"ANCHORMAN" IS ADRIFT

Rating: 4/10 (14 July 2004)

Maybe "Anchorman" qualifies as improvisational parody or satire, and rollicking comedy. Or maybe it is just a great big steaming pile of lame and asinine humor which is neither very funny nor very cogent. If you are not in the mood for a throw-away comedy, do something else with your 2 hours and $8. Only the concurrently running "White Chicks" could possibly be worse, but I'm not going to go see that dunce-trap just to prove myself right. Whatever you saw in the trailers is about as good as it gets. Certainly there are some scenes which are funny, but they are really dredging a muddy bottom to pull off an entire movie. Dan Akroyd & Jane Curtain were much funnier 25 years ago on SLN than this news team will ever be. To me, the last laugh is on those who think this caliber of movie is worth paying for.