Still staying classy after a decade, a good dumb comedy worth watching

Rating: 10/10 (18 January 2015)

This is the first time I have watched this movie in about five years and I can remember it being pretty funny but after watching it this time, it was laugh out loud hilarious and it reminded me that not every movie needs to be scrutinized in terms of acting, directing, plot holes and more in the way you might analyze a drama. My advice for watching this movie is not to think too hard but to relax and have a fun time. Will Ferrell stars as Ron Burgundy, who is the anchorman for KVWN Channel 4 which is enjoying high rating thanks to him and his crew of misfits, Brian Fantana (Paul Rudd)- the lead field reporter, Champ Kind (David Koechner)- sports reporter and Brick Tamland (Steve Carell) who is the intellectually disabled weatherman. Set in the 1970's which their news panel featured an all male line up, station director Ed Harken (Fred Willard) tells them in order to move with the times, they've had to hire a female, Veronica Cornerstone (Christina Applegate). It's a dumb comedy, but a great, affable type of dumb comedy and I for one appreciate this type of humor where it can be over the top and still make me laugh so much from their gags. Credit has to go to Will Ferrell who also co-wrote this comedy masterpiece and it clearly has aged too bad. Everyone of the cast played their roles well from a comedy perspective and the cameos from fellow "Frat Packers" like Vince Vaughan, Ben Stiller, Luke Wilson and Jack Black as well as Tim Robbins and Danny Trejo add to the fun.