Pure Drivel!!

Rating: 3/10 (6 January 2005)

I was debating on whether to rent this movie or not considering that all the reviews were complete fence walking between who liked and disliked the movie, but decided to go ahead since Will Ferrell hasn't been so bad in other movies and was decent in SNL. BIG MISTAKE! This movie was horrid. The jokes are canned, flat, and just unfunny overall. If there is something to be made fun of, it was hit, and badly.
To think that this many people could be this straight out stupid in real life and even function on a daily basis is absurd. If breathing weren't an involuntary function I'm sure they'd have died already.
There is absolutely nothing to like about the Ron Burgundy character at all. Will Ferrell as a supporting moron tends to render him an alright actor, but between a bad script and the bad acting he's just not good as a leading man. Veronica Corningstone, by Christina Applegate was likable until she fell for the worst pick up attempt in history and stoops to being as ridiculous as the other asinine characters.
Only saving graces in the movie were Steve Carell as Brick Tamland and the brief appearance by Jack Black as the angry biker. Carell's character is the only one who manages to bring any real laughs and completely outshines his co-stars AND he's the only one who's supposed to be "retarded." Bad script, bad humor, and warning to parents that the PG-13 rating is pushed heavily with the sexual content (seeing Will Ferrell's chest hair is upsetting enough, I just keep praying that it's not really his...YUCK). Overall just don't waste your time. If you want to watch a movie with an idiot who's funny, try Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story with Ben Stiller and Vince Vaughn, who both incidentally make appearances (lamely) in this movie...I now know why they both went uncredited for staring in this piece of garbage. At best 3/10.