It made me laugh, I can't ask for any more.

Rating: Null/10 (4 November 2004)

Sense of humour, like musical taste, is an intensely personal thing. That it is not until #16 on this site's top 250 films that we see a film which could even remotely be classified as a comedy (Dr. Strangelove) is testament to the fact that, when it comes to comedies, one man's Beethoven is another's Vanilla Ice. Note also, that in one of the many criminally awful (yet strangely addictive) E! Entertainment Specials, the woeful "Blazing Saddles" was named the greatest comedy ever. With this firmly entrenched in my mind, i will review Anchorman.
The whole premise of Anchorman is thin enough to be a potato chip. A news team of chauvinist males are up against the newly appointed, ambitious female newsreader. Its not much, but it is enough for Will Ferrell to work something.
Ferrell could make me laugh painting a wall, so it is difficult to be objective about the film, but as i prefaced, it is difficult anyway. I would call it a mildly above average comedy. It made me laugh, a fair bit too, but there is little substance to it, and most of the laughs are cheap.
The cameos which have characterised the recent films involving the team of Ferrell, Stiller, Wilson and Vaughan, are on the money. Particularly the unexpected appearance of Tim Robbins.
In reality, Anchorman is little more than a pleasant diversion. However, comedies these days are rarely insightful or funny, so to be able to consistently laugh for two hours was a delight. Anchorman is no classic, but it made me laugh, and i can't ask for much more.
6/10