Relatively Unfunny

Rating: 4/10 (18 July 2004)

This movie tries hard, but ultimately misses in most key areas. It has some funny concepts, and some great cameos, but it just doesn't ever come off that well. Take a contemporary of this movie, Dodgeball, and it's like night and day (Actually I can't believe I'm saying that). For example, the scene where all of the anchormen from the five local stations are getting ready for (and eventually are participating in) a brawl. It just falls flat. Frankly, we were very surprised at how unfunny it all was. Again, things just seemed to 'miss'. That said, we didn't feel cheated, we just didn't feel as entertained as we like to be when spending $25. My wife and I laughed out loud at Dodgeball, but not so much as a giggle escaped our lips after watching Anchorman today.