Irreverent entertaining slapstick

Rating: 7/10 (7 October 2017)

I am not a fan of Will Ferrel. I don't get an automatic urge to watch his movies unlike say, Steve Carrell, who incidentally also stars in this movie. With that being said I enjoyed this movie.
It's about a vain, pompous newscaster who is brought down by the fates. It's a predictable fall from grace and rise again story which is made interesting by the delicious left turn it takes.
Sample this, there is a sequence where two rival news teams get ready to face-off in a grudge match but the situation is escalated comically by the appearance of more and more teams each wishing to get in on the action. There are delicious cameos by many of Will Ferrel's friends and contemporaries all of whom seem to be having fun.
Watch it for a mysoginistic clueless showboat being brought down a notch by a surefooted and confident woman professional. Chow!