A fantastic comedy, full of quotable one-liners. Ferrell will have you talking like Ron Burgendy by the end.

Rating: 10/10 (31 March 2006)

Having never really watched a Will Ferrell movie, except for his roll as the evil villain in 'Zoolander' I expected this film to be full of slapstick and ridiculous moments as such, selling out for a few cheap laughs.
This film goes way beyond cheap laughs and progresses to what i would regard as 'Genius' comedy moments full of well scripted one-liners (some very cheesy but fully quotable) and well timed by all the cast.
In short, the film is based in 1970's Chicago, San Diego. "In a time when Ugly people were allowed to be on TV" top local anchorman Ron Burgundy(Ferrell) and his news team Brick Tamland (Steve Carell) Champ Kind (David Koechner) and Brian Fantana (Paul Rudd) are challenged by the emergence of a female newsreader, Veronica Corningstone (Christina Applegate) joining the team, jostling with Ron for the lead anchor chair in the newsroom.
With cameo appearances from an all star cast including Ben Stiller, Tim Robbins, Vince Vaughn, Jack Black amongst others. Truly a modern (but retro) comedy which I have watched over and over and still find subtle genius moments i've missed before.