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10/18/08
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.
Runtime: 1 hr 43 mins
Genre: Comedies
US 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
Reviews for Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy
1 - 20 (sorted by fresh rating; Australian critics are listed first)
Top CriticFans 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.
03/14/05
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03/09/05
Top CriticThese are obviously just stitched-together bits that these improv masters worked through until they got funny. Their dedication pays off more often than not, especially when the cast strives for outrageousness.
07/09/04
Top CriticCertainly the silliest comedy of the year, but mainly in a good way.
09/11/04
Top CriticIt is not as maniacally uninhibited as Old School or as dementedly lovable as Elf, but its cheerful dumbness is hard to resist.
07/08/04
Top Critic...consistently ridiculous and hysterical, despite its messy mid-movie abandonment of the subject it sets out to parody.
07/12/04
A straight shot of that good stuff.
10/06/04
May cause hysterical fits of laughter -- stay tuned for further details.
07/09/04
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.
06/24/06
Nearly as offensive as it is funny.
07/09/04
it seems like Ferrell can take just about any idea, however threadbare, and make it funny.
07/08/04
Ron Burgundy takes his place among the multitude of amusing characters portrayed by one of today's most talented comics.
07/09/04
I could have used more smarm and crisply delineated battle-of-sexes confrontation, but Ferrell’s overwrought mania and wholesale comedic devotion again sell the laffs.
07/13/04
So funny that you won't care that it has no real plot but boasts more bad wigs than The Lord of the Rings...
04/01/05
Ferrell has seized on a clever concept rife with possibilities -- namely, women breaking the glass ceiling in male-dominated TV news during the '70s -- and smartly surrounded himself with a topnotch cast.
06/30/04
Top CriticFerrell is at the top of his game, giving us a character who is utterly shallow, silly, and vainglorious, yet completely likable.
08/04/04
To praise Anchorman for perceptive social commentary would be giving the movie more credit than it deserves, but it isn’t just pratfalls and sexual humour.
07/19/04
Anchorman may be uneven, but Will Ferrell's Ron Burgundy is a character worth revisiting
07/09/04
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.
08/05/07
Latest News for Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy
June 02, 2009:
Will Ferrell Talks Land of the Lost
Ahead of the release of the comedy-adventure Land of the Lost -- a big-screen adaptation of Sid and Marty Kroft's psychedelic TV series from the '70s -- Rotten Tomatoes got the... More...
May 27, 2009:
Will Ferrell Talks Anchorman Sequel 
Hope you've been staying classy, San Diego -- Will Ferrell says discussions for an "Anchorman" sequel are taking place. More...
July 25, 2008:
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In this week's Weekly Ketchup we've got the latest on plenty of remakes and sequels coming your way. Plus, check back Monday for an extra special edition of the Ketchup, in... More...
June 06, 2008:
Steve Carell Would Totally Make Anchorman 2
Steve Carell has told MTV that he has "some inklings" about what Adam McKay has in mind for Anchorman 2, and he's "absolutely" interested in coming back for the sequel. More...
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