the world according to '70s media

Rating: 7/10 (13 July 2005)

Watching "Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy", you get the feeling that much of the dialogue was written just for fun, namely Ron's "translation" of San Diego. But the result is actually quite funny. Ron Burgundy (Will Ferrell) is San Diego's top-rated news anchor in the mid-'70s. He and his cadre of misfit reporters are comfortable with their jobs, until the ambitious Veronica Corningstone (Christina Applegate) arrives at the network. She's looking to get to the top, and neither she nor Ron is willing to give up easily. But what can you expect from TV? This is a pretty silly movie, but Will Ferrell has been doing really well ever since he left "SNL". A particularly funny scene is when the anchors from all the stations have a free-for-all.