me wrong, everyone else was great in their own quirky way but if it wasn't for Ferrell I don't believe I would've laughed as much or even given this movie a rating of 8 (or watched it the whole way through). It wasn't the funniest movie I have seen and probably bordering on sheer stupidity that's not funny rather then silliness, but there were times when I laughed so much that I couldn't help but enjoy it.

Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy is about an all-male news team whose close-knit camaraderie is infiltrated by a gasp! woman .This could easily turn into one of those quotable cult comedies that grows on you the more you watch it. If only it wouldn't try so damn hard to be funny some of the time.
Even though it feels the need to lapse into juvenile clowning around every once in awhile, Anchorman is still gonna make you laugh--hard.